Isaiah 51:20
What does Isaiah 51:20 mean?
A plain-English look at Isaiah 51:20 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as an antelope in a net; they are full of the wrath of Jehovah, the rebuke of thy God.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are full of the fury of the Lord, the rebuke of thy God.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as an antelope in a net; they are full of the wrath of Jehovah, the rebuke of thy God.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Your sons are overcome, like a roe in a net; they are full of the wrath of the Lord, the punishment of your God.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Thy sons have been wrapped up, they have lain down, At the head of all out places, as a wild ox <FI>in<Fi> a net, They are full of the fury of Jehovah, The rebuke of Thy God.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Thy children are cast forth, they have slept at the head of all the ways, and the wild ox that is snared: full of the indignation of the Lord, of the rebuke of thy God.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Thy children have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as an oryx in a net: they are full of the fury of Jehovah, the rebuke of thyGod.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 51:21
Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine:
- Lamentations 1:19
I called for my lovers, butthey deceived me: My priests and mine elders gave up the ghost in the city, While they sought them food to refresh their souls.
- Isaiah 5:25
Therefore is the anger of Jehovah kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them; and the mountains tremble, and their dead bodies are as refuse in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
- Jeremiah 14:16
And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they shall have none to bury them—them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters: for I will pour their wickedness upon them.
- Isaiah 40:30
Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
- Ezekiel 39:19
And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.
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