Isaiah 51:21
What does Isaiah 51:21 mean?
A plain-English look at Isaiah 51:21 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine:
KJV
King James Version · 1611Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine:
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949So now give ear to this, you who are troubled and overcome, but not with wine:
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Therefore, hear, I pray thee, this, O afflicted and drunken one, and not with wine,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Therefore hear this, thou poor little one, and thou that art drunk but not with wine.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine:
Context
v.20Thy 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.
v.21This passage
v.22Thus saith thy Lord Jehovah, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thy hand the cup of staggering, even the bowl of the cup of my wrath; thou shalt no more drink it again:
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 29:9
Tarry ye and wonder; take your pleasure and be blind: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
- Isaiah 51:17
Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, that hast drunk at the hand of Jehovah the cup of his wrath; thou hast drunken the bowl of the cup of staggering, and drained it.
- Isaiah 54:11
O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will set thy stones in fair colors, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.
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