Devine Scripture

Isaiah 56:9

Isaiah chapter 56 · verse 9 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye beasts in the forest.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye beasts in the forest.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye beasts in the forest.

Context

v.8The Lord Jehovah, who gathereth the outcasts of Israel, saith, Yet will I gather others to him, besides his own that are gathered.

v.9This passage

v.10His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Ezekiel 29:5

    And I will cast thee forth into the wilderness, thee and all the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open field; thou shalt not be brought together, nor gathered; I have given thee for food to the beasts of the earth and to the birds of the heavens.

  • Jeremiah 12:9

    Is my heritage unto me as a speckled bird of prey? are the birds of prey against her round about? go ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, bring them to devour.

  • Deuteronomy 28:26

    And thy dead body shall be food unto all birds of the heavens, and unto the beasts of the earth; and there shall be none to frighten them away.

  • Revelation 19:17

    And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in mid heaven, Come and be gathered together unto the great supper of God;

  • Isaiah 18:6

    They shall be left together unto the ravenous birds of the mountains, and to the beasts of the earth; and the ravenous birds shall summer upon them, and all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them.

  • Ezekiel 39:17

    And thou, son of man, thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Speak unto the birds of every sort, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh and drink blood.