Isaiah 7:24
What does Isaiah 7:24 mean?
A plain-English look at Isaiah 7:24 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000With arrows and with bow shall one come thither, because all the land shall be briers and thorns.
KJV
King James Version · 1611With arrows and with bows shall men come thither; because all the land shall become briers and thorns.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901With arrows and with bow shall one come thither, because all the land shall be briers and thorns.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Men will come there with bows and arrows, because all the land will be full of blackberries and thorns.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862With arrows and with bow he cometh thither, Because all the land is brier and thorn.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752With arrows and with bows they shall go in thither: for briers and thorns shall be in all the land.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890with arrows and with the bow shall they come thither, for the whole land shall become briars and thorns.
Context
v.23And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, shall be for briers and thorns.
v.24This passage
v.25And all the hills that were digged with the mattock, thou shalt not come thither for fear of briers and thorns; but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of sheep.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 27:3
Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me venison;
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