Isaiah 8:15
What does Isaiah 8:15 mean?
A plain-English look at Isaiah 8:15 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And many shall stumble thereon, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And many shall stumble thereon, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And numbers of them, falling on the stone, will be broken, and will be taken in the net.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And many among them have stumbled and fallen, And been broken, and snared, and captured.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And very many of them shall stumble and fall, and shall be broken in pieces, and shall be snared, and taken.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Matthew 15:14
Let them alone: they are blind guides. And if the blind guide the blind, both shall fall into a pit.
- Luke 20:17
But he looked upon them, and said, What then is this that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner?
- Isaiah 28:13
Therefore shall the word of Jehovah be unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, there a little; that they may go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
- Romans 9:32
Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by works. They stumbled at the stone of stumbling;
- Isaiah 59:10
We grope for the wall like the blind; yea, we grope as they that have no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the twilight; among them that are lusty we are as dead men.
- 1 Corinthians 1:23
but we preach Christ crucified, unto Jews a stumblingblock, and unto Gentiles foolishness;
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