Verse List for ISA 4:1

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OET (OET-RV) When that happens, seven women will take hold of one man, saying, ⇔ ‘We’ll eat our food and wear our clothes. ⇔ Just let us marry you so we can take your name ⇔ to remove our shame.’

OET-LV And_they _will _take _hold seven women on_a _man one in _the_day (the)_that food _of_our _own to_say we _will _eat and_our _own _of_clothing we _will _wear only name _of_your let _it _be _called on_us remove reproach _of_our.

ULT And seven women will seize one man in that day, saying, “We will eat our, own bread and we will wear our, own clothing; only let your name be called over us. Take away our reproach!”

UST When that happens, because few men will be alive, seven women will grab one man and say to him, “Allow us all to marry you! We will provide our own food and our own clothing. All we want is not to have disgrace for not having husbands.”

BSB & MSB In that day seven women ⇔  will take hold of one man and say, ⇔ “We will eat our own bread ⇔  and provide our own clothes. ⇔ Just let us be called by your name. ⇔  Take away our disgrace!”

OEB No OEB ISA book available

WEBBE & WMBB Seven women shall take hold of one man in that day, saying, “We will eat our own bread, and wear our own clothing. Just let us be called by your name. Take away our reproach.”

NET Seven women will grab hold of ⇔ one man at that time. ⇔ They will say, “We will provide our own food, ⇔ we will provide our own clothes; ⇔ but let us belong to you – ⇔ take away our shame!”

LSV And seven women have taken hold on one man,
In that day, saying, “We eat our own bread,
And we put on our own raiment,
Only, let your name be called over us,
Remove our reproach.”

FBV At that time seven women will grab hold of one man and tell him, “We'll eat our own food and we can provide our own clothes. Just let us take your name by being married to you.[fn] Please take away our disgrace!”

T4T When that happens, there will be very few unmarried men still alive. ⇔  As a result, seven unmarried women will grab one man, and say, ⇔ “Allow us all to marry you [IDM]! ⇔  We will provide our own food and clothing. ⇔ All that we want is to no longer be disgraced because of not being married.”

LEB • And seven women shall grasp at one man on that day, saying,
• “We will eat our own bread,
• and we will wear our own clothing;
• only let us be called by your name ![fn]
• Take away our disgrace!”

BBE And in that day seven women will put their hands on one man, saying, There will be no need for you to give us food or clothing, only let us go under your name, so that our shame may be taken away.

Moff No Moff ISA book available

JPS And seven women shall take hold of one man in that day, saying: 'We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel; only let us be called by thy name; take thou away our reproach.'

ASV And seven women shall take hold of one man in that day, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name; take thou away our reproach.

DRA And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying: We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, take away our reproach.

YLT And taken hold have seven women on one man, In that day, saying, 'Our own bread we do eat, And our own raiment we put on, Only, let thy name be called over us, Remove thou our reproach.'

Drby And seven women shall take hold of one man in that day, saying, Our own bread will we eat, and with our own garments will we be clothed; only let us be called by thy name; — take away our reproach!

RV And seven women shall take hold of one man in that day, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name; take thou away our reproach.
(And seven women shall take hold of one man in that day, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy/your name; take thou/you away our reproach.)

SLT And seven women shall lay hold upon one man in that day, saying, We will eat our bread, and we will be clothed with our garments: only thy name shall be called upon us to take away our reproach.

Wbstr And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.

KJB-1769 And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.[fn][fn]
(And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy/your name, to take away our reproach.)

KJB-1611 ¶ [fn][fn]And in that day seuen women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eate our owne bread, & weare our owne apparell: onely let vs be called by thy name, to take away our reproch.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

Bshps In that day, seuen women shall take holde of one man, saying: we wyll finde our selues meate and apparell: only let vs be called by thy name, to take our shamefull reproofe from vs.
(In that day, seven women shall take hold of one man, saying: we will find ourselves meat and apparel: only let us be called by thy/your name, to take our shameful reproof from us.)

Gnva And in that day shall seuen women take hold of one man, saying, Wee will eate our owne bread, and we wil weare our owne garments: onely let vs bee called by thy name, and take away our reproche.
(And in that day shall seven women take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and we will wear our own garments: only let us be called by thy/your name, and take away our reproach.)

Cvdl Then shal seuen wyues take holde of one man, and saye: we will laye all oure meat and cloothinge together in comon, only that we maye be called thy wyues, and that this shamefull reprofe maye be take from us.
(Then shall seven wives take hold of one man, and say: we will lay all our meat and clothinge together in common, only that we may be called thy/your wives, and that this shameful reproof may be take from us.)

Wycl And seuene wymmen schulen catche o man in that dai, and schulen seie, We schulen ete oure breed, and we schulen be hilid with oure clothis; oneli thi name be clepid on vs, do thou awei oure schenschip.
(And seven women should catch o man in that day, and should say, We should eat our breed, and we should be held with our clothes; only thy/your name be called on us, do thou/you away our disgrace/ruin.)

Luth daß sieben Weiber werden zu der Zeit einen Mann ergreifen und sprechen: Wir wollen uns selbst nähren und kleiden; laß uns nur nach deinem Namen heißen, daß unsere Schmach von uns genommen werde.
(that seven women become to/for the/of_the time/period a man seize and speak: We want us/to_us/ourselves himself/itself nourish/feed and dress(v); let us/to_us/ourselves only after your name(s) be_called, that our disgrace from us/to_us/ourselves taken become.)

ClVg [Et apprehendent septem mulieres virum unum in die illa, dicentes: Panem nostrum comedemus, et vestimentis nostris operiemur: tantummodo invocetur nomen tuum super nos; aufer opprobrium nostrum.][fn]
([And they_will_arrest seven women husband one in/into/on day that, saying: Bread/Food our we_will_eat, and clothes ours operiemur: only callur name your(sg) over us; aufer reproach our.])

UHB וְ⁠הֶחֱזִיקוּ֩ שֶׁ֨בַע נָשִׁ֜ים בְּ⁠אִ֣ישׁ אֶחָ֗ד בַּ⁠יּ֤וֹם הַ⁠הוּא֙ לֵ⁠אמֹ֔ר לַחְמֵ֣⁠נוּ נֹאכֵ֔ל וְ⁠שִׂמְלָתֵ֖⁠נוּ נִלְבָּ֑שׁ רַ֗ק יִקָּרֵ֤א שִׁמְ⁠ךָ֙ עָלֵ֔י⁠נוּ אֱסֹ֖ף חֶרְפָּתֵֽ⁠נוּ׃ס ‡

BrLXX Καὶ ἐπιλήψονται ἑπτὰ γυναῖκες ἀνθρώπου ἑνὸς, λέγουσαι, τὸν ἄρτον ἡμῶν φαγόμεθα, καὶ τὰ ἱμάτια ἡμῶν περιβαλούμεθα, πλὴν τὸ ὄνομα τὸ σὸν κεκλήσθω ἐφʼ ἡμᾶς, ἄφελε τὸν ὀνειδισμὸν ἡμῶν.

BrTr And seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own raiment: only let thy name be called upon us, and take away our reproach.