ISA 28:4 Parallel Verse View

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28:4 Note: BHS has been faithful to the Leningrad Codex where there might be a question of the validity of the form and we keep the same form as BHS.

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Καὶ ἔσται τὸ ἄνθος τὸ ἐκπεσὸν τῆς ἐλπίδος τῆς δόζῆς, ἐπʼ ἄκρου τοῦ ὄρους τοῦ ὑψηλοῦ· ὡς πρόδρομος σύκου, ὁ ἰδὼν αὐτό, πρὶν εἰς τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ λαβεῖν αὐτό, θελήσει αὐτὸ καταπιεῖν.
(Kai estai to anthos to ekpeson taʸs elpidos taʸs dozaʸs, epʼ akrou tou orous tou hupsaʸlou; hōs prodromos sukou, ho idōn auto, prin eis taʸn ⱪeira autou labein auto, thelaʸsei auto katapiein. )

BrTr And the fading flower of the [fn]glorious hope on the top of the high mountain shall be as the early fig; he that sees it, before he takes it into his hand, will desire to swallow it down.

ULT And the fading flower of his glorious splendor
⇔ which is on the head of the lush valley,
⇔ will be as the firstfruits before the summer,
⇔ that when an onlooker sees it,
⇔ while it is yet in his palm, he swallows it.

UST Yes, Samaria is beautiful, set on a hill above a fertile valley, but that beauty will disappear
⇔ like a flower that wilts and dries up.
⇔ Whenever someone sees a good fig at the beginning of the season when figs become ripe, he quickly picks and eats it;
⇔ similarly, when the enemies of Israel see all the beautiful things in Samaria,
⇔ they will quickly conquer the city and take away all those things.

BSB The fading flower of his beautiful splendor,
⇔ set on the summit above the fertile valley,
⇔ will be like a ripe fig before the summer harvest:
⇔ Whoever sees it will take it in his hand and swallow it.

OEB and the fading flower of her glorious beauty,
⇔ which crowned the head of the fertile valley,
⇔ will be as the first ripe fig before summer –
⇔ no sooner seen than swallowed,
⇔ the moment it is in the hand.

WEBBE The fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fertile valley, shall be like the first-ripe fig before the summer, which someone picks and eats as soon as he sees it.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET The withering flower, its beautiful splendor,
⇔ situated at the head of a rich valley,
⇔ will be like an early fig before harvest –
⇔ as soon as someone notices it,
⇔ he grabs it and swallows it.

LSV And the fading flower of the beauty of his glory
That [is] on the head of the fat valley,
Has been as its first-fruit before summer,
That its beholder sees; He swallows it while it [is] yet in his hand.

FBV That fading flower of wonderful beauty, sitting above a fertile valley, will be like figs ripe before the summer harvest—as soon as people discover them, they grab and eat them.

T4T Yes, Samaria is beautiful, set on a hill above a fertile valley, but that beauty will disappear
⇔ like [MET] a flower that wilts and dries up.
⇔ Whenever someone sees a good fig at the beginning of the season when figs become ripe, he quickly picks and eats it;
⇔ similarly, when the enemies of Israel see all the beautiful things in Samaria,
⇔ they will quickly conquer the city and take away all those things.

LEB the withering flower of the glory of its beauty which is at the head of[fn] will be like its early fig before summer, which the one who sees it swallows[fn] while it is still in his hand.

28:? Literally “a valley of fat”

28:? Literally “Which, when the one who sees it sees it, he swallows it”

BBE And the dead flower of his glory, which is on the head of the fertile valley, will be like the first early fruit before the summer; which a man takes and puts in his mouth the minute he sees it.

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JPS And the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be as the first-ripe fig before the summer, which when one looketh upon it, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.

ASV and the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be as the first-ripe fig before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.

DRA And the fading flower the glory of his joy, who is on the head of the fat valley, shall be as a hasty fruit before the ripeness of autumn: which when he that seeth it shall behold, as soon as he taketh it in his hand, he will eat it up.

YLT And the fading flower of the beauty of his glory That [is] on the head of the fat valley, Hath been as its first-fruit before summer, That its beholder seeth, While it [is] yet in his hand he swalloweth it.

Drby and the fading flower of his glorious adornment which is on the head of the fat valley shall be like an early fig before the summer: as soon as he that seeth it perceiveth it, scarcely is it in his hand, he swalloweth it down.

RV and the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be as the firstripe fig before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.

Wbstr And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the rich valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the early fruit before the summer; which, when he that looketh upon it, seeth while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.

KJB-1769 And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.[fn]

28.4 eateth: Heb. swalloweth

KJB-1611 [fn]And the glorious beautie which is on the head of the fat valley, shall bee a fading flowre, and as the hastie fruite before the summer: which when he that looketh vpon it, seeth it, while it is yet in his hand, he eateth it vp.
(And the glorious beauty which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flour, and as the hastie fruit before the summer: which when he that looketh upon it, seeth it, while it is yet in his hand, he eateth it up.)

28:4 Heb. swalloweth.

Bshps So that the floure of his fayrenesse and beautie whiche is in the head of the valley of fatnesse, shall fade away as doth an vntimely ripe figge before haruest: whiche when a man espieth, he loketh vpon it, and whyle it is yet in his hande he eateth it vp.
(So that the flour of his fayrenesse and beauty which is in the head of the valley of fatnesse, shall fade away as doth an untimely ripe fig before harvest: which when a man espieth, he looketh/looks upon it, and while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.)

Gnva For his glorious beautie shall be a fading floure, which is vpon the head of the valley of them that be fatte, and as the hastie fruite afore sommer, which when hee that looketh vpon it, seeth it, while it is in his hand, he eateth it.
(For his glorious beauty shall be a fading flour, which is upon the head of the valley of them that be fatte, and as the hastie fruit afore sommer, which when he that looketh upon it, seeth it, while it is in his hand, he eateth it. )

Cvdl And as for the faydinge floure, the glory of his pompe, which is vpon the toppe of the plenteous valley: it shal happen vnto him, as to an vntymely frute before the haruest come. Which as soone as it is sene, is by and by deuoured, or euer it come well in a mans honde.
(And as for the faydinge flour, the glory of his pompe, which is upon the top of the plenteous valley: it shall happen unto him, as to an untymely fruit before the harvest come. Which as soon as it is seen, is by and by devoured, or ever it come well in a mans honde.)

Wycl and the flour of glorie of the ful out ioiyng of hym, that is on the cop of valei of fat thingis, schal be fallyng doun, as a tymeli thing bifore the ripenesse of heruest; which whanne a man seynge biholdith, anoon as he takith with hond, he schal deuoure it.
(and the flour of glory of the full out ioiyng of him, that is on the cop of valei of fat things, shall be fallyng down, as a timeli thing before the ripenesse of harvest; which when a man seeing biholdith, anon/immediately as he takith with hand, he shall devour it.)

Luth Und die welke Blume ihrer lieblichen Herrlichkeit, welche stehet oben über einem fetten Tal, wird sein gleich wie das Reife vor dem Sommer, welches verdirbt, wenn man es noch an seinem Zweige hangen siehet.
(And the welke Blume of_their/her lieblichen Lordlichkeit, which stands above above one fetten Tal, becomes his gleich like the Reife before/in_front_of to_him Sommer, which verdirbt, when man it still at his Zweige hangen siehet.)

ClVg Et erit flos decidens gloriæ exsultationis ejus, qui est super verticem vallis pinguium, quasi temporaneum ante maturitatem autumni, quod, cum aspexerit videns, statim ut manu tenuerit, devorabit illud.
(And will_be flos decidens gloriæ exsultationis his, who it_is over verticem vallis pinguium, as_if temporaneum before maturitatem autumni, quod, when/with aspexerit videns, immediately as by_hand tenuerit, devorabit illud. )

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