ISA 51:8 Parallel Verse View

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ULT for the moth will devour them like a garment,
⇔ and the worm will devour them like wool;
 ⇔ but my righteousness will be forever,
⇔ and my salvation to generation after generation.”

UST because some day they will be destroyed
⇔ like clothing that moths have eaten,
 ⇔ like wool garments that have been eaten by worms.
⇔ Everyone will know what I do and I will always do what is right;
⇔ and I will save you, and you will be saved forever.”

BSB For the moth will devour them like a garment,
⇔ and the worm will eat them like wool.
 ⇔ But My righteousness will last forever,
⇔ My salvation through all generations.”

OEB for like a garment the moth will consume them,
⇔ the worm will consume them like wool;
 ⇔ but eternal will be my salvation,
⇔ my triumph from age to age.

WEB For the moth will eat them up like a garment,
⇔ and the worm will eat them like wool;
 ⇔ but my righteousness will be forever,
⇔ and my salvation to all generations.”

NET For a moth will eat away at them like clothes;
 ⇔ a clothes moth will devour them like wool.
 ⇔ But the vindication I provide will be permanent;
 ⇔ the deliverance I give will last.”

LSV For a moth eats them as a garment,
And a worm eats them as wool,
And My righteousness is for all time,
And My salvation from generation to generation.”

FBV Moths will eat them up like clothing; bugs will chew through them like wool. But my goodness will last forever, my salvation will endure for all generations.

T4T because some day they will be destroyed
⇔ like [MET] clothing that is eaten by ◄larvae of moths/cockroaches►,
 ⇔ like wool garments that have been eaten by worms.
⇔ I will save you people, and you will be saved forever.”

LEB • a moth will devour[fn] them like wool, • but[fn] my righteousness will be forever, • and my salvation for[fn]”

?:? Or “eat”

?:? Or “and”

?:? Literally “generation of generations”

BBE For like a coat they will be food for the insect, the worm will make a meal of them like wool: but my righteousness will be for ever, and my salvation to all generations.

MOF No MOF ISA book available

JPS For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool; but My favour shall be for ever, and My salvation unto all generations.

ASV For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool; but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation unto all generations.

DRA For the worm shall eat them up as a garment: and the moth shall consume them as wool: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my justice from generation to generation,

YLT For as a garment eat them doth a moth, And as wool eat them doth a worm, And My righteousness is to the age, And My salvation to all generations.

DBY For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool; but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.

RV For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation unto all generations.

WBS For the moth shall eat them like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.

KJB For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.

BB For wormes and mothes shall eate them vp lyke cloth and wooll: but my ryghteousnesse shall endure for euer, and my sauyng health from generation to generation.
(For worms and mothes shall eat them up like cloth and wooll: but my righteousnesse shall endure forever, and my saving health from generation to generation.)

GNV For the mothe shall eate them vp like a garment, and the worme shall eate them like wool: but my righteousnesse shalbe for euer, and my saluation from generation to generation.
(For the mothe shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousnesse shall be forever, and my saluation from generation to generation. )

CB for wormes & mothes shal eat the vp like clothe & woll. But my rightuousnesse shal endure for euer, & my sauynge health from generacion to generacion.
(for worms and mothes shall eat the up like clothe and woll. But my rightuousnesse shall endure forever, and my saving health from generation to generation.)

WYC For whi a worm schal ete hem so as a cloth, and a mouyte schal deuoure hem so as wolle; but myn helthe schal be withouten ende, and my riytfulnesse in to generaciouns of generaciouns.
(For why a worm shall eat them so as a cloth, and a mouyte shall deuoure them so as wolle; but mine health shall be without end, and my riytfulnesse in to generations of generations.)

LUT Denn die Motten werden sie fressen wie ein Kleid, und Würmer werden sie fressen wie ein wollen Tuch; aber meine Gerechtigkeit bleibet ewiglich und mein Heil für und für.
(Because the Motten become they/she/them fressen like a Kleid, and Würmer become they/she/them fressen like a wollen Tuch; but my Gerechtigkeit bleibet ewiglich and my Heil for and für.)

CLV sicut enim vestimentum, sic comedet eos vermis, et sicut lanam, sic devorabit eos tinea: salus autem mea in sempiternum erit, et justitia mea in generationes generationum.
(sicut because vestimentum, so comedet them vermis, and like lanam, so devorabit them tinea: salus however mea in sempiternum erit, and justitia mea in generationes generationum. )

BRN For as a garment will be devoured by time, and as wool will be devoured by a moth, so shall they be consumed; but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation for all generations.

BrLXX Ὡς γὰρ ἱμάτιον βρωθήσεται ὑπὸ χρόνου, καὶ ὡς ἔρια βρωθήσεται ὑπὸ σητός· ἡ δὲ δικαιοσύνη μου εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα ἔσται, τὸ δὲ σωτήριόν μου εἰς γενεὰς γενεῶν.
(Hōs gar himation brōthaʸsetai hupo ⱪronou, kai hōs eria brōthaʸsetai hupo saʸtos; haʸ de dikaiosunaʸ mou eis ton aiōna estai, to de sōtaʸrion mou eis geneas geneōn. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) For the moth will eat them up like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when like_the,garment eat_~_up,them moth and,like_the,wool eat,them worm and,righteousness,my to,forever you(ms)_will_be and,salvation,my to,generation_of generations )

God speaks of people who abuse those who are righteous as if they were wool garments, and of their being destroyed as if insects ate them.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

(Occurrence 0) my righteousness will be forever

God’s “righteousness” here represents him ruling righteously. Alternate translation: “my righteous rule will be forever” or “I will rule righteously forever”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

(Occurrence 0) and my salvation to all generations

God’s “salvation” here represents the result of his salvation, which is freedom. Being “to all generations” represents lasting forever. Alternate translation: “I will save you, and you will be free forever”

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