ISA 5:7 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) ⇔ Yes, Commander-in-chief Yahweh’s vineyard is Yisrael,
⇔ and the people from Yehudah are his nice plants.
⇔ Then he waited for justice, but look, slaughter came.
⇔ He waited for people to do what’s right, but listen, screaming came.

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 Ὁ γὰρ ἀμπελὼν Κυρίου σαβαὼβ, οἶκος τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ ἄνθρωπος τοῦ Ἰούδα νεόφυτον ἠγαπημένον· ἔμεινα τοῦ ποιῆσαι κρίσιν, ἐποίησε δὲ ἀνομίαν, καὶ οὐ δικαιοσύνην, ἀλλὰ κραυγήν.
(Ho gar ampelōn Kuriou sabaōb, oikos tou Israaʸl, kai anthrōpos tou Youda neofuton aʸgapaʸmenon; emeina tou poiaʸsai krisin, epoiaʸse de anomian, kai ou dikaiosunaʸn, alla kraugaʸn.)

BrTr For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and [fn]the men of Juda his beloved plant: I expected it to bring forth judgment, and it brought forth iniquity; and not righteousness, but a cry.

ULT For the vineyard of Yahweh of Armies is the house of Israel,
⇔ and the man of Judah is the planting of his delight.
⇔ And he waited for justice, but behold, bloodshed;
⇔ for righteousness, but behold, a cry.

UST The Israelites are like a vineyard that belongs to Yahweh, the commander of the heavenly armies.
⇔ The people of Judah are like a garden that he has carefully tended.
⇔ He expected them to act justly,
⇔ but instead, they murdered others.
⇔ He expected them to do what was right,
⇔ but instead, he heard people crying for help because others were attacking them violently.

BSB For the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts
⇔ is the house of Israel,
⇔ and the men of Judah
⇔ are the plant of His delight.
⇔ He looked for justice,
⇔ but saw bloodshed;
⇔ for righteousness,
⇔ but heard a cry of distress.

MSB (Same as BSB above)

OEB No OEB ISA book available

WEBBE For the vineyard of the LORD of Armies is the house of Israel,
⇔ and the men of Judah his pleasant plant.
⇔ He looked for justice, but behold, oppression,
⇔ for righteousness, but behold, a cry of distress.

WMBB For the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts is the house of Israel,
⇔ and the men of Judah his pleasant plant.
⇔ He looked for justice, but behold, oppression,
⇔ for righteousness, but behold, a cry of distress.

NET Indeed Israel is the vineyard of the Lord who commands armies,
⇔ the people of Judah are the cultivated place in which he took delight.
⇔ He waited for justice, but look what he got – disobedience!
⇔ He waited for fairness, but look what he got – cries for help!

LSV Because the vineyard of YHWH of Hosts
[Is] the house of Israel,
And the man of Judah His pleasant plant,
And He waits for judgment, and behold, oppression,
For righteousness, and behold, a cry.

FBV Israel is the vineyard of the Lord Almighty, and the people of Judah are the plants in his garden that made him happy. Yet while he hoped for justice, he only saw injustice; he hoped people would live right, but he only heard the cries of those who were suffering.

T4T ⇔ The nation of Israel is like [MET] the vineyard of the Commander of the armies of angels.
⇔ The people of Judah are like the garden that was pleasing to him.
⇔ He expected you to be doing what is just/fair,
⇔ but instead, what he saw was people murdering [MTY] others.
⇔ He expected that you would be doing righteous deeds,
⇔ but instead, he heard cries from people who were being attacked violently.

LEB • For the vineyard of Yahweh of hosts is the house of Israel,
  • and the man[fn] of Judah is the plantation of his delight.
• And he waited for justice,[fn]
  • but look! Bloodshed![fn]
• For righteousness,[fn]
  • but look! A cry of distress![fn]

5:5 Or “people”

5:5 The Hebrew word, mishpat, sounds like mishpakh in the next line

5:5 The Hebrew word, mishpakh, sounds like mishpat in the previous line

5:5 The Hebrew word, tsedaqah, sounds like tsa`aqah in the next line

5:5 The Hebrew word, tsa`aqah, sounds like tsedaqah in the previous line

BBE For the vine-garden of the Lord of armies is the people of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of his delight: and he was looking for upright judging, and there was blood; for righteousness, and there was a cry for help.

Moff No Moff ISA book available

JPS For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah the plant of His delight; and He looked for justice, but behold violence; for righteousness, but behold a cry.

ASV For the vineyard of Jehovah of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for justice, but, behold, oppression; for righteousness, but, behold, a cry.

DRA For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel: and the man of Juda, his pleasant plant: and I looked that he should do judgment, and behold iniquity: and do justice, and behold a cry.

YLT Because the vineyard of Jehovah of Hosts [Is] the house of Israel, And the man of Judah His pleasant plant, And He waiteth for judgment, and lo, oppression, For righteousness, and lo, a cry.

Drby For the vineyard of Jehovah of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah the plant of his delight: and he looked for justice, and behold, blood-shedding; for righteousness, and behold, a cry.

RV For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.
(For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts/armies is the house of Israel, and the men of Yudah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgement, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.)

SLT For the vineyard of Jehovah of armies is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah the plant of his pleasures: and he will wait for judgment, and behold bloodshed; for justice, and behold a cry.

Wbstr For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.

KJB-1769 For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.[fn][fn]
(For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts/armies is the house of Israel, and the men of Yudah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgement, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.)

5.7 his…: Heb. plant of his pleasures

5.7 oppression: Heb. a scab

KJB-1611 [fn][fn]For the Uineyard of the LORD of hostes is the house of Israel, and the men of Iudah his pleasant plant: and he looked for iudgement, but beholde oppression; for righteousnesse, but behold a crie.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and footnotes)

5:7 Heb. plant of his pleasures.

5:7 Heb.a scab.

Bshps As for the vineyarde of the Lorde of hoastes, it is the house of Israel: and the man of Iuda, the plant of his pleasure: Of these he loked for equitie, but see there is oppression for ryghteousnesse, and lo it is a crying.
(As for the vineyard of the Lord of hosts/armies, it is the house of Israel: and the man of Yuda, the plant of his pleasure: Of these he looked for equity, but see there is oppression for righteousness, and lo it is a crying.)

Gnva Surely the vineyard of the Lord of hostes is the house of Israel, and the men of Iudah are his pleasant plant, and hee looked for iudgement, but beholde oppression: for righteousnesse, but beholde a crying.
(Surely the vineyard of the Lord of hosts/armies is the house of Israel, and the men of Yudah are his pleasant plant, and he looked for judgement, but behold oppression: for righteousness, but behold a crying.)

Cvdl As for the vynyarde of the LORDE of hoostes it is the house of Israel, and whole Iuda his fayre plantinge. Of these he loked for equyte, but se there is wronge: for rightuousnesse, lo, It is but misery.
(As for the vineyard of the LORD of hosts/armies it is the house of Israel, and whole Yudah his fair plantinge. Of these he looked for equity, but see there is wronge: for righteousness, lo, It is but misery.)

Wycl Forsothe the vyner of the Lord of oostis is the hous of Israel, and the men of Juda ben the delitable buriownyng of hym. Y abood, that it schal make doom, and lo! wickidnesse; and that it schulde do riytfulnesse, and lo! cry.
(For_certain/Truly the vineyard of the Lord of hosts/armies is the house of Israel, and the men of Yudah been the delitable buriowning of him. I abode/stayed, that it shall make judgement, and lo! wickedness; and that it should do rightfulness/righteousness, and lo! cry.)

Luth Des HErr’s Zebaoth Weinberg aber ist das Haus Israel und die Männer Judas seine zarte Feser. Er wartet auf Recht, siehe, so ist‘s Schinderei; auf Gerechtigkeit, siehe, so ist‘s Klage.
(The LORD’s Tsevaot_(of_armies) vineyard but is the house Israel and the men Yudas his delicate fate. He waits on/in/to law/right, see/look, so it_is drudgery/slog(n); on/in/to justice, see/look, so it_is complaint.)

ClVg Vinea enim Domini exercituum domus Israël est; et vir Juda germen ejus delectabile: et exspectavi ut faceret judicium, et ecce iniquitas; et justitiam, et ecce clamor.][fn]
(vineyards because Master hosts/soldiers home Israel it_is; and man Yuda sprout his delectabile: and I_waited as would_do judgement, and behold iniquity; and justice, and behold cry/shout.])

5.7 Domus Isræl, etc. ID. Ex quo divisum est regnum, etc., usque ad quia Christus ex eis natus est. Ecce clamor. Quo vociferatus est contra Dominum et clamavit, dicens: Tolle, tolle, crucifige; vel, clamorem pro justitia fecerunt, quia Christum interfecerunt, cujus sanguis clamat ad Dominum: Vox sanguis fratris tui Abel clamat ad me de terra Gen. 4..

5.7 House Israel, etc. ID. From where divided it_is kingdom, etc., until to because Christ/Messiah from to_them born it_is. Behold cry/shout. Where voiceferatus it_is on_the_contrary the_Master and shouted, saying: Tolle, remove, crucify; or, shout for justice they_did, because Christ/Messiah they_killed, whose blood shouts to the_Master: The_voice blood brother's yours(sg) Abel shouts to me from/about earth/land Gen. 4..

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

כִּ֣י

that/for/because/then/when

The word translated as For indicates that what follows is a reason for what came before. Use a connector in your language that makes it clear that what follows is a reason for what came before. Alternate translation: [This is because]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

כֶ֜רֶם יְהוָ֤ה צְבָאוֹת֙ בֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל

vineyard_of YHWH armies/messengers house_of Yisrael

Here Isaiah is speaking of the people of Israel as if they were the vineyard of Yahweh of Armies, a cultivated plot of land belonging to God. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [the house of Israel is like a vineyard belonging to Yahweh of Armies]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וְ⁠אִ֣ישׁ יְהוּדָ֔ה נְטַ֖ע שַׁעֲשׁוּעָ֑י⁠ו

and,everyone_of Yehuda plant_of his_delight(s)_of,his

Here Isaiah is speaking of the people of Judah as if they were the planting of his delight, a cherished garden that Yahweh planted and tended. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [and the man of Judah is the cherished planting that he tended with care]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

וְ⁠אִ֣ישׁ יְהוּדָ֔ה

and,everyone_of Yehuda

Here the masculine term man has a generic sense that includes both men and women. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could use language in your translation that is clearly inclusive of both men and women. Alternate translation: [and the men and women of Judah]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

נְטַ֖ע שַׁעֲשׁוּעָ֑י⁠ו

plant_of his_delight(s)_of,his

Isaiah is using the possessive form to describe a planting that is characterized by his delight. If a speaker of your language would not use the possessive form for this, you could express this idea in another way. Alternate translation: [is a planting in which he delights]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

וַ⁠יְקַ֤ו לְ⁠מִשְׁפָּט֙ וְ⁠הִנֵּ֣ה מִשְׂפָּ֔ח

and,he_waited for,justice and=see/lo/see! bloodshed

Isaiah is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [And he waited for justice, but behold, he found bloodshed]

Note 7 topic: writing-poetry

לְ⁠מִשְׁפָּט֙ וְ⁠הִנֵּ֣ה מִשְׂפָּ֔ח לִ⁠צְדָקָ֖ה וְ⁠הִנֵּ֥ה צְעָקָֽה

for,justice and=see/lo/see! bloodshed for,righteousness and=see/lo/see! cry_of_distress

As the Hebrew prophets did on many occasions, in this chapter Isaiah emphasizes a point by using words together that have very similar sounds. In verse 7, he says, “he waited for justice, but behold, bloodshed; for righteousness, but behold, a cry.” The words translated as “justice” and “bloodshed” differ only in their last letter in Hebrew. Similarly, the words for “righteousness” and a “cry” differ in only one letter. It is often difficult to reproduce this kind of word play in another language, but if your language does have similar terms that you can use in these instances, it would be appropriate to do that in your translation. If not, you could show the emphasis in another way, such as by saying “only bloodshed” and “nothing but a cry.”

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

לְ⁠מִשְׁפָּט֙ & לִ⁠צְדָקָ֖ה

for,justice & for,righteousness

If your language does not use abstract nouns for the ideas of justice and righteousness, you could express the same ideas in other ways. Alternate translation: [people to act fairly … people to do right]

Note 9 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וְ⁠הִנֵּ֣ה מִשְׂפָּ֔ח

and=see/lo/see! bloodshed

Isaiah is using the term behold to focus his listeners’ attention on what he is about to say. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation. Alternate translation: [but there is bloodshed instead]

Note 10 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

לִ⁠צְדָקָ֖ה וְ⁠הִנֵּ֥ה צְעָקָֽה

for,righteousness and=see/lo/see! cry_of_distress

Isaiah is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [and he waited for righteousness, but behold, he heard a cry]

Parallel ISA 5:7