ISA 9:14 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs, green:YHWH.
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BrLXX καὶ προφήτην διδάσκοντα ἄνομα, οὗτος ἡ οὐρά.
(kai profaʸtaʸn didaskonta anoma, houtos haʸ oura. )

BrTr the old man, and them that respect persons, this is the head; and the prophet teaching unlawful things, he is the tail.

ULT And Yahweh will cut off from Israel head and tail,
⇔ palm branch and reed in one day.

UST Therefore, in one day Yahweh will get rid of those who are like Israel’s head and those who are like its tail;
⇔ the ones who are like the top of the palm tree and the ones who are like the bottom.

BSB So the LORD will cut off Israel’s head and tail,
⇔ both palm branch and reed in a single day.

OEB So he cut off from Israel head and tail,
⇔ palm-branch and rush in a single day.

WEBBE Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail,
⇔ palm branch and reed, in one day.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET So the Lord cut off Israel’s head and tail,
⇔ both the shoots and stalk in one day.

LSV And YHWH cuts off head and tail from Israel,
Branch and reed—the same day.

FBV So in just a single day the Lord will chop off Israel's head and tail, palm branch and reed.

T4T Therefore, in one day Yahweh will get rid of those who are like Israel’s head and those who are like its tail;
⇔ the ones who are like the top of the palm tree and the ones who are like the bottom.

LEB • palm branch and reed in one day.

BBE For this cause the Lord took away from Israel head and tail, high and low, in one day.

Moff No Moff ISA book available

JPS (9-13) Therefore the LORD doth cut off from Israel head and tail, palm-branch and rush, in one day.

ASV Therefore Jehovah will cut off from Israel head and tail, palm-branch and rush, in one day.

DRA And the Lord shall destroy out of Israel the head and the tail, him that bendeth down, and him that holdeth back, in one day.

YLT And Jehovah cutteth off from Israel head and tail, Branch and reed — the same day,

Drby And Jehovah will cut off from Israel head and tail, palm-branch and rush, in one day:

RV Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, palm-branch and rush, in one day.

Wbstr Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.

KJB-1769 Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.

KJB-1611 Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and taile, branch and rush in one day.

Bshps Therefore hath the Lorde rooted out of Israel both head and tayle, bough and reede in one day.
(Therefore hath/has the Lord rooted out of Israel both head and tayle, bough and reede in one day.)

Gnva Therefore will the Lord cut off from Israel head and taile, branche and rush in one day.

Cvdl Therfore the LORDE shal rote out of Israel both heade and tale, braunch and twygge in one daye.
(Therefore the LORD shall root out of Israel both head and tale, branch and twygge in one day.)

Wycl And the Lord schal leese fro Israel the heed and the tail; crokynge and bischrewynge, ether refreynynge, in o dai.
(And the Lord shall lose from Israel the head and the tail; crokynge and bischrewynge, ether refreynynge, in o day.)

Luth Die alten ehrlichen Leute sind der Kopf; die Propheten aber, so falsch lehren, sind der Schwanz.
(The old ehrlichen Leute are the/of_the Kopf; the Propheten but, so falsch lehren, are the/of_the Schwanz.)

ClVg Et disperdet Dominus ab Israël caput et caudam, incurvantem et refrenantem, die una.
(And disperdet Master away Israel caput and caudam, incurvantem and refrenantem, day una. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) head and tail

(Some words not found in UHB: elders and,one_being_lifted_of faces he/it the,head and,prophets Mōreh lies he/it the,tail )

Isaiah explains this metaphor in verse 15, so you do not need to add any information about its meaning here in your translation.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) palm branch and reed

(Some words not found in UHB: elders and,one_being_lifted_of faces he/it the,head and,prophets Mōreh lies he/it the,tail )

The “palm branch” grows high on the tree and is a metaphor for people who are important and rule others. The “reed” grows in shallow water and is a metaphor for people who are poor and unimportant and are ruled by others.

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