Verse
KJV
King James Version
WEB
World English Bible
I will stand upon
my watch, and set me
upon
the tower
, and will watch
to see what he will say unto
me, and what I shall
answer when
I
am
reproved
.
I will stand at
my watch, and set myself
on
the ramparts
, and will look
out
to see what he will say to
me, and what I will
answer concerning
my
complaint
.
And
the
LORD
answered me, and
said,
Write the vision, and make it plain upon
tables
, that he may run that
readeth
it.
Yahweh
answered me, "
Write the vision, and make it plain on
tablets
, that he may run who
reads
it.
For the vision is yet for an
appointed time, but
at
the end it
shall
speak
, and not
lie:
though it tarry
, wait for it; because it will surely come ,
it will
not
tarry
.
For the vision is yet for the
appointed time, and
it
hurries
toward
the end, and won't
prove
false.
Though it takes
time
, wait for it; because it will surely come .
It won't
delay
.
Behold, his soul which
is lifted
up is not upright in him :
but the just
shall
live by his faith.
Behold, his soul is puffed
up .
It
is not upright in him ,
but the righteous
will
live by his faith.
Yea
also
, because
he
transgresseth
by
wine
, he
is a proud
man ,
neither
keepeth
at home, who enlargeth
his desire as hell
, and is as
death, and cannot
be satisfied, but gathereth
unto
him
all nations, and heapeth
unto
him
all people:
Yes
, moreover
, wine
is treacherous.
A haughty
man who
doesn't
stay
at home, who enlarges
his desire as Sheol
, and he
is like
death, and can't
be satisfied, but gathers
to
himself
all nations, and heaps
to
himself
all peoples.
Shall
not
all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that
increaseth
that which is not his! how long? and
to
him
that
ladeth
himself
with
thick
clay!
Won't
all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, '
Woe to him who
increases
that which is not his ,
and
who
enriches
himself
by
extortion
! How long? '
Shall
they
not
rise up suddenly that
shall
bite
thee
, and awake
that
shall
vex
thee
, and thou
shalt
be for
booties
unto
them
?
Won't
your
debtors
rise up suddenly, and wake
up
those
who
make
you
tremble
, and you
will
be their
victim
?
Because thou
hast
spoiled
many nations, all the remnant of the people
shall
spoil
thee;
because of men's blood, and for the violence of
the land, of
the city ,
and of
all that
dwell therein
.
Because you
have
plundered
many nations, all the remnant of the peoples
will
plunder
you,
because of men's blood, and for the violence done
to
the land, to
the city and to
all who
dwell in
it
.
Woe to him that
coveteth
an evil covetousness
to
his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power
of evil!
Woe to him who
gets
an evil gain
for
his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand
of evil!
Thou
hast
consulted
shame to thy
house by cutting off many people
, and hast
sinned against thy
soul.
You
have
devised
shame to your
house ,
by cutting off many peoples
, and have
sinned against your
soul.
For the stone shall
cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber
shall
answer it.
For the stone will
cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the woodwork
will
answer it.
Woe to him that
buildeth
a town with blood, and stablisheth
a city by iniquity!
Woe to him who
builds
a town with blood, and establishes
a city by iniquity!
Behold, is
it not
of the
LORD
of hosts that the people
shall
labour
in
the very
fire, and the people
shall
weary themselves for very
vanity?
Behold, isn't
it of Yahweh
of Hosts that the peoples
labor
for
the fire, and the nations
weary themselves for vanity?
For the earth shall
be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the
LORD
, as the waters cover the sea.
For the earth will
be filled with the knowledge of the glory of Yahweh
, as the waters cover the sea.
Woe unto
him that
giveth
his neighbour
drink, that
puttest
thy
bottle
to
him,
and
makest
him
drunken
also
, that thou
mayest
look
on
their nakedness
!
"
Woe to
him who
gives
his neighbor
drink, pouring
your
inflaming
wine
until
they
are
drunk
, so
that you
may
gaze
at
their naked
bodies
!
Thou
art
filled with shame for
glory :
drink
thou
also, and let
thy
foreskin
be uncovered:
the cup of the
LORD's
right hand shall
be
turned
unto
thee
, and shameful
spewing
shall
be
on
thy
glory.
You
are
filled with shame ,
and
not
glory .
You
will
also drink
, and be exposed!
The cup of Yahweh's
right hand will
come
around
to
you
, and disgrace
will
cover
your
glory.
For the violence of
Lebanon shall
cover
thee
, and the spoil
of beasts
, which made them afraid ,
because of men's blood, and for the violence of
the land, of
the
city ,
and of
all
that
dwell therein
.
For the violence done
to
Lebanon will
overwhelm
you
, and the destruction
of the
animals
, which made them afraid ;
because of men's blood, and for the violence done
to
the land, to
every
city and to
those
who
dwell in
them
.
What profiteth
the graven
image that the
maker thereof
hath
graven
it; the molten image, and
a
teacher of lies, that the
maker
of
his
work
trusteth
therein
, to make dumb
idols?
"
What value
does
the engraved
image have,
that its
maker has
engraved
it; the molten image, even
the
teacher of lies, that he
who
fashions
its
form
trusts
in
it
, to make mute
idols?
Woe unto
him that
saith
to the wood, Awake ;
to the dumb
stone, Arise ,
it
shall teach !
Behold, it is laid
over
with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.
Woe to
him who
says
to the wood, '
Awake !'
or
to the mute
stone, '
Arise !'
Shall this
teach ?
Behold, it is overlaid
with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.
But the
LORD
is in his holy temple :
let all the earth keep
silence
before him .
But Yahweh
is in his holy temple .
Let all the earth be
silent
before him !"
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