Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captives be delivered?
New American Standard Bible
Or the captives of
King James Version
Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?
Holman Bible
or the captives of the righteous
International Standard Version
"Can they seize plunder from warriors, or can the captives of tyrants be rescued?
American Standard Version
Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captives be delivered?
Amplified
“Can the spoils of war be taken from the mighty man,
Or the captives of a tyrant be rescued?”
Bible in Basic English
Will the goods of war be taken from the strong man, or the prisoners of the cruel one be let go?
Darby Translation
Shall the prey be taken from the mighty? and shall he that is rightfully captive be delivered?
Julia Smith Translation
Shall the prey be taken from the strong? and if the captivity of the just shalt be delivered?
King James 2000
Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Can war-booty be taken from [the] mighty? or can a captive of a righteous [person] be rescued?
Modern King James verseion
Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Who spoileth the giant of his prey? Or, who taketh the prisoners from the mighty?
NET Bible
Can spoils be taken from a warrior, or captives be rescued from a conqueror?
New Heart English Bible
Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the captives of a tyrant be delivered?
The Emphasized Bible
Shall prey, be taken from a mighty one? Or the captive of one in the right, be delivered?
Webster
Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?
World English Bible
Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captives be delivered?
Youngs Literal Translation
Is prey taken from the mighty? And the captive of the righteous delivered?
Themes
Contention » Who the lord contends with
Israel/jews » What israel shall know
Knowledge » What israel shall know
Interlinear
References
Smith
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 49:24
Verse Info
Context Readings
Yahweh Remembers Zion
23 And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers. They shall bow down to thee with their faces to the earth, and lick the dust of thy feet. And thou shall know that I am LORD, and those who wait for me s 24 Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captives be delivered? 25 But thus says LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered. For I will contend with him who contends with thee, and I will save thy sons.
Phrases
Cross References
Matthew 12:29
Or how can any man enter into the house of the strong man, and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man? And then he will plunder his house.
Ezra 9:9
For we are bondmen, yet our God has not forsaken us in our bondage, but has extended loving kindness to us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the ruins of it, a
Ezra 9:13
And after all that has come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great guilt, seeing that thou our God have punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and have given us such a remnant,
Nehemiah 9:33
However thou are just in all that has come upon us, for thou have dealt truly, but we have done wickedly,
Nehemiah 9:37
And it yields much increase to the kings whom thou have set over us because of our sins. Also they have power over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.
Psalm 124:6-7
Blessed be LORD, who has not given us as a prey to their teeth.
Psalm 126:1-3
When LORD brought back those who returned to Zion, we were like those who dream.
Isaiah 42:22
But this is a people robbed and plundered. They are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison-houses. They are for a prey, and none delivers, for a spoil, and none says, Restore.
Isaiah 53:12
Therefore I will divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong, because he poured out his soul to death, and was numbered with the transgressors. Yet he bore the sin of many, and made intercessi
Jeremiah 25:6-9
And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the work of your hands. And I will do you no hurt.
Jeremiah 25:11-14
And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment. And these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
Ezekiel 37:3
And he said to me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O lord LORD, thou know.
Ezekiel 37:11
Then he said to me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost. We are clean cut off.
Luke 11:21-22
When the fully armed strong man guards his palace, the things possessed by him are in peace,