Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
"Send a lamb to the ruler of the land, from Selah, by way of the desert, to the mountain of the Daughter of Zion.
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.
Holman Bible
from Sela in the desert
to the mountain of Daughter Zion.
A Conservative Version
Send ye the lambs for the ruler of the land from Selah to the wilderness, to the mount of the daughter of Zion.
American Standard Version
Send ye the lambs for the ruler of the land from Selah to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.
Amplified
From Sela [that is, Petra in Edom] through the wilderness to the mountain of the Daughter of Zion (Jerusalem).
Bible in Basic English
And they will send ... to the mountain of the daughter of Zion.
Darby Translation
Send the lamb of the ruler of the land from the rock to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.
Julia Smith Translation
Send ye a lamb to the ruler to the land, from the rock of the desert to the mountain of the daughter of Zion.
King James 2000
Send the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Send a ram [to the] ruler [of the] land, from Sela [across the] desert to the mountain of {daughter Zion}.
Modern King James verseion
Send the lamb to the ruler of the land from the rock of the desert to the mount of the daughter of Zion.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Send the Lord of the world a lamb, from the rock that lieth toward the desert, unto the hill of the daughter Zion.
NET Bible
Send rams as tribute to the ruler of the land, from Sela in the desert to the hill of Daughter Zion.
New Heart English Bible
Send the lambs for the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, to the mountain of the daughter of Zion.
The Emphasized Bible
Send ye the lamb due to the ruler of the land, From Sela towards the desert, - Unto the mount of the daughter of Zion;
Webster
Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, to the mount of the daughter of Zion.
World English Bible
Send the lambs for the ruler of the land from Selah to the wilderness, to the mountain of the daughter of Zion.
Youngs Literal Translation
Send ye a lamb to the ruler of the land, From Selah in the wilderness, Unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.
Interlinear
Shalach
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 16:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Moab's Hopeless Situation
1 "Send a lamb to the ruler of the land, from Selah, by way of the desert, to the mountain of the Daughter of Zion. 2 Like fluttering birds, like an abandoned nest, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon River.
Cross References
2 Kings 3:4
Meanwhile, Moab's King Mesha was a sheep breeder. He used to pay 100,000 lambs and the wool from 100,000 rams to the king of Israel as tribute.
2 Kings 14:7
Joash executed 10,000 Edomites in the Salt Valley and captured Sela in battle, renaming it Joktheel, which remains its name to this day.
Isaiah 10:32
This very day he will halt at Nob; he will shake his fists at the mountain that is the Daughter of Zion, at Jerusalem's hill.
Ezra 7:17
Accordingly, you are to exercise due diligence to utilize this money to purchase bulls, rams, lambs, grain offerings, and drink offerings, and to offer them upon the altar of the Temple of your God, which is in Jerusalem.
2 Samuel 8:2
David also conquered Moab, then measured them with a cord, making them lie down on the ground. He executed everyone measured out in each two lengths' measurement of the cord, but spared the ones measured out by every third length. Then the Moabites were placed under servitude to David, and made to pay tribute.
Isaiah 42:11
Let the desert cry out, its towns and the villages where Kedar lives; and let those who live in Sela sing for joy. Let them shout aloud from the mountaintops.
Micah 4:8
"And you, watchtower of the flock, you stronghold of the daughter of Zion, it will happen even to you: The former dominion, even the kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem, will come.