Parallel Verses
Amplified
You contended with them by exile, by driving them away [from Canaan];
He has expelled them with His fierce wind on the day of the east wind.
New American Standard Bible
With His fierce wind He has expelled them on the day of the
King James Version
In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.
Holman Bible
by banishing and driving her away.
He removed her with His severe storm
on the day of the east wind.
International Standard Version
Measure by measure, in their exile you contended with them; with his fierce blast he removed them, as on a day when the east wind blows.
A Conservative Version
In measure, in sending it forth, thou content with it. He has removed with his rough blast in the day of the east wind.
American Standard Version
In measure, when thou sendest them away, thou dost content with them; he hath removed them with his rough blast in the day of the east wind.
Bible in Basic English
Your anger against her has been made clear by driving her away; he has taken her away with his storm-wind in the day of his east wind.
Darby Translation
In measure, when sending her away, didst thou contend with her: he hath taken her away with his rough wind in the day of the east wind.
Julia Smith Translation
In measure, in sending her forth thou wilt contend with her: he took away with a hard spirit in the day of the east,
King James 2000
In measure, by sending it away, you will contend with it: he removes it with his fierce blast in the day of the east wind.
Lexham Expanded Bible
By expelling her, by her sending away, you argue with her. He removed [them] with his strong wind, in [the] day of [the] east wind.
Modern King James verseion
By driving her away, you will contend with her; by sending her away, You punished her. He takes away by His rough wind, in the day of the east wind.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Every man recompenseth with the measure that he receiveth: He museth upon his sore wind, as upon the days of extreme heat.
NET Bible
When you summon her for divorce, you prosecute her; he drives her away with his strong wind in the day of the east wind.
New Heart English Bible
In measure, when you send them away, you contend with them. He has removed them with his rough blast in the day of the east wind.
The Emphasized Bible
By driving her away - by dismissing her, wouldest thou contend with her? He removed her by his rough wind in, a day of east wind.
Webster
In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.
World English Bible
In measure, when you send them away, you contend with them. He has removed them with his rough blast in the day of the east wind.
Youngs Literal Translation
In measure, in sending it forth, thou strivest with it, He hath taken away by His sharp wind, In the day of an east wind,
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 27:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel Rescued
7
Like the striking
Or like the slaughter of His slain, have they been slain?
You contended with them by exile, by driving them away [from Canaan];
He has expelled them with His fierce wind on the day of the east wind.
Therefore through this the wickedness [the sin, the injustice, the wrongdoing] of Jacob (Israel) will be atoned for and forgiven;
And this will be
When Israel makes all the stones of the [pagan] altars like crushed chalk stones;
When the Asherim and the incense altars will not stand.
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Cross References
Jeremiah 4:11
In that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, “A scorching wind from the barren heights in the wilderness [comes at My command] against the daughter of My people—not [a wind] to winnow and not to cleanse [from chaff, as when threshing, but]
Jeremiah 10:24
O Lord, correct me [along with Your people], but with mercy and in just measure—
Not in Your anger, or You will crush me and bring me to nothing.
Ezekiel 19:12
‘But the vine was uprooted in [godly] wrath [by His representative]
And it was thrown down to the ground;
The east wind dried up its fruit.
Its strong branch was broken off
So that it withered;
The fire [of God’s judgment] consumed it.
Hosea 13:15
For though he flourishes among the reeds (his fellow tribes),
An east wind (Assyria) will come,
The breath of the Lord rising from the desert;
And Ephraim’s spring will become dry
And his fountain will be dried up.
Assyria will plunder his treasury of every precious object.
Judges 10:10-16
Then the Israelites cried out to the Lord [for help], saying, “We have sinned against You, because we have abandoned (rejected) our God and have served the Baals.”
Job 23:6
“Would He contend against me with His great power?
No, surely He would give attention to me.
Psalm 6:1
Nor discipline me in Your wrath.
Psalm 38:1
Nor discipline me in Your burning anger.
Psalm 76:10
For the wrath of man shall praise You;
With a remnant of wrath You will clothe and arm Yourself.
Psalm 78:38
Many times He restrained His anger
And did not stir up all His wrath.
Psalm 103:14
For He knows our [mortal] frame;
He remembers that we are [merely] dust.
Isaiah 1:5
Why should you be stricken and punished again [since no change results from it]?
You [only] continue to rebel.
The whole head is sick
And the whole heart is faint and sick.
Isaiah 1:18-20
“Come now, and let us reason together,”
Says the Lord.
“
They shall be as white as snow;
Though they are red like crimson,
They shall be like wool.
Isaiah 5:3-4
“And now, says the Lord, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah,
Judge between Me and My vineyard (My people).
Isaiah 10:5-6
Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger [against Israel],
The staff in whose hand is My indignation and fury [against Israel’s disobedience]!
Isaiah 10:12
So when the Lord has completed all His work [of judgment] on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the fruit [the thoughts, the declarations, and the actions] of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and the haughtiness of his pride.”
Isaiah 50:1
By which I have sent your mother away, [O Israel]?
Or to which one of My creditors did I sell you [as slaves]?
In fact, You were sold for your wickedness [your sin, your injustice, your wrongdoing],
And for your transgressions your mother was sent away.
Isaiah 54:7
“For a brief moment I abandoned you,
But with great compassion and mercy I will gather you [to Myself again].
Isaiah 57:16
“For I will not contend forever,
Nor will I always be angry;
For [if I did stay angry] the spirit [of man] would grow weak before Me,
And the breath of those whom I have created.
Jeremiah 2:17-37
“Have you not brought this on yourself
By abandoning (rejecting) the Lord your God
When He led you in the way?
Jeremiah 4:27
Therefore says the Lord,
“The whole land shall be a desolation,
Yet I will not cause total destruction.
Jeremiah 30:11
‘For I am with you,’ says the Lord, ‘to save you;
For I will destroy completely all the nations where I have scattered you,
But I will not destroy you completely.
But I will judge and discipline you fairly
And will by no means regard you as guiltless and leave you unpunished.’
Jeremiah 46:28
“Do not fear, O Jacob My servant,” says the Lord,
“For I am with you.
For I will make a full and complete end of all the nations
To which I have driven you;
Yet I will not make a full end of you.
But I will discipline and correct you appropriately
And by no means will I declare you guiltless or leave you unpunished.”
Hosea 4:1
For the Lord has a [legal] case with the inhabitants of the land,
Because there is no faithfulness [no steadfast love, no dependability] or loyalty or kindness
Or knowledge of God [from personal experience with Him] in the land.
Hosea 6:1-2
For He has torn us, but He will heal us;
He has wounded us, but He will bandage us.
Hosea 11:7-9
My people are bent on turning from Me;
Though the prophets call them to the One on high,
None at all exalts Him.
Micah 6:2-5
“Hear, O mountains, the indictment of the Lord,
And you enduring foundations of the earth,
For the Lord has a case (a legal complaint) against His people,
And He will dispute (challenge) Israel.
1 Corinthians 10:13
No temptation [regardless of its source] has overtaken or enticed you that is not common to human experience [nor is any temptation unusual or beyond human resistance]; but God is faithful [to His word—He is compassionate and trustworthy], and He will not let you be tempted beyond your ability [to resist], but along with the temptation He [has in the past and is now and] will [always] provide the way out as well, so that you will be able to endure it [without yielding, and will overcome temptation with joy].
1 Peter 1:6
In this you rejoice greatly, even though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been distressed by various trials,