Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

The LORD will go to court to oppose the elders and princes of his people: "You're the ones who have been devouring the vineyard, the plunder of the poor is in your own houses!

New American Standard Bible

The Lord enters into judgment with the elders and princes of His people,
“It is you who have devoured the vineyard;
The plunder of the poor is in your houses.

King James Version

The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses.

Holman Bible

The Lord brings this charge
against the elders and leaders of His people:
“You have devastated the vineyard.
The plunder from the poor is in your houses.

A Conservative Version

LORD will enter into judgment with the elders of his people, and the rulers of it. It is ye who have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of a poor man is in your houses.

American Standard Version

Jehovah will enter into judgment with the elders of his people, and the princes thereof: It is ye that have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses:

Amplified


The Lord enters into judgment with the elders of His people and their princes,
“For it is you who have devoured the vineyard [with your oppression, you have robbed the people and ruined the country];
The plunder of the poor is in your houses.

Bible in Basic English

The Lord comes to be the judge of their responsible men and of their rulers: it is you who have made waste the vine-garden, and in your houses is the property of the poor which you have taken by force.

Darby Translation

Jehovah will enter into judgment with the elders of his people and their princes, saying: It is ye that have eaten up the vineyard: the spoil of the poor is in your houses.

Julia Smith Translation

Jehovah will go into judgment with the old men of his people and his chiefs: and ye burnt up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses.

King James 2000

The LORD will enter into judgment with the elders of his people, and its princes: For you have eaten up the vineyard; the plunder of the poor is in your houses.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Yahweh enters into judgment with the elders of his people and its princes. "And you! You have devoured the vineyard; the spoil of the poor [is] in your houses!

Modern King James verseion

Jehovah will enter into judgment with the elders of His people, and their kings; for you have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The LORD shall come forth to reason with the senators and princes of his people, and shall say thus unto them, "It is ye that have burnt up my vineyard; the robbery of the poor is in your house.

NET Bible

The Lord comes to pronounce judgment on the leaders of his people and their officials. He says, "It is you who have ruined the vineyard! You have stashed in your houses what you have stolen from the poor.

New Heart English Bible

The LORD will enter into judgment with the elders of his people, and their leaders: "It is you who have eaten up the vineyard. The spoil of the poor is in your houses.

The Emphasized Bible

Yahweh, into judgment, will enter, With the elders of his people And their princes, - But ye, have consumed the vineyard, That which hath been robbed from the oppressed, is in your houses.

Webster

The LORD will enter into judgment with the elders of his people, and with their princes: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses.

World English Bible

Yahweh will enter into judgment with the elders of his people, and their leaders: "It is you who have eaten up the vineyard. The spoil of the poor is in your houses.

Youngs Literal Translation

Jehovah into judgment doth enter With elders of His people, and its heads: 'And ye, ye have consumed the vineyard, Plunder of the poor is in your houses.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
The Lord

Usage: 0

will enter

come, bring, ... in, enter, go, carry, ...down, pass, ...out,
Usage: 0

with the ancients
זקן 
Zaqen 
Usage: 178

of his people
עם 
`am 
Usage: 1867

and the princes
שׂר 
Sar 
Usage: 421

בּער 
Ba`ar 
Usage: 94

the vineyard
כּרם 
Kerem 
Usage: 93

the spoil
גּזלה 
G@zelah 
Usage: 6

of the poor
עני 
`aniy 
Usage: 75

References

Fausets

Context Readings

Leaders Of Judah And Jerusalem

13 The LORD is taking his place to argue his case; he's standing up to judge the people. 14 The LORD will go to court to oppose the elders and princes of his people: "You're the ones who have been devouring the vineyard, the plunder of the poor is in your own houses! 15 How dare you crush my people as you grind down the face of the poor?" declares the Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies.



Cross References

Job 22:4

Will he acquit you just because you fear him, and render a verdict on your behalf?

Psalm 143:2

Do not enter into judgment with your servant, for no living person is righteous in your sight.

Job 24:2-7

They move boundary stones, steal flocks, and pasture them.

Job 24:9

"The fatherless are torn from the breast; the poor are taken away as security for a loan.

Job 34:23

He won't examine mankind further, that they would go before God to judgment.

Psalm 14:4

Will those who do evil ever learn? They devour my people like they devour bread, and never call on the LORD.

Isaiah 3:2-3

the mighty man and the warrior, the judge and the prophet, the fortune-teller and the elder,

Isaiah 5:7

For the vineyard of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the garden in which he delights. He looked for justice, but saw only bloodshed; he searched for righteousness, but heard only an outcry!

Jeremiah 5:27

Like a cage full of birds, so their houses are filled with treachery. This is how they have become prominent and rich,

Amos 4:1

"Listen to this message, you fat cows from Bashan, who live on the Samaritan mountains, who oppress the poor, who rob the needy, and who constantly ask your husbands for one more drink!"

Micah 2:2

They covet fields and seize them; they covet houses, and grab them, too. They harass the valiant man, along with his household, an individual and his estate.

Micah 6:10

Are there still wicked treasures in the house of the wicked, along with deceitful and abominable measuring standards?

Matthew 21:33

"Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a wall around it, dug a wine press in it, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went abroad.

James 2:6

But you have humiliated the man who is poor. Are not rich people the ones who oppress you and drag you into court?

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