Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“Surely, the hills are a deception,
A tumult on the mountains.
Surely in the Lord our God
Is the salvation of Israel.

King James Version

Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel.

Holman Bible

Surely, falsehood comes from the hills,
commotion from the mountains,
but the salvation of Israel
is only in the Lord our God.

International Standard Version

Truly the hills are a deception, and the mountains are confusion. Truly, in the LORD our God is Israel's salvation."

American Standard Version

Truly in vain is the help that is looked for from the hills, the tumult on the mountains: truly in Jehovah our God is the salvation of Israel.

Amplified


“Truly, [the hope of salvation from] the hill [where idols are worshiped] is a deception,
A tumult and noisy multitude on the mountains;
Truly in the Lord our God
Is the salvation of Israel.

Bible in Basic English

Truly, the hills, and the noise of an army on the mountains, are a false hope: truly, in the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel.

Darby Translation

Truly in vain is salvation looked for from the hills, and the multitude of mountains; truly in Jehovah our God is the salvation of Israel.

Julia Smith Translation

Truly in vain from the hills; the multitude of mountains; truly in Jehovah our God the salvation of Israel.

King James 2000

Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Surely, an illusion [comes] from [the] hills, [the] turmoil [on] the mountains. Surely, in Yahweh our God [is] the salvation of Israel.

Modern King James verseion

Truly, for delusion comes from the high hills, tumult on the mountains. Truly, in Jehovah our God is the salvation of Israel.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The hills fall, and all the high pride of the mountains; but the health of Israel standeth only upon God our LORD.

NET Bible

We know our noisy worship of false gods on the hills and mountains did not help us. We know that the Lord our God is the only one who can deliver Israel.

New Heart English Bible

Truly in vain is help from the hills, the tumult on the mountains. Truly the salvation of Israel is in the LORD our God.

The Emphasized Bible

Surely, to falsehood, pertain the hills The noisy throng on the mountains, - Surely, in Yahweh our God, is the salvation of Israel!

Webster

Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel.

World English Bible

Truly in vain is [the help that is looked for] from the hills, the tumult on the mountains. Truly the salvation of Israel is in Yahweh our God.

Youngs Literal Translation

Surely in vain from the heights, The multitude of mountains -- Surely in Jehovah our God is the salvation of Israel.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
אכן 
'aken 
Usage: 18

in vain
שׁקר 
Sheqer 
Usage: 113

גּבעה 
Gib`ah 
Usage: 69

and from the multitude
המן המון 
Hamown 
Usage: 83

הר 
Har 
Usage: 544

אכן 
'aken 
Usage: 18

in the Lord

Usage: 0

אלהים 
'elohiym 
Usage: 2600

is the salvation
תּשׁעה תּשׁוּעה 
T@shuw`ah 
Usage: 34

References

American

Fausets

Hastings

Context Readings

A Call For Repentance

22 “Return, O faithless sons,
I will heal your faithlessness.”
“Behold, we come to You;
For You are the Lord our God.
23 “Surely, the hills are a deception,
A tumult on the mountains.
Surely in the Lord our God
Is the salvation of Israel.
24 “But the shameful thing has consumed the labor of our fathers since our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.



Cross References

Psalm 3:8

Salvation belongs to the Lord;
Your blessing be upon Your people! Selah.

Psalm 121:1-2

A Song of Ascents.
I will lift up my eyes to the mountains;
From where shall my help come?

Isaiah 12:2

“Behold, God is my salvation,
I will trust and not be afraid;
For the Lord God is my strength and song,
And He has become my salvation.”

Jeremiah 17:14

Heal me, O Lord, and I will be healed;
Save me and I will be saved,
For You are my praise.

Psalm 37:39-40

But the salvation of the righteous is from the Lord;
He is their strength in time of trouble.

Isaiah 43:11

“I, even I, am the Lord,
And there is no savior besides Me.

Isaiah 44:9

Those who fashion a graven image are all of them futile, and their precious things are of no profit; even their own witnesses fail to see or know, so that they will be put to shame.

Isaiah 45:15

Truly, You are a God who hides Himself,
O God of Israel, Savior!

Isaiah 45:17

Israel has been saved by the Lord
With an everlasting salvation;
You will not be put to shame or humiliated
To all eternity.

Isaiah 45:20

Gather yourselves and come;
Draw near together, you fugitives of the nations;
They have no knowledge,
Who carry about their wooden idol
And pray to a god who cannot save.

Isaiah 46:7-8

“They lift it upon the shoulder and carry it;
They set it in its place and it stands there.
It does not move from its place.
Though one may cry to it, it cannot answer;
It cannot deliver him from his distress.

Isaiah 63:1

Who is this who comes from Edom,
With garments of glowing colors from Bozrah,
This One who is majestic in His apparel,
Marching in the greatness of His strength?
“It is I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save.”

Isaiah 63:16

For You are our Father, though Abraham does not know us
And Israel does not recognize us.
You, O Lord, are our Father,
Our Redeemer from of old is Your name.

Jeremiah 3:6

Then the Lord said to me in the days of Josiah the king, “Have you seen what faithless Israel did? She went up on every high hill and under every green tree, and she was a harlot there.

Jeremiah 10:14-16

Every man is stupid, devoid of knowledge;
Every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols;
For his molten images are deceitful,
And there is no breath in them.

Jeremiah 14:8

“O Hope of Israel,
Its Savior in time of distress,
Why are You like a stranger in the land
Or like a traveler who has pitched his tent for the night?

Ezekiel 20:28

When I had brought them into the land which I swore to give to them, then they saw every high hill and every leafy tree, and they offered there their sacrifices and there they presented the provocation of their offering. There also they made their soothing aroma and there they poured out their drink offerings.

Hosea 1:7

But I will have compassion on the house of Judah and deliver them by the Lord their God, and will not deliver them by bow, sword, battle, horses or horsemen.”

Jonah 2:8-9

“Those who regard vain idols
Forsake their faithfulness,

John 4:22

You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews.

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