Parallel Verses
King James Version
And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.
New American Standard Bible
And its loose earth into
And its land will become burning pitch.
Holman Bible
her soil into sulfur;
her land will become burning pitch.
International Standard Version
Edom's streams will be turned into burning sulfur, and its dust into sulfur; its land will become pitch.
A Conservative Version
And the streams of [Edom] shall be turned into pitch, and the dust of it into brimstone. And the land thereof shall become burning pitch.
American Standard Version
And the streams of Edom'shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.
Amplified
The streams [of Edom] will be turned into pitch,
And its dust into brimstone,
And its land will become burning pitch.
Bible in Basic English
And its streams will be turned into boiling oil, and its dust into burning stone, and all the land will be on fire.
Darby Translation
And the torrents thereof shall be turned into pitch, and its dust into brimstone; yea, the land thereof shall become burning pitch:
Julia Smith Translation
And its torrents turned to pitch, and its dust to sulphur, and its land to burning pitch.
King James 2000
And its streams shall be turned into pitch, and its dust into brimstone, and its land shall become burning pitch.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And its streams shall be changed to pitch and its soil to sulfur, and its land shall become like burning pitch.
Modern King James verseion
And its streams shall be turned into pitch, and its dust to brimstone, and its land shall become burning pitch.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thy floods shall be turned to pitch, and thine earth to brimstone, and therewith shall the land be kindled,
NET Bible
Edom's streams will be turned into pitch and her soil into brimstone; her land will become burning pitch.
New Heart English Bible
Its streams will be turned into pitch, its dust into sulfur, And its land will become burning pitch.
The Emphasized Bible
Then shall the torrents thereof be turned into pitch, And the dust thereof, into brimstone, - So shall her land become burning pitch:
Webster
And its streams shall be turned into pitch, and its dust into brimstone, and its land shall become burning pitch.
World English Bible
Its streams will be turned into pitch, its dust into sulfur, And its land will become burning pitch.
Youngs Literal Translation
And turned have been her streams to pitch, And her dust to brimstone, And her land hath become burning pitch.
Themes
Edomites, the » Predictions respecting » Utter desolation of their country
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 34:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Judgment On The Nations
8 For it is the day of the LORD'S vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion. 9 And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch. 10 It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 29:23
And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:
Psalm 11:6
Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.
Genesis 19:28
And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.
Job 18:15
It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
Luke 17:29
But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
Jude 1:7
Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
Revelation 19:20
And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
Revelation 21:8
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.