Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Nor will the
Nor will shepherds make their flocks lie down there.
King James Version
It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.
Holman Bible
or lived in from generation to generation;
a nomad will not pitch his tent there,
and shepherds will not let their flocks rest there.
International Standard Version
It will never be inhabited or lived in through all generations; no Bedouin will pitch his tent there; no shepherds will make their flocks lie down there.
A Conservative Version
It shall never be inhabited, nor shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation. Neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there, nor shall shepherds make their flocks to lay down there.
American Standard Version
It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall shepherds make their flocks to lie down there.
Amplified
Babylon will never be inhabited or lived in from generation to generation;
Nor will the Arab pitch his tent there,
Nor will the shepherds let their sheep lie down there.
Bible in Basic English
People will never be living in it again, and it will have no more men from generation to generation: the Arab will not put up his tent there; and those who keep sheep will not make it a resting-place for their flocks.
Darby Translation
It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in, even to generation and generation; nor shall Arabian pitch tent there, nor shepherds make fold there.
Julia Smith Translation
It shall not be inhabited forever, and it shall not be dwelt in even to generation and generation: and the Arabian shall not go on there, and the shepherds shall not recline there.
King James 2000
It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch his tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their sheepfolds there.
Lexham Expanded Bible
It will not be inhabited forever, and it will not be dwelled in {forever}; and no Arab will pitch a tent there, and shepherds will not allow [their flocks] to lie down there.
Modern King James verseion
It shall never be inhabited forever, nor shall it be lived in from generation to generation; nor shall the Arabian pitch his tent there; nor shall the shepherds make their flocks lie down there.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
It shall never be more inhabited; neither shall there be any more dwelling there, from generation to generation. The Arabians shall make no more tents there; neither shall the shepherds make their folds there any more;
NET Bible
No one will live there again; no one will ever reside there again. No bedouin will camp there, no shepherds will rest their flocks there.
New Heart English Bible
It will never be inhabited, neither will it be lived in from generation to generation. The Arabian will not pitch a tent there, neither will shepherds make their flocks lie down there.
The Emphasized Bible
It shall not be dwelt in for ever, Neither shall it be inhabited from generation to generation, - Neither shall encamp there, an Arab, Nor, shepherds, fold their flocks there.
Webster
It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.
World English Bible
It will never be inhabited, neither will it be lived in from generation to generation. The Arabian will not pitch a tent there, neither will shepherds make their flocks lie down there.
Youngs Literal Translation
She doth not sit for ever, Nor continueth unto many generations, Nor doth Arab pitch tent there, And shepherds lie not down there.
Themes
Babylon » Predictions respecting » Perpetual desolation of
The ishmaelites » Called » Arabians
Interlinear
Netsach
Yashab
Shakan
Ra`ah
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 13:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
An Oracle Against Babylon
19
Will be as when God
Nor will the
Nor will shepherds make their flocks lie down there.
And their houses will be full of
Ostriches also will live there, and
Cross References
Isaiah 14:23
“I will also make it a possession for the
Jeremiah 51:43
A parched land and a desert,
A land in which
And through which no son of man passes.
2 Chronicles 17:11
Some of the Philistines
Isaiah 34:10-15
Its
From
Jeremiah 50:3
For a nation has come up against her out of the
Jeremiah 50:13
But she will be
Everyone who passes by Babylon
And will hiss because of all her wounds.
Jeremiah 50:21
And against the inhabitants of
Slay and
“And do according to all that I have commanded you.
Jeremiah 50:39
The ostriches also will live in it,
And it will
Or dwelt in from generation to generation.
Jeremiah 50:45
Therefore hear the
Jeremiah 51:25
Who destroys the whole earth,” declares the Lord,
“And I will stretch out My hand against you,
And roll you down from the crags,
And I will make you a
Jeremiah 51:29
For the purposes of the Lord against Babylon stand,
To make the land of Babylon
Jeremiah 51:37
An
Jeremiah 51:62-64
and say, ‘You, O Lord, have
Revelation 18:21-23
Then