Verse Comparison: Isaiah 14:17
American Standard Version
that made the world as a wilderness, and overthrew the cities thereof; that let not loose his prisoners to their home?
Amplified® Bible
Who made the world like a wilderness and overthrew its cities, who would not permit his prisoners to return home?
Contemporary English Version
Did he capture every city and make earth a desert? Is he the one who refused to let prisoners go home?"
Darby English Version
[that] made the world as a wilderness, and overthrew the cities thereof; [that] dismissed not his prisoners homewards?
Good News Bible
Is this the man who destroyed cities and turned the world into a desert? Is this the man who never freed his prisoners or let them go home?"
King James Version
That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?
New American Standard Bible
Who made the world like a wilderness And overthrew its cities, Who did not allow his prisoners to {go} home?'
New International Version
the man who made the world a desert,
who overthrew its cities
and would not let his captives go home?"
New King James Version
Who made the world as a wilderness
And destroyed its cities,
Who did not open the house of his prisoners?'
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Who made the world like a wilderness And overthrew its cities, Who did not allow his prisoners to go home?'
Revised Standard Version
who made the world like a desert and overthrew its cities, who did not let his prisoners go home?'
Young's Literal Translation
He hath made the world as a wilderness, And his cities he hath broken down, Of his bound ones he opened not the house.
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