Verse Comparison: Isaiah 27:4
American Standard Version
Wrath is not in me: would that the briers and thorns were against me in battle! I would march upon them, I would burn them together.
Amplified® Bible
Wrath is not in Me. Would that the briers {and} thorns [the wicked internal foe] were lined up against Me in battle! I would stride in against them; I would burn them up together.
Contemporary English Version
I am no longer angry. But if it produces thorns, I will go to war against it and burn it to the ground.
Darby English Version
Fury is not in me. Oh that I had briars [and] thorns in battle against me! I would march against them, I would burn them together.
Good News Bible
I am no longer angry with the vineyard. If there were thorns and briers to fight against, I would burn them up completely.
King James Version
Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.
New American Standard Bible
"I have no wrath. Should someone give Me briars {and} thorns in battle, {Then} I would step on them, I would burn them completely.
New International Version
I am not angry.
If only there were briers and thorns confronting me!
I would march against them in battle;
I would set them all on fire.
New King James Version
Fury is not in Me.
Who would set briers and thorns
Against Me in battle?
I would go through them,
I would burn them together.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"I have no wrath. Should someone give Me briars and thorns in battle, Then I would step on them, I would burn them completely.
Revised Standard Version
I have no wrath. Would that I had thorns and briers to battle! I would set out against them, I would burn them up together.
Young's Literal Translation
Fury is not in Me; Who giveth Me a brier -- a thorn in battle? I step into it, I burn it at once.
