The world languishes and fades away;
The ahaughty people of the earth languish.
Because they have btransgressed the laws,
Changed the ordinance,
Broken the ceverlasting covenant.
And those who dwell in it are1 desolate.
Therefore the inhabitants of the earth are bburned,
And few men are left.
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American Standard Version
Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are found guilty: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.
Amplified® Bible
Therefore a curse devours the land {and} the earth, and they who dwell in it suffer the punishment of their guilt. Therefore the inhabitants of the land {and} the earth are scorched {and} parched [under the curse of God's wrath], and few people are left.
Contemporary English Version
The earth is under a curse; its people are dying out because of their sins.
Darby English Version
Therefore doth the curse devour the earth, and they that dwell therein are held guilty; therefore the inhabitants of the earth are consumed, and few men are left.
Good News Bible
So God has pronounced a curse on the earth. Its people are paying for what they have done. Fewer and fewer remain alive.
King James Version
Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.
New American Standard Bible
Therefore, a curse devours the earth, and those who live in it are held guilty. Therefore, the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men are left.
New International Version
Therefore a curse consumes the earth;
its people must bear their guilt.
Therefore earth's inhabitants are burned up,
and very few are left.
New King James Version
Therefore the curse has devoured the earth,
And those who dwell in it are desolate.
Therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned,
And few men are left.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Therefore, a curse devours the earth, and those who live in it have had guilt Therefore, the inhabitants of the earth burn, and few men remain.
Revised Standard Version
Therefore a curse devours the earth, and its inhabitants suffer for their guilt; therefore the inhabitants of the earth are scorched, and few men are left.
Young's Literal Translation
Therefore a curse hath consumed the land, And the inhabitants in it are become desolate, Therefore consumed have been inhabitants of the land, And few men have been left.
New English Translation
So a treaty curse1 devours the earth; its inhabitants pay for their guilt.2 This is why the inhabitants of the earth disappear,3 and are reduced to just a handful of people.4
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