And their works are in the dark;
bThey say, “Who sees us?” and, “Who knows us?”
Shall the potter be esteemed as the clay;
For shall the athing made say of him who made it,
“He did not make me”?
Or shall the thing formed say of him who formed it,
“He has no understanding”?
Future Recovery of Wisdom
Till aLebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field,
And the fruitful field be esteemed as a forest?
And the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity and out of darkness.
And bthe poor among men shall rejoice
In the Holy One of Israel.
aThe scornful one is consumed,
And all who bwatch for iniquity are cut off—
And alay a snare for him who reproves in the gate,
And turn aside the just bby empty words.
“Jacob shall not now be bashamed,
Nor shall his face now grow pale;
aThe work of My hands, in his midst,
They will hallow My name,
And hallow the Holy One of Jacob,
And fear the God of Israel.
And those who complained will learn doctrine.”
| << Isaiah 29:16 | Isaiah 29:18 >> |
American Standard Version
Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest?
Amplified® Bible
Is it not yet a very little while until Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field and the fruitful field esteemed as a forest?
Contemporary English Version
Soon the forest of Lebanon will become a field with crops, thick as a forest.
Darby English Version
Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest?
Good News Bible
As the saying goes, before long the dense forest will become farmland, and the farmland will go back to forest.
King James Version
Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest?
New American Standard Bible
Is it not yet just a little while Before Lebanon will be turned into a fertile field, And the fertile field will be considered as a forest?
New International Version
In a very short time, will not Lebanon be turned into a fertile field
and the fertile field seem like a forest?
New King James Version
Is it not yet a very little while
Till Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field,
And the fruitful field be esteemed as a forest?
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Does it not seem just a little while Before Lebanon will turn into a fertile field, And the fertile field we will consider as a forest?
Revised Standard Version
Is it not yet a very little while until Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be regarded as a forest?
Young's Literal Translation
Is it not yet a very little, And turned hath Lebanon to a fruitful field, And the fruitful field for a forest is reckoned?
New English Translation
In just a very short time1 Lebanon will turn into an orchard, and the orchard will be considered a forest.2
| << Isaiah 29:16 | Isaiah 29:18 >> |
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