Isaiah 33 Parallel Bible Translations

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Bishops' Bible of 1568
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1 Wo to thee that destroyest when thou wast not destroyed, thou breakest ye league where as none hath broken it with thee: for when thou shalt leaue destroying, thou thy selfe shalt be destroyed: and when thou ceassest from breakyng the league, then shall they breake it to thee. Ah, you destroyer, who yourself have not been destroyed, you traitor, whom none has betrayed! When you have ceased to destroy, you will be destroyed; and when you have finished betraying, they will betray you. Woe to you, destroyer, you who have not been destroyed! Woe to you, betrayer, you who have not been betrayed! When you stop destroying, you will be destroyed; when you stop betraying, you will be betrayed.
2 O Lorde haue mercie vpon vs, we haue put our whole trust in thee: be an arme to such early, and our health in the tyme of trouble. O LORD, be gracious to us; we wait for you. Be our arm every morning, our salvation in the time of trouble. LORD, be gracious to us; we long for you. Be our strength every morning, our salvation in time of distress.
3 At that confuse noyse the people fled, and at thine exaltyng the heathen were scattered. At the tumultuous noise peoples flee; when you lift yourself up, nations are scattered, At the uproar of your army, the peoples flee; when you rise up, the nations scatter.
4 And the spoyles shalbe gathered, which shalbe yours, as are the gathetheryng of Bruchus, and the multitude goyng to it shalbe as Locustes, running to and fro. and your spoil is gathered as the caterpillar gathers; as locusts leap, it is leapt upon. Your plunder, O nations, is harvested as by young locusts; like a swarm of locusts people pounce on it.
5 The Lorde is exalted, for it is he that dwelleth on hye, he hath fylled Sion with iudgement and rygteousnesse. The LORD is exalted, for he dwells on high; he will fill Zion with justice and righteousness, The LORD is exalted, for he dwells on high; he will fill Zion with his justice and righteousness.
6 And a sure stablishyng of thy tymes, shalbe strength, health, wisdome, and knowledge: and the very feare of the Lorde shalbe the treasure of it. and he will be the stability of your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge; the fear of the LORD is Zion’s treasure. He will be the sure foundation for your times, a rich store of salvation and wisdom and knowledge; the fear of the LORD is the key to this treasure.
7 Beholde the messengers shall crye without: and the embassadours of peace shall weepe bitterly. Behold, their heroes cry in the streets; the envoys of peace weep bitterly. Look, their brave men cry aloud in the streets; the envoys of peace weep bitterly.
8 Their streetes are waste, there walketh no man therin: God hath broken the appoyntment, the cities are cast away, and men are nothyng regarded. The highways lie waste; the traveler ceases. Covenants are broken; cities are despised; there is no regard for man. The highways are deserted, no travelers are on the roads. The treaty is broken, its witnesses are despised, no one is respected.
9 The desolate earth is in heauinesse, Libanus is shamed and hewen downe, Saron is like a wildernesse, Basan and Charmel are spoyled of their fruites. The land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is confounded and withers away; Sharon is like a desert, and Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves. The land dries up and wastes away, Lebanon is ashamed and withers; Sharon is like the Arabah, and Bashan and Carmel drop their leaves.
10 And therfore saith the Lorde, I wyll vp nowe, nowe wyll I be aduaunced, nowe wyll I be exalted. “Now I will arise,” says the LORD, “now I will lift myself up; now I will be exalted. “Now will I arise,” says the LORD. “Now will I be exalted; now will I be lifted up.
11 Ye shall conceaue stubble, and beare strawe: and your spirite shalbe the fire, that it may consume you. You conceive chaff; you give birth to stubble; your breath is a fire that will consume you. You conceive chaff, you give birth to straw; your breath is a fire that consumes you.
12 And the people shalbe burnt like lime, and as thornes burnt that are hewen of and cast in the fire. And the peoples will be as if burned to lime, like thorns cut down, that are burned in the fire.” The peoples will be burned to ashes; like cut thornbushes they will be set ablaze.”
13 Nowe hearken to ye that are farre of howe I haue done, and consider my power ye that are at hande. Hear, you who are far off, what I have done; and you who are near, acknowledge my might. You who are far away, hear what I have done; you who are near, acknowledge my power!
14 The sinners at Sion are afrayde, a sodayne fearefulnesse is come vpon the hypocrites: What is he among vs say they that shall dwell by the consumyng fire? Which of vs may abyde the euerlasting heate? The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling has seized the godless: “Who among us can dwell with the consuming fire? Who among us can dwell with everlasting burnings?” The sinners in Zion are terrified; trembling grips the godless: “Who of us can dwell with the consuming fire? Who of us can dwell with everlasting burning?”
15 He that leadeth a godly life, and speaketh the trueth, he that abhorreth gaynes by violence and deceipt, he that kepeth his hande that he touche no rewarde, which stoppeth his eares that he heare no counsayle agaynst the innocent blood, which holdeth downe his eyes that he see no euyll: He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly, who despises the gain of oppressions, who shakes his hands, lest they hold a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed and shuts his eyes from looking on evil, Those who walk righteously and speak what is right, who reject gain from extortion and keep their hands from accepting bribes, who stop their ears against plots of murder and shut their eyes against contemplating evil—
16 He it is that shall dwell on hye, whose safegarde shalbe in a bulwarke of rockes: to hym shalbe geuen meate, and his waters shall not fayle. he will dwell on the heights; his place of defense will be the fortresses of rocks; his bread will be given him; his water will be sure. they are the ones who will dwell on the heights, whose refuge will be the mountain fortress. Their bread will be supplied, and water will not fail them.
17 Thine eyes shall see the kyng in his glorie, euen the kyng of the farre countreys shall they see. Your eyes will behold the king in his beauty; they will see a land that stretches afar. Your eyes will see the king in his beauty and view a land that stretches afar.
18 Thine heart studied for feare thinking thus: What shall then become of the scribe? of the receauer of our money? what of hym that taxed our fairest houses? Your heart will muse on the terror: “Where is he who counted, where is he who weighed the tribute? Where is he who counted the towers?” In your thoughts you will ponder the former terror: “Where is that chief officer? Where is the one who took the revenue? Where is the officer in charge of the towers?”
19 There shalt thou not see a cruel people of a straunge tongue, to haue so diffused a language that it may not be vnderstanded, neither so straunge a speache but it shalbe perceaued. You will see no more the insolent people, the people of an obscure speech that you cannot comprehend, stammering in a tongue that you cannot understand. You will see those arrogant people no more, people whose speech is obscure, whose language is strange and incomprehensible.
20 Loke vpon Sion the head citie of our solempne feastes: thyne eyes shall see Hierusalem that glorious habitation, the tabernacle that neuer shall remoue, whose nayles shall neuer be taken out worlde without ende, whose cordes euery one shall neuer corrupt. Behold Zion, the city of our appointed feasts! Your eyes will see Jerusalem, an untroubled habitation, an immovable tent, whose stakes will never be plucked up, nor will any of its cords be broken. Look on Zion, the city of our festivals; your eyes will see Jerusalem, a peaceful abode, a tent that will not be moved; its stakes will never be pulled up, nor any of its ropes broken.
21 For the glorious maiestie of the Lorde shall there be present among vs as a place where faire brode riuers and streames are, through the which shall neither galley rowe nor great ship sayle. But there the LORD in majesty will be for us a place of broad rivers and streams, where no galley with oars can go, nor majestic ship can pass. There the LORD will be our Mighty One. It will be like a place of broad rivers and streams. No galley with oars will ride them, no mighty ship will sail them.
22 For the Lorde is our iudge, the Lord is our lawe geuer, the Lord is our king, and he hym selfe shalbe our sauiour. For the LORD is our judge; the LORD is our lawgiver; the LORD is our king; he will save us. For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; it is he who will save us.
23 Thy tacklyng is loosed, therfore it can not make fast the mast, nor spread the sayle: then there is dealed great spoyle, yea lame men runne after the pray. Your cords hang loose; they cannot hold the mast firm in its place or keep the sail spread out. Then prey and spoil in abundance will be divided; even the lame will take the prey. Your rigging hangs loose: The mast is not held secure, the sail is not spread. Then an abundance of spoils will be divided and even the lame will carry off plunder.
24 There lyeth no man that saith, I am sicke: but all euyll is taken away from the people that dwell there. And no inhabitant will say, “I am sick”; the people who dwell there will be forgiven their iniquity. No one living in Zion will say, “I am ill|; and the sins of those who dwell there will be forgiven.
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