Isaiah 5 Parallel Bible

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	BISHOPS Bishops' Bible of 1568	ESV English Standard Version	NIV New International Version
1	Nowe wyll I syng my beloued friende, a song of my friende touching his vineyard: My beloued friende hath a vineyarde in a very fruiteful plenteous grounde.	Let me sing for my beloved my love song concerning his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.	I will sing for the one I love a song about his vineyard: My loved one had a vineyard on a fertile hillside.
2	This he hedged, and gathered out the stones from it, and planted it with the choysest vine: In the middest of it builded he a towre, also made a wine presse therin: and he loked that it shoulde bring him grapes, and it brought foorth wylde grapes.	He dug it and cleared it of stones, and planted it with choice vines; he built a watchtower in the midst of it, and hewed out a wine vat in it; and he looked for it to yield grapes, but it yielded wild grapes.	He dug it up and cleared it of stones and planted it with the choicest vines. He built a watchtower in it and cut out a winepress as well. Then he looked for a crop of good grapes, but it yielded only bad fruit.
3	Nowe O citezen of Hierusalem, and man of Iuda, iudge I pray thee betwixt me and my vineyarde:	And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, judge between me and my vineyard.	“Now you dwellers in Jerusalem and people of Judah, judge between me and my vineyard.
4	What more coulde haue ben done for it, that I haue not done? Wherfore then hath it geuen wylde grapes, where I loked to haue had grapes of it?	What more was there to do for my vineyard, that I have not done in it? When I looked for it to yield grapes, why did it yield wild grapes?	What more could have been done for my vineyard than I have done for it? When I looked for good grapes, why did it yield only bad?
5	Well, nowe I shall tell you howe I will do with my vineyarde: I will take the hedge from it, that it may perishe, and breake downe the wall therof, that it may be troden vnder foote.	And now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard. I will remove its hedge, and it shall be devoured; I will break down its wall, and it shall be trampled down.	Now I will tell you what I am going to do to my vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it will be destroyed; I will break down its wall, and it will be trampled.
6	I wyll lay it waste, it shall neither be digged nor cut, but beare thornes and briers: I wyll also forbyd the cloudes that they shall not rayne vpon it.	I will make it a waste; it shall not be pruned or hoed, and briers and thorns shall grow up; I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.	I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and briers and thorns will grow there. I will command the clouds not to rain on it.”
7	As for the vineyarde of the Lorde of hoastes, it is the house of Israel: and the man of Iuda, the plant of his pleasure: Of these he loked for equitie, but see there is oppression for ryghteousnesse, and lo it is a crying.	For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are his pleasant planting; and he looked for justice, but behold, bloodshed; for righteousness, but behold, an outcry!	The vineyard of the LORD Almighty is the nation of Israel, and the people of Judah are the vines he delighted in. And he looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard cries of distress.
8	Wo vnto them that ioyne one house to another, and bring one lande so nigh vnto another, that there is no more place: Wyll ye be placed alone in the myddest of the earth?	Woe to those who join house to house, who add field to field, until there is no more room, and you are made to dwell alone in the midst of the land.	Woe to you who add house to house and join field to field till no space is left and you live alone in the land.
9	These thynges are in the eares of the Lorde of hoastes: of a trueth great and faire houses shalbe without any dweller in them.	The LORD of hosts has sworn in my hearing: “Surely many houses shall be desolate, large and beautiful houses, without inhabitant.	The LORD Almighty has declared in my hearing: “Surely the great houses will become desolate, the fine mansions left without occupants.
10	And tenne acres of vines shall geue but a quart, and thirtie busshels of seede shall geue but an Epha.	For ten acres of vineyard shall yield but one bath, and a homer of seed shall yield but an ephah.”	A ten-acre vineyard will produce only a bath of wine; a homer of seed will yield only an ephah of grain.”
11	Wo be vnto them that rise vp early to folowe drunkennesse, continuyng vntyll nyght, tyll they be set on fire with wine.	Woe to those who rise early in the morning, that they may run after strong drink, who tarry late into the evening as wine inflames them!	Woe to those who rise early in the morning to run after their drinks, who stay up late at night till they are inflamed with wine.
12	In their feastes are harpes and lutes, tabrettes and pipes, and wine: but they regarde not the worke of the Lord, and consider not the operatio of his handes.	They have lyre and harp, tambourine and flute and wine at their feasts, but they do not regard the deeds of the LORD, or see the work of his hands.	They have harps and lyres at their banquets, pipes and timbrels and wine, but they have no regard for the deeds of the LORD, no respect for the work of his hands.
13	Therfore commeth my folke into captiuitie, because they haue no vnderstandyng: Their glorie is famished with hunger, and their multitude dryed vp with thirst.	Therefore my people go into exile for lack of knowledge; their honored men go hungry, and their multitude is parched with thirst.	Therefore my people will go into exile for lack of understanding; those of high rank will die of hunger and the common people will be parched with thirst.
14	Therfore gapeth hell and openeth her mouth marueilous wyde, that their glorie, multitude, and wealth, with such as reioyce in her, may descende into it.	Therefore Sheol has enlarged its appetite and opened its mouth beyond measure, and the nobility of Jerusalem and her multitude will go down, her revelers and he who exults in her.	Therefore Death expands its jaws, opening wide its mouth; into it will descend their nobles and masses with all their brawlers and revelers.
15	Thus hath man a fall and is brought lowe, and the hygh loke of the proude shalbe layde downe.	Man is humbled, and each one is brought low, and the eyes of the haughty are brought low.	So people will be brought low and everyone humbled, the eyes of the arrogant humbled.
16	But the Lorde of hoastes shalbe exalted in iudgement, and God that is holy is sanctified in ryghteousnesse.	But the LORD of hosts is exalted in justice, and the Holy God shows himself holy in righteousness.	But the LORD Almighty will be exalted by his justice, and the holy God will be proved holy by his righteous acts.
17	Then shall the sheepe eate as they were wont, and the riche mens landes that were layde waste shall straungers deuour.	Then shall the lambs graze as in their pasture, and nomads shall eat among the ruins of the rich.	Then sheep will graze as in their own pasture; lambs will feed among the ruins of the rich.
18	Wo be vnto them that drawe wickednesse with cordes of vanitie, and sinne as it were with a cart rope.	Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, who draw sin as with cart ropes,	Woe to those who draw sin along with cords of deceit, and wickedness as with cart ropes,
19	Which vse to speake on this maner, Let hym make speede and hasten his worke, that we may see it: let the counsayle of the holy one of Israel come and drawe nye, that we may knowe it.	who say: “Let him be quick, let him speed his work that we may see it; let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near, and let it come, that we may know it!”	to those who say, “Let God hurry; let him hasten his work so we may see it. The plan of the Holy One of Israel— let it approach, let it come into view, so we may know it.”
20	Wo be vnto them that call euyll good, and good euyll, which make darknesse lyght, and lyght darknesse, that make sowre sweete, and sweete sowre.	Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!	Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.
21	Wo be vnto them that are wise in their owne syght, and thynke them selues to haue vnderstandyng.	Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and shrewd in their own sight!	Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight.
22	Wo be vnto them that are strong to suppe out wine, and expert men to set vp drunkennesse.	Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine, and valiant men in mixing strong drink,	Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine and champions at mixing drinks,
23	Wo be vnto them that geue sentence with the vngodly for rewardes, but condempne the iust cause of the ryghteous.	who acquit the guilty for a bribe, and deprive the innocent of his right!	who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice to the innocent.
24	Therfore, lyke as fire licketh vp the strawe, and as the flambe consumeth the stubble: euen so their roote shalbe as corruption, and their blossome shall vanishe away lyke dust: for they haue cast away the lawe of the Lorde of hoastes, and despised the worde of the holy one of Israel.	Therefore, as the tongue of fire devours the stubble, and as dry grass sinks down in the flame, so their root will be as rottenness, and their blossom go up like dust; for they have rejected the law of the LORD of hosts, and have despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.	Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers blow away like dust; for they have rejected the law of the LORD Almighty and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel.
25	Therfore is the wrath of the Lorde kindeled against his people, and hath stretched foorth his hande vpon them, yea he hath smitten them: and the hilles dyd tremble, and their carkases dyd lye torne in the open streetes: and in al this the wrath of God hath not ceassed, but his hande stretched out styll.	Therefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against his people, and he stretched out his hand against them and struck them, and the mountains quaked; and their corpses were as refuse in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger has not turned away, and his hand is stretched out still.	Therefore the LORD’s anger burns against his people; his hand is raised and he strikes them down. The mountains shake, and the dead bodies are like refuse in the streets. Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away, his hand is still upraised.
26	And he shall geue a token to a people of a farre countrey, and shall hisse vnto them from the ende of the earth: and beholde, they shall come hastyly with speede.	He will raise a signal for nations far away, and whistle for them from the ends of the earth; and behold, quickly, speedily they come!	He lifts up a banner for the distant nations, he whistles for those at the ends of the earth. Here they come, swiftly and speedily!
27	There shall not be one faynt nor feeble among them, no not a sluggishe nor sleepie person: there shall not one of them put of his gyrdle from his loynes, nor loose the latchet of his shoe.	None is weary, none stumbles, none slumbers or sleeps, not a waistband is loose, not a sandal strap broken;	Not one of them grows tired or stumbles, not one slumbers or sleeps; not a belt is loosened at the waist, not a sandal strap is broken.
28	His arrowes are sharpe, and all his bowes bent: his horse hoofes are as flint, and his cart wheeles like a whyrle winde.	their arrows are sharp, all their bows bent, their horses’ hoofs seem like flint, and their wheels like the whirlwind.	Their arrows are sharp, all their bows are strung; their horses’ hooves seem like flint, their chariot wheels like a whirlwind.
29	His crye is as it were of a Lion, and he roreth lyke Lions whelpes: they shall roare and hantche vpon the pray, and no man shall recouer it, nor get it from them.	Their roaring is like a lion, like young lions they roar; they growl and seize their prey; they carry it off, and none can rescue.	Their roar is like that of the lion, they roar like young lions; they growl as they seize their prey and carry it off with no one to rescue.
30	In that day he shalbe so fierce vpon him as the raging of the sea: then one shall beholde the lande, and lo darkenesse and sorow, and the light is darkened in the heauens therof.	They will growl over it on that day, like the growling of the sea. And if one looks to the land, behold, darkness and distress; and the light is darkened by its clouds.	In that day they will roar over it like the roaring of the sea. And if one looks at the land, there is only darkness and distress; even the sun will be darkened by clouds.
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