Isaiah 16:3 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth.”
Isaiah 16:3 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Isaiah 16:3 in 6 Bible Translations
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Isaiah 16:3 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Give counsel! Execute justice! Make your shade like the night in the middle of the noonday! Hide the outcasts! Don’t betray the fugitive!”
Isaiah 16:3 — World English Bible
Isaiah 16:3 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Give counsel, execute justice; make thy shade as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; betray not the fugitive. ”
Isaiah 16:3 — American Standard Version
Isaiah 16:3 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Bring ye in counsel, do judgment, Make as night thy shadow in the midst of noon, Hide outcasts, the wanderer reveal not.”
Isaiah 16:3 — Young's Literal Translation
Isaiah 16:3 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Bring in counsel, execute justice; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of noonday; hide the outcasts, discover not the fugitive. ”
Isaiah 16:3 — Darby Translation
Isaiah 16:3 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Gather a cousel, execute iudgement: make thy shadowe as the night in the midday: hide them that are chased out: bewray not him that is fled.”
Isaiah 16:3 — Geneva Bible
Isaiah 16:3 in Context — Isaiah 16
1 Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.
2 For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.
3 Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth.
4 Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.
5 And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness.
What Does Isaiah 16:3 Mean?
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