Isaiah 16:4 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“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.”

Isaiah 16:4 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Isaiah 16:4 in 6 Bible Translations

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Isaiah 16:4 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Let my outcasts dwell with you! As for Moab, be a hiding place for him from the face of the destroyer. For the extortionist is brought to nothing. Destruction ceases. The oppressors are consumed out of the land.”

Isaiah 16:4 — World English Bible

Isaiah 16:4 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Let mine outcasts dwell with thee; as for Moab, be thou a covert to him from the face of the destroyer. For the extortioner is brought to nought, destruction ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land. ”

Isaiah 16:4 — American Standard Version

Isaiah 16:4 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“Sojourn in thee do My outcasts, O Moab, Be a secret hiding-place to them, From the face of a destroyer, For ceased hath the extortioner, Finished hath been a destroyer, Consumed the treaders down out of the land.”

Isaiah 16:4 — Young's Literal Translation

Isaiah 16:4 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the waster. For the extortioner is at an end, the wasting hath ceased, the oppressors are consumed out of the land. ”

Isaiah 16:4 — Darby Translation

Isaiah 16:4 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Let my banished dwell with thee: Moab be thou their couert from the face of the destroyer: for the extortioner shall ende: the destroyer shalbe consumed, and the oppressour shall cease out of the land.”

Isaiah 16:4 — Geneva Bible

Isaiah 16:4 in Context — Isaiah 16

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.

6 We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not be so.

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What Does Isaiah 16:4 Mean?

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