Isaiah 18:5 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and take away and cut down the branches.”
Isaiah 18:5 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Isaiah 18:5 in 6 Bible Translations
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Isaiah 18:5 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“For before the harvest, when the blossom is over, and the flower becomes a ripening grape, he will cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and he will cut down and take away the spreading branches.”
Isaiah 18:5 — World English Bible
Isaiah 18:5 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“For before the harvest, when the blossom is over, and the flower becometh a ripening grape, he will cut off the sprigs with pruning-hooks, and the spreading branches will he take away and cut down. ”
Isaiah 18:5 — American Standard Version
Isaiah 18:5 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“For before harvest, when the flower is perfect, And the blossom is producing unripe fruit, Then hath <FI>one<Fi> cut the sprigs with pruning hooks, And the branches he hath turned aside, cut down.”
Isaiah 18:5 — Young's Literal Translation
Isaiah 18:5 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“For before the harvest, when the blossoming is over, and the flower becometh a ripening grape, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning-knives, and take away [and] cut down the branches. ”
Isaiah 18:5 — Darby Translation
Isaiah 18:5 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“For afore the haruest when the floure is finished, and the fruite is riping in the floure, then he shall cut downe the branches with hookes, and shall take away, and cut off the boughes:”
Isaiah 18:5 — Geneva Bible
Isaiah 18:5 in Context — Isaiah 18
3 All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, see ye, when he lifteth up an ensign on the mountains; and when he bloweth a trumpet, hear ye.
4 For so the Lord said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs, and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.
5 For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and take away and cut down the branches.
6 They shall be left together unto the fowls of the mountains, and to the beasts of the earth: and the fowls shall summer upon them, and all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them.
7 In that time shall the present be brought unto the Lord of hosts of a people scattered and peeled, and from a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden under foot, whose land the rivers have spoiled, to the place of the name of the Lord of hosts, the mount Zion.
What Does Isaiah 18:5 Mean?
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