Isaiah 29:9 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.”
Isaiah 29:9 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Isaiah 29:9 in 6 Bible Translations
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Isaiah 29:9 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Pause and wonder! Blind yourselves and be blind! They are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.”
Isaiah 29:9 — World English Bible
Isaiah 29:9 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Tarry ye and wonder; take your pleasure and be blind: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink. ”
Isaiah 29:9 — American Standard Version
Isaiah 29:9 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Tarry and wonder, look ye, yea, look, Be drunk, and not with wine, Stagger, and not with strong drink.”
Isaiah 29:9 — Young's Literal Translation
Isaiah 29:9 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Be astounded and astonished, blind yourselves and be blind! They are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink. ”
Isaiah 29:9 — Darby Translation
Isaiah 29:9 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Stay your selues, and wonder: they are blinde, and make you blinde: they are drunken but not with wine: they stagger, but not by strong drinke.”
Isaiah 29:9 — Geneva Bible
Isaiah 29:9 in Context — Isaiah 29
7 And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her munition, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision.
8 It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.
9 Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
10 For the Lord hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered.
11 And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed:
What Does Isaiah 29:9 Mean?
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