Isaiah 34:9 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.”

Isaiah 34:9 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Isaiah 34:9 in 6 Bible Translations

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Isaiah 34:9 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Its streams will be turned into pitch, its dust into sulfur, and its land will become burning pitch.”

Isaiah 34:9 — World English Bible

Isaiah 34:9 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“And the streams of Edom shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch. ”

Isaiah 34:9 — American Standard Version

Isaiah 34:9 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And turned have been her streams to pitch, And her dust to brimstone, And her land hath become burning pitch.”

Isaiah 34:9 — Young's Literal Translation

Isaiah 34:9 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And the torrents thereof shall be turned into pitch, and its dust into brimstone; yea, the land thereof shall become burning pitch: ”

Isaiah 34:9 — Darby Translation

Isaiah 34:9 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“And the riuers thereof shall be turned into pitche, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shalbe burning pitch.”

Isaiah 34:9 — Geneva Bible

Isaiah 34:9 in Context — Isaiah 34

7 And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.

8 For it is the day of the Lord’s vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion.

9 And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.

10 It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.

11 But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.

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What Does Isaiah 34:9 Mean?

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