Isaiah 5:13 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.”

Isaiah 5:13 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Isaiah 5:13 in 6 Bible Translations

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Isaiah 5:13 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Therefore my people go into captivity for lack of knowledge. Their honorable men are famished, and their multitudes are parched with thirst.”

Isaiah 5:13 — World English Bible

Isaiah 5:13 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Therefore my people are gone into captivity for lack of knowledge; and their honorable men are famished, and their multitude are parched with thirst. ”

Isaiah 5:13 — American Standard Version

Isaiah 5:13 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“Therefore my people removed without knowledge, And its honourable ones are famished, And its multitude dried up of thirst.”

Isaiah 5:13 — Young's Literal Translation

Isaiah 5:13 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“Therefore my people are led away captive from lack of knowledge, and their nobility die of famine, and their multitude are parched with thirst. ”

Isaiah 5:13 — Darby Translation

Isaiah 5:13 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Therefore my people is gone into captiuitie, because they had no knowledge, and the glorie thereof are men famished, and the multitude thereof is dried vp with thirst.”

Isaiah 5:13 — Geneva Bible

Isaiah 5:13 in Context — Isaiah 5

11 Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!

12 And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the Lord, neither consider the operation of his hands.

13 Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.

14 Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.

15 And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:

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What Does Isaiah 5:13 Mean?

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