Isaiah 61:5 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.”
Isaiah 61:5 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Isaiah 61:5 in 6 Bible Translations
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Isaiah 61:5 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Strangers will stand and feed your flocks. Foreigners will work your fields and your vineyards.”
Isaiah 61:5 — World English Bible
Isaiah 61:5 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and foreigners shall be your plowmen and your vine-dressers. ”
Isaiah 61:5 — American Standard Version
Isaiah 61:5 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And strangers have stood and fed your flock, Sons of a foreigner <FI>are<Fi> your husbandmen, And your vine-dressers.”
Isaiah 61:5 — Young's Literal Translation
Isaiah 61:5 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your ploughmen and your vinedressers. ”
Isaiah 61:5 — Darby Translation
Isaiah 61:5 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And the strangers shall stande and feede your sheepe, and the sonnes of the strangers shall be your plowmen and dressers of your vines.”
Isaiah 61:5 — Geneva Bible
Isaiah 61:5 in Context — Isaiah 61
3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.
4 And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.
5 And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.
6 But ye shall be named the Priests of the Lord: men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.
7 For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.
What Does Isaiah 61:5 Mean?
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