Isaiah 9:3 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.”
Isaiah 9:3 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Isaiah 9:3 in 6 Bible Translations
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Isaiah 9:3 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“You have multiplied the nation. You have increased their joy. They rejoice before you according to the joy in harvest, as men rejoice when they divide the plunder.”
Isaiah 9:3 — World English Bible
Isaiah 9:3 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Thou hast multiplied the nation, thou hast increased their joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, as men rejoice when they divide the spoil. ”
Isaiah 9:3 — American Standard Version
Isaiah 9:3 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Thou hast multiplied the nation, Thou hast made great its joy, They have joyed before Thee as the joy in harvest, As <FI>men<Fi> rejoice in their apportioning spoil.”
Isaiah 9:3 — Young's Literal Translation
Isaiah 9:3 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Thou hast multiplied the nation, hast increased its joy: they joy before thee like to the joy in harvest; as [men] rejoice when they divide the spoil. ”
Isaiah 9:3 — Darby Translation
Isaiah 9:3 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased their ioye: they haue reioyced before thee according to the ioye in haruest, and as men reioyce when they deuide a spoyle.”
Isaiah 9:3 — Geneva Bible
Isaiah 9:3 in Context — Isaiah 9
1 Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations.
2 The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.
3 Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.
4 For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.
5 For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire.
What Does Isaiah 9:3 Mean?
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