Isaiah 28:11 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

For by scorned lip, and by another tongue, Doth He speak unto this people.

English ASV

Nay, but by men of strange lips and with another tongue will he speak to this people;

English Amplified

No, but [the Lord will teach the rebels in a more humiliating way] by men with stammering lips and another tongue will He speak to this people [says Isaiah, and teach them His lessons].

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

No, but [the Lord will teach the rebels in a more humiliating way] by men with stammering lips and another tongue will He speak to this people [says Isaiah, and teach them His lessons].

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

Indeed, with mocking lips and foreign tongues, He will speak to this people

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

For he will speak to this people with stammering speech and in a foreign language.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

For with stammering lips and a strange tongue will he speak to this people;

English EASY 2024

So now the Lord will use foreign enemies to speak to these people. He will speak to them in a strange language.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

So the Lord will use this strange way of talking, and he will use other languages to speak to these people.

For by people of strange lips and with a foreign tongue the LORD will speak to this people,

English GNT (Good News Translation)

If you won't listen to me, then God will use foreigners speaking some strange-sounding language to teach you a lesson.

English God's Word - GW 1995

The Lord will speak to these people. He will mock them by speaking in a foreign language.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

So He will speak to this people with stammering speech and in a foreign language.

English KJV 1611

For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.

English LSB

Indeed, He will speak to this people Through stammering lips and a foreign tongue,

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

For with stammering lips and foreign tongue He will speak to this people,

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

Indeed, He will speak to this people Through stammering lips and a foreign tongue,

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

Yes, with stammering lips and in a strange language he will speak to this people

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

For with mocking lips and a foreign tongue he will speak to these people.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

All right then, these people won't listen to me. So God will speak to them. He will speak by using people who speak unfamiliar languages. He will speak by using the mouths of strangers.

English NIV

Very well then, with foreign lips and strange tongues God will speak to this people,

English NKJ 1982

For with stammering lips and another tongue He will speak to this people,

English NLT

Since they refuse to listen, God will speak to them through foreign oppressors who speak an unknown language!

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Truly, with stammering lip and with alien tongue he will speak to this people,

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

Since they won’t listen to me, God will use another mouthpiece to speak to them. With stammering lips and in a foreign language, he will speak to this people.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

Nay, but by men of strange lips and with an alien tongue the Lord will speak to this people,

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

But they won't listen; the only language they can understand is punishment! So God will punish them by sending against them foreigners who speak strange gibberish! Only then will they listen to him!

English Tyndale 1537

And therefore the LORD also shall speak with lisping lips and with a strange language unto this people, to whom he spake afore of this manner:

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