Isaiah 3:17 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
The Lord also hath scabbed The crown of the head of daughters of Zion, And Jehovah their simplicity exposeth.
English ASV
therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and Jehovah will lay bare their secret parts.
English Amplified
Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the heads of the daughters of Zion [making them bald], and the Lord will cause them to be [taken as captives and to suffer the indignity of being] stripped naked.
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the heads of the daughters of Zion [making them bald], and the Lord will cause them to be [taken as captives and to suffer the indignity of being] stripped naked.
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will make their foreheads bare. ”
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
the Lord will put scabs on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will shave their foreheads bare.
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
therefore the Lord will make bald the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and Jehovah will lay bare their secret parts.
English EASY 2024
Because of that, the Lord God will give them sores on their heads. Those beautiful women will be bald!’
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
The Lord will put sores on the heads of those women in Zion. The Lord will make their heads bald.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
therefore the Lord will strike with a scab the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will lay bare their secret parts.
English GNT (Good News Translation)
But I will punish them—I will shave their heads and leave them bald.”
English God's Word - GW 1995
The Lord will cause sores {to appear} on the heads of the women of Zion, and the Lord will make their foreheads bare.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
the Lord will put scabs on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will shave their foreheads bare.
English KJV 1611
Therefore the LORD will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will discover their secret parts.
English LSB
Therefore the Lord will smite the skull of the daughters of Zion with scabs, And Yahweh will make their foreheads bare.”
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
therefore, the Lord will strike with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will make their foreheads bare.
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
Therefore the Lord will afflict the scalp of the daughters of Zion with scabs, And the LORD will make their foreheads bare."
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
The Lord shall cover the scalps of Zion's daughters with scabs, and the LORD shall bare their heads.
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
So the sovereign master will afflict the foreheads of Zion’s women with skin diseases, the LORD will make the front of their heads bald.”
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
So I will put sores on the heads of Zion's women. And I will remove the hair from their heads."
English NIV
Therefore the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the women of Zion; the LORD will make their scalps bald."
English NKJ 1982
Therefore the Lord will strike with a scab The crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, And the Lord will uncover their secret parts.”
English NLT
The Lord will send a plague of scabs to ornament their heads. Yes, the LORD will make them bald for all to see!
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
the Lord will afflict with scabs the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will lay bare their secret parts.
English Passion Translation Bible 2020
So the Lord will afflict the foreheads of the daughters of Zion with scabs; Yahweh will make the front of their heads bald in that day.”
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
the Lord will smite with a scab the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will lay bare their secret parts.
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
The Lord will send a plague of scabs to ornament their heads! He will expose their nakedness for all to see.
English Tyndale 1537
Therefore shall the Lord shave the heads of the daughters of Sion, and make their beauty bare in that day.