Isaiah 9:8 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
A word hath the Lord sent into Jacob, And it hath fallen in Israel.
English ASV
The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel.
English Amplified
The Lord has sent a word against Jacob [the ten tribes], and it has lighted upon Israel [the ten tribes, the kingdom of Ephraim].
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
The Lord has sent a word against Jacob [the ten tribes], and it has lighted upon Israel [the ten tribes, the kingdom of Ephraim].
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
The Lord has sent a message against Jacob, and it has fallen upon Israel.
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
The Lord sent a message against Jacob; it came against Israel.
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
The Lord sent a word unto Jacob, and it lighteth upon Israel.
English EASY 2024
The Lord God has spoken a message to warn Jacob's descendants, the kingdom of Israel.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
The Lord gave a command against Jacob and someone in Israel fell.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
The Lord has sent a word against Jacob, and it will fall on Israel;
English GNT (Good News Translation)
The Lord has pronounced judgment on the kingdom of Israel, on the descendants of Jacob.
English God's Word - GW 1995
The Lord sent a message against Jacob. The message is against Israel.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
The Lord sent a message against Jacob; it came against Israel.
English KJV 1611
The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel.
English LSB
The Lord sends a message against Jacob, And it falls on Israel.
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
The Lord sent a word against Jacob, and it falls upon Israel.
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
The Lord sends a message against Jacob, And it falls on Israel.
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
And all the people know it, Ephraim and those who dwell in Samaria, those who say in arrogance and pride of heart,
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
The sovereign master decreed judgment on Jacob, and it fell on Israel.
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
The Lord has sent a message against Jacob's people. He will punish Israel.
English NIV
The Lord has sent a message against Jacob; it will fall on Israel.
English NKJ 1982
The Lord sent a word against Jacob, And it has fallen on Israel.
English NLT
The Lord has spoken out against that braggart Israel,
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
The Lord sent a word against Jacob, and it fell on Israel;
English Passion Translation Bible 2020
The Lord decreed a word against Jacob, and it brought calamity upon Israel.
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
The Lord has sent a word against Jacob, and it will light upon Israel;
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
The Lord has spoken out against that braggart Israel who says that though
English Tyndale 1537
The Lord sent a word in to Jacob, the same is come in to Israel.