| Isaiah 3:15 Parallel Translations |  |
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| NASB: | "What do you mean by crushing My people And grinding the face of the poor?" Declares the Lord GOD of hosts. (NASB ©1995) |
| GWT: | The Almighty LORD of Armies asks, "How can you crush my people and grind the faces of the poor into the ground?"(GOD'S WORD®) |
| KJV: | What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts. |
| ASV: | what mean ye that ye crush my people, and grind the face of the poor? saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts. |
| BBE: | By what right are you crushing my people, and putting a bitter yoke on the necks of the poor? This is the word of the Lord, the Lord of armies. |
| DBY: | What mean ye that ye crush my people, and grind the faces of the afflicted? saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts. |
| ERV: | what mean ye that ye crush my people, and grind the face of the poor? saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts. |
| JPS: | What mean ye that ye crush My people, and grind the face of the poor?' saith the Lord, the GOD of hosts. |
| WBS: | What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts. |
| WEB: | What do you mean that you crush my people, and grind the face of the poor?" says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies. |
| YLT: | What -- to you? ye bruise My people, And the faces of the poor ye grind.' An affirmation of the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, And Jehovah saith: |
| Isaiah 3:15 Cross References |
| XREF: | Psalm 94:5 They crush Your people, O LORD, And afflict Your heritage. (NASB ©1995) |
| Commentaries and Concordances |
| GSB: | 3:15 What mean ye [that] ye beat my people to pieces, {m} and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
(m) That is, you show all cruelty against them. |
| MHC: | 3:10-15 The rule was certain; however there might be national prosperity or trouble, it would be well with the righteous and ill with the wicked. Blessed be God, there is abundant encouragement to the righteous to trust in him, and for sinners to repent and return to him. It was time for the Lord to show his might. He will call men to a strict account for all the wealth and power intrusted to and abused by them. If it is sinful to disregard the necessities of the poor, how odious and wicked a part do they act, who bring men into poverty, and then oppress them! |
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