| Isaiah 5:8 Parallel Translations |  |
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| NASB: | Woe to those who add house to house and join field to field, Until there is no more room, So that you have to live alone in the midst of the land! (NASB ©1995) |
| GWT: | How horrible it will be for you who acquire house after house and buy field after field until there's nothing left and you have to live by yourself in the land.(GOD'S WORD®) |
| KJV: | Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth! |
| ASV: | Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no room, and ye be made to dwell alone in the midst of the land! |
| BBE: | Cursed are those who are joining house to house, and putting field to field, till there is no more living-space for any but themselves in all the land! |
| DBY: | Woe unto them that add house to house, that join field to field, until there is no more room, and that ye dwell yourselves alone in the midst of the land! |
| ERV: | Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no room, and ye be made to dwell alone in the midst of the land! |
| JPS: | Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no room, and ye be made to dwell alone in the midst of the land! |
| WBS: | Woe to them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there is no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth! |
| WEB: | Woe to those who join house to house, who lay field to field, until there is no room, and you are made to dwell alone in the midst of the land! |
| YLT: | Woe to those joining house to house, Field to field they bring near, till there is no place, And ye have been settled by yourselves In the midst of the land! |
| Isaiah 5:8 Cross References |
| XREF: | Jeremiah 22:13 "Woe to him who builds his house without righteousness And his upper rooms without justice, Who uses his neighbor's services without pay And does not give him his wages,
Micah 2:2 They covet fields and then seize them, And houses, and take them away. They rob a man and his house, A man and his inheritance.
Habakkuk 2:9 "Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house To put his nest on high, To be delivered from the hand of calamity! (NASB ©1995) |
| Commentaries and Concordances |
| GSB: | 5:8 Woe to them that join house to house, [that] lay field to field, till [there is] no {k} place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!
(k) That is, for the poor to dwell in. |
| WES: | 5:8 Alone - That they alone may be the lords and owners, and all others only their tenants and servants. |
| MHC: | 5:8-23 Here is a woe to those who set their hearts on the wealth of the world. Not that it is sinful for those who have a house and a field to purchase another; but the fault is, that they never know when they have enough. Covetousness is idolatry; and while many envy the prosperous, wretched man, the Lord denounces awful woes upon him. How applicable to many among us! God has many ways to empty the most populous cities. Those who set their hearts upon the world, will justly be disappointed. Here is woe to those who dote upon the pleasures and the delights of sense. The use of music is lawful; but when it draws away the heart from God, then it becomes a sin to us. God's judgments have seized them, but they will not disturb themselves in their pleasures. The judgments are declared. Let a man be ever so high, death will bring him low; ever so mean, death will bring him lower. The fruit of these judgments shall be, that God will be glorified as a God of power. Also, as a God that is holy; he shall be owned and declared to be so, in the righteous punishment of proud men. Those are in a woful condition who set up sin, and who exert themselves to gratify their base lusts. They are daring in sin, and walk after their own lusts; it is in scorn that they call God the Holy One of Israel. They confound and overthrow distinctions between good and evil. They prefer their own reasonings to Divine revelations; their own devices to the counsels and commands of God. They deem it prudent and politic to continue profitable sins, and to neglect self-denying duties. Also, how light soever men make of drunkenness, it is a sin which lays open to the wrath and curse of God. Their judges perverted justice. Every sin needs some other to conceal it. |
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