Therefore shall the word of the LORD be unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, there a little; that they may go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
Isaiah 8:15 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 And many shall stumble thereon, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And many among them shall stumble thereon; and they shall fall and be broken, and be snared and taken. American Standard Version (1901) And many shall stumble thereon, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken. Common English Bible Many of them will stumble and fall, and be broken, snared, and captured. Catholic Public Domain Version And very many of them will stumble and fall, and they will be broken and entangled and seized. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And very many of them shall stumble and fall, and shall be broken in pieces, and shall be snared and taken. |
Therefore shall the word of the LORD be unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, there a little; that they may go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
therefore thus saith the Lord GOD Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone of sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
We grope for the wall like the blind, yea, we grope as they that have no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the twilight; among them that are lusty we are as dead men.
and it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk that they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the midst of the land.
Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will lay stumblingblocks before this people: and the fathers and the sons together shall stumble against them; the neighbour and his friend shall perish.
And blessed is he, whosoever shall find none occasion of stumbling in me.
Let them alone: they are blind guides. And if the blind guide the blind, both shall fall into a pit.
And he that falleth on this stone shall be broken to pieces: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will scatter him as dust.
Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by works. They stumbled at the stone of stumbling;
but we preach Christ crucified, unto Jews a stumblingblock, and unto Gentiles foolishness;