Isaiah 16:14 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁴ But now the Lord says, “In three years, like the years of a hired worker, the glory of Moab will be brought into contempt, in spite of all its great multitude, and those who survive will be very few and feeble.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ But now the LORD hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ But now the Lord has spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of a hireling [who will not serve longer than the allotted time], the glory of Moab shall be brought into contempt, in spite of all his mighty multitudes of people; and the remnant that survives will be very small, feeble, and of no account.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁴ But now Jehovah hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of a hireling, the glory of Moab shall be brought into contempt, with all his great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and of no account.

Common English Bible

¹⁴ But now the LORD has said: In three years, like the years of a hired worker, the glory of Moab, with all its great multitude, will dwindle. The small remnant will be few and feeble.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ And now the Lord has spoken, saying: In three years, like the years of a hired hand, the glory of Moab concerning the entire multitude of the people will be taken away, and what is left behind will be small and weak and not so numerous.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁴ And now the Lord hath spoken, saying: In three years, as the years of a hireling, the glory of Moab shall be taken away for all the multitude of the people; and it shall be left small and feeble, not many.

Isaiah 16:14 Cross References

Genesis 31:1

Now Jacob heard that the sons of Laban were saying, “Jacob has taken all that was our father’s; he has gained all this wealth from what belonged to our father.”

Esther 5:11

and Haman recounted to them the splendor of his riches, the number of his sons, all the promotions with which the king had honored him, and how he had advanced him above the officials and the ministers of the king.

Job 14:6

look away from them and desist, that they may enjoy, like laborers, their days.

Job 7:1

“Do not human beings have a hard service on earth, and are not their days like the days of a laborer?

Isaiah 11:14

But they shall swoop down on the backs of the Philistines in the west; together they shall plunder the people of the east. They shall put forth their hand against Edom and Moab, and the Ammonites shall obey them.

Isaiah 15:5

My heart cries out for Moab; his fugitives flee to Zoar, to Eglath-shelishiyah. For at the ascent of Luhith they go up weeping; on the road to Horonaim they raise a cry of destruction;

Isaiah 16:13

This was the word that the Lord spoke concerning Moab in the past.

Isaiah 17:4

On that day the glory of Jacob will be brought low, and the fat of his flesh will grow lean.

Isaiah 21:16

For thus the Lord said to me: “Within a year, according to the years of a hired worker, all the glory of Kedar will come to an end,

Isaiah 23:9

The Lord of hosts has planned it— to defile the pride of all glory, to shame all the honored of the earth.

Isaiah 25:10

For the hand of the Lord will rest on this mountain. The Moabites shall be trodden down in their place as straw is trodden down in the manure.

Isaiah 25:11

Though they spread out their hands in the midst of it, as swimmers spread out their hands to swim, their pride will be laid low despite the struggle of their hands.

Isaiah 7:16

For before the child knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land before whose two kings you are in dread will be deserted.

Jeremiah 48:42

Moab shall be destroyed as a people, because he magnified himself against the Lord.

Jeremiah 9:23

Thus says the Lord: Do not let the wise boast in their wisdom; do not let the mighty boast in their might; do not let the wealthy boast in their wealth;

Deuteronomy 15:8

You should rather open your hand, willingly lending enough to meet the need, whatever it may be.