Isaiah 21:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ For the Lord has said this to me, Within a year, according to the years of a hireling [who will work no longer than was agreed], all the glory of Kedar [an Arabian tribe] will fail.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, all the glory of Kedar shall fail;

Common English Bible

¹⁶ So the Lord said to me: Within a year, according to the number of years for which a laborer is hired, all the glory of Kedar will end;

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ For the Lord said this to me: "After one more year, just like one year for a hired hand, all the glory of Kedar will be taken away.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ For thus saith the Lord to me: Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, all the glory of Cedar shall be taken away.

Isaiah 21:16 Cross References

Genesis 25:13

These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, named in the order of their birth: Nebaioth, the firstborn of Ishmael; and Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

1 Chronicles 1:29

These are their genealogies: the firstborn of Ishmael was Nebaioth, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

Job 7:1

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

Psalm 120:5

Woe is me, that I am an alien in Meshech, that I must live among the tents of Kedar.

Song of Solomon 1:5

I am black and beautiful, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.

Isaiah 16:14

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.”

Isaiah 42:11

Let the desert and its towns lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar inhabits; let the inhabitants of Sela shout for joy; let them shout from the tops of the mountains.

Isaiah 60:7

All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered to you; the rams of Nebaioth shall minister to you; they shall be acceptable on my altar, and I will glorify my glorious house.

Jeremiah 2:10

Cross to the coasts of Cyprus and look; send to Kedar and examine with care; see if there has ever been such a thing.

Jeremiah 49:28

Concerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor that King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon defeated. Thus says the Lord: Rise up; advance against Kedar! Destroy the people of the east!

Ezekiel 27:21

Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your favored dealers in lambs, rams, and goats; in these they did business with you.