Then behold, there were seven ears of corn, thin and scorched by the east wind, sprouting up after them.
Isaiah 37:27 - Tree of Life Version Their inhabitants are weak handed, shattered and ashamed. They are like the grass of the field and green herb, like grass on roofs, scorched before it is grown up. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Therefore their inhabitants had little power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were like the grass of the field and like the green herb, like the grass on the housetops and like a field of grain blasted before it is grown or is in stalk. American Standard Version (1901) Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as a field of grain before it is grown up. Common English Bible Their citizens have lost their power; they are frightened and dismayed. They’ve become like plants in a field, tender green shoots, the grass on rooftops, blasted by the east wind. Catholic Public Domain Version Their inhabitants had unsteady hands. They trembled and were confused. They became like the plants of the field, and the grass of the pastures, and like the weeds on the rooftops, which wither before they are mature. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The inhabitants of them were weak of hand: they trembled and were confounded. They became like the grass of the field and the herb of the pasture, and like the grass of the housetops, which withered before it was ripe. |
Then behold, there were seven ears of corn, thin and scorched by the east wind, sprouting up after them.
Their inhabitants are weak-handed, shattered and ashamed They are like the grass of the field and green herb, like grass on roofs, scorched before it is grown up.
As for man, his days are like grass— he flourishes like a flower of the field,
Let them be like grass on the roofs, which withers before it springs up—
In that day Egypt will be like women trembling with fear, because of the shaking hand of Adonai-Tzva’ot, which He is about to wave over it.
For even if you had struck down the entire Chaldean army fighting against you, and there were left among them only wounded men, each in his tent, they would get up and burn this city down with fire.”
Go up into her vines and ravage them, but do not completely destroy them. Strip away her branches for they are not Adonai’s.
You have magnified yourselves against Me with your mouth. You multiplied your words against Me. I heard it.”
Only don’t rebel against Adonai, and don’t be afraid of the people of the land. They will be food for us. The protection over them is gone. Adonai is with us! Do not fear them.”
What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear in your ear, proclaim from the housetops!
For, “All humanity is like grass, And all its glory like a wildflower. The grass withers, and the flower falls off,