Isaiah 34:17 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁷ He has cast the lot for them; his hand allotted their portion with a measuring line. They will possess it for ever; they will dwell in it from generation to generation.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them by line: they shall possess it for ever, from generation to generation shall they dwell therein.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ And He has cast the lot for them, and His hand has portioned [Edom] to [the wild beasts] by measuring line. They shall possess it forever; from generation to generation they shall dwell in it.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them by line: they shall possess it for ever; from generation to generation shall they dwell therein.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ God has cast the lot for them; God’s hand allotted it to them with the measuring line. They will possess it forever; they will live in it from generation to generation.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ And he has cast lots over them. And his hand has distributed this to them by measure. They will possess it, even unto eternity. From generation to generation, they will dwell in it.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it to them by line. They shall possess it for ever: from generation to generation they shall dwell therein.

Isaiah 34:17 Tagairtí Cros

Isaiah 17:13

The nations rage like the rumble of a huge torrent. He rebukes them, and they flee far away, driven before the wind like chaff on the hills and like tumbleweeds before a gale.

Isaiah 17:14

In the evening #– #sudden terror! Before morning #– #it is gone! This is the fate of those who plunder us and the lot of those who ravage us.

Isaiah 34:10

It will never go out #– #day or night. Its smoke will go up for ever. It will be desolate, from generation to generation; no one will pass through it for ever and ever.

Isaiah 34:11

Eagle owls  and herons  will possess it, and long-eared owls and ravens will dwell there. The Lord will stretch out a measuring line and a plumb line  over her for her destruction and chaos.

Jeremiah 13:25

This is your lot, what I have decreed for you – this is the  Lord’s declaration – because you have forgotten me and trusted in lies.

Acts 13:19

and after destroying seven nations in the land of Canaan,  he gave them their land as an inheritance.

Acts 17:26

From one man  he has made every nationality to live over the whole earth and has determined their appointed times and the boundaries of where they live.

Deuteronomy 32:9

But the  Lord’s portion is his people, Jacob, his own inheritance.

Joshua 18:8

As the men prepared to go, Joshua commanded them  to write down a description of the land, saying, ‘Go and survey the land, write a description of it, and return to me. I will then cast lots for you here in Shiloh in the presence of the Lord.’