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Isaiah 24:20

The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.

KJV

agitatione agitabitur terra sicut ebrius, et auferetur quasi tabernaculum unius noctis ; et gravabit eam iniquitas sua, et corruet, et non adjiciet ut resurgat.

Vulgate

ἔκλινεν ὡς ὁ μεθύων καὶ κραιπαλῶν, καὶ σεισθήσεται ὡς ὀπωροφυλάκιον ἡ γῆ, κατίσχυσεν γὰρ ἐπ’ αὐτῆς ἡ ἀνομία, καὶ πεσεῖται καὶ οὐ μὴ δύνηται ἀναστῆναι.

LXX

The earth shall stagger like a drunken man, and shall sway to and fro like a hammock; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it, and it shall fall, and not rise again.

ASV

נ֣וֹעַ תָּנ֤וּעַ אֶ֨רֶץ֙ כַּ/שִּׁכּ֔וֹר וְ/הִֽתְנוֹדְדָ֖ה כַּ/מְּלוּנָ֑ה וְ/כָבַ֤ד עָלֶ֨י/הָ֙ פִּשְׁעָ֔/הּ וְ/נָפְלָ֖ה וְ/לֹא תֹסִ֥יף קֽוּם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
י
y
noun · 93×
יָנ֣וּד
ynvd
verb · 25×
יִּפֹּ֥ל
ypl
verb · 434×
יָּ֣קָם
yqm
verb · 626×
יֹּ֣סֶף
ysp
verb · 208×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מְלוּנָ֥ה
mlvnh
noun · 2×
נ֖וּעַ
nv'
verb · 42×
נִכְבָּ֔ד
nkbd
verb · 115×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
שִׁכּ֔וֹר
shkvr
adjective · 13×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Amos 8:14 — They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beersheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again.
  • Dan 11:19 — Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land: but he shall stumble and fall, and not be found.
  • Ezek 14:13 — Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the staff of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will
  • Gen 41:31 — And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following; for it shall be very grievous.
  • Hos 4:1 — Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
  • Isa 19:14 — The LORD hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof: and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit.
  • Isa 24:1 — Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.
  • Isa 29:9 — Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
  • Job 12:25 — They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
  • Lam 1:14 — The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the LORD hath delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able
  • Ps 107:27 — They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit’s end.
  • Rev 18:21 — And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
  • Zech 5:5 — Then the angel that talked with me went forth, and said unto me, Lift up now thine eyes, and see what is this that goeth forth.