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Isaiah 29:20

For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:

KJV

quoniam defecit qui prævalebat, consummatus est illusor, et succisi sunt omnes qui vigilabant super iniquitatem,

Vulgate

ἐξέλιπεν ἄνομος, καὶ ἀπώλετο ὑπερήφανος, καὶ ἐξωλεθρεύθησαν οἱ ἀνομοῦντες ἐπὶ κακίᾳ,

LXX

For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scoffer ceaseth, and all they that watch for iniquity are cut off;

ASV

כִּֽי אָפֵ֥ס עָרִ֖יץ וְ/כָ֣לָה לֵ֑ץ וְ/נִכְרְת֖וּ כָּל שֹׁ֥קְדֵי אָֽוֶן

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אָֽוֶן
'vn
noun · 78×
אָפֵ֖ס
'ps
verb · 5×
הִכְרַתִּ֥י
hkrty
verb · 283×
יִּשְׁקֹ֤ד
yshqd
verb · 12×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
לֵ֭ץ
lts
verb · 27×
ם
m
verb · 203×
עָרִיצִ֖ים
'rytsym
adjective · 20×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 14:45 — And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? God forbid: as the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath
  • Isa 13:3 — I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my highness.
  • Isa 28:14 — Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
  • Isa 28:14 — Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
  • Isa 29:5 — Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly.
  • Isa 59:4 — None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
  • Jer 15:21 — And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible.
  • Luke 14:1 — And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him.
  • Luke 16:14 — And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.
  • Luke 20:20 — And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor.
  • Mark 3:2 — And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him.
  • Mic 2:1 — Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
  • Ps 56:5 — Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.