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Isaiah 56:9

All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye beasts in the forest.

KJV

Omnes bestiæ agri, venite ad devorandum, universæ bestiæ saltus.

Vulgate

Πάντα τὰ θηρία τὰ ἄγρια, δεῦτε φάγετε, πάντα τὰ θηρία τοῦ δρυμοῦ.

LXX

All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye beasts in the forest.

ASV

כֹּ֖ל חַיְת֣וֹ שָׂדָ֑י אֵתָ֕יוּ לֶ/אֱכֹ֥ל כָּל חַיְת֖וֹ בַּ/יָּֽעַר

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֹתִיּ֣וֹת
'tyvt
verb · 21×
חַי
chy
verb · 502×
יַ֥עַר
y'r
noun · 58×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
ם
m
verb · 811×
שָּׂדֶ֔ה
shdh
noun · 334×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 17:46 — This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air
  • Dan 7:5 — And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour muc
  • Ezek 34:5 — And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.
  • Ezek 39:17 — And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I d
  • Jer 12:9 — Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird, the birds round about are against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, come to devour.
  • Jer 12:9 — Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird, the birds round about are against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, come to devour.
  • Jer 15:3 — And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy.
  • Jer 23:1 — Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD.
  • Luke 10:2 — Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.
  • Matt 9:36 — But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.
  • Matt 13:25 — But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
  • Mic 3:5 — Thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him.
  • Rev 19:17 — And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;