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Isaiah 61:5

And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.

KJV

Et stabunt alieni, et pascent pecora vestra, et filii peregrinorum agricolæ et vinitores vestri erunt.

Vulgate

καὶ ἥξουσιν ἀλλογενεῖς ποιμαίνοντες τὰ πρόβατά σου, καὶ ἀλλόφυλοι ἀροτῆρες καὶ ἀμπελουργοί·

LXX

And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and foreigners shall be your plowmen and your vine-dressers.

ASV

וְ/עָמְד֣וּ זָרִ֔ים וְ/רָע֖וּ צֹאנְ/כֶ֑ם וּ/בְנֵ֣י נֵכָ֔ר אִכָּרֵי/כֶ֖ם וְ/כֹרְמֵי/כֶֽם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִכָּרִ֣ים
'krym
noun · 7×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
זָ֑ר
zr
verb · 76×
כֹֽרְמִ֗ים
krmym
noun · 5×
נֵכָֽר
nkr
noun · 36×
עֹמְדִ֖ים
'mdym
verb · 526×
צֹ֣אן
ts'n
noun · 269×
רֹעִ֔ים
r'ym
verb · 164×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 3:9 — For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building.
  • Eph 2:12 — That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
  • Isa 14:1 — For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.
  • Isa 14:2 — And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose c
  • Isa 45:14 — Thus saith the LORD, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains they
  • Isa 60:10 — And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee.
  • Isa 60:10 — And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee.