The Corruption of Zion
Isaiah 1:22
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Your silver has become dross; your fine wine is diluted with water.
- KJV
- Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:
- WEB
- Your silver has become dross, your wine mixed with water.
- ASV
- Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water.
- LSV
- Your silver has become dross, || Your drink defiled with water.
- YLT
- Thy silver hath become dross, Thy drink polluted with water.
- DBY
- Thy silver is become dross, thy wine is mixed with water:
- DRC
- Thy silver is turned into dress: thy wine is mingled with water.
- GNV
- Thy siluer is become drosse: thy wine is mixt with water.
- JPS
- Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water.
- LXXE
- Your silver is worthless, thy wine merchants mix the wine with water.
Word by word Hebrew · tap a word
Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- כַּסְפֵּ֖ךְ הָיָ֣ה לְסִיגִ֑ים סָבְאֵ֖ךְ מָה֥וּל בַּמָּֽיִם׃
- LXX-Br
- Τὸ ἀργύριον ὑμῶν ἀδόκιμον· οἱ κάπηλοί σου μίσγουσι τὸν οἶνον ὕδατι.
Who and where
◆ Prophecies of Isaiah
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
DrossWineSilverCommentariesIsaiah, The Book ofGuiltWine; Wine PressBackslidersIsrael, Prophecies concerningSin
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Cross-references most cited first
- Ezekiel 22:18–22“Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to Me. All of them are copper, tin, iron, and lead inside the furnace; they are but the dross of silver. Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because all of you…
- Lamentations 4:1–2How the gold has become tarnished, the pure gold has become dull! The gems of the temple lie scattered on every street corner. How the precious sons of Zion, once worth their weight in pure gold, are now esteemed as…
- Jeremiah 6:28–30All are hardened rebels, walking around as slanderers. They are bronze and iron; all of them are corrupt. The bellows blow fiercely, blasting away the lead with fire. The refining proceeds in vain, for the wicked are…
- Hosea 4:18When their liquor is gone, they turn to prostitution; their rulers dearly love disgrace.
- Hosea 6:4What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes.
- 2 Corinthians 2:17For we are not like so many others, who peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as men sent from God.
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