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Judah’s Rebellion

Isaiah 1:3

In 11 translations

BSB
The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master’s manger, but Israel does not know; My people do not understand.”
KJV
The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
WEB
The ox knows his owner, and the donkey his master’s crib; but Israel doesn’t know. My people don’t consider.”
ASV
The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib; but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
LSV
An ox has known its owner, || And a donkey the crib of its master, || Israel has not known, || My people have not understood.”
YLT
An ox hath known its owner, And an ass the crib of its master, Israel hath not known, My people hath not understood.
DBY
The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib; Israel doth not know, my people hath no intelligence.
DRC
The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib: but Israel hath not known me, and my people hath not understood.
GNV
The oxe knoweth his owner, and the asse his masters crib: but Israel hath not knowen: my people hath not vnderstand.
JPS
The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib; but Israel doth not know, My people doth not consider.
LXXE
The ox knows his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel does not know me, and the people has not regarded me.

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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
יָדַ֥ע שׁוֹר֙ קֹנֵ֔הוּ וַחֲמ֖וֹר אֵב֣וּס בְּעָלָ֑יו יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ לֹ֣א יָדַ֔ע עַמִּ֖י לֹ֥א הִתְבּוֹנָֽן׃
LXX-Br
Ἔγνω βοῦς τὸν κτησάμενον, καὶ ὄνος τὴν φάτνην τοῦ κυρίου αὐτοῦ· Ἰσραὴλ δέ με οὐκ ἔγνω, καὶ ὁ λαός με οὐ συνῆκεν.

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Jeremiah 8:7Even the stork in the sky knows her appointed seasons. The turtledove, the swift, and the thrush keep their time of migration, but My people do not know the requirements of the LORD.
  • Jeremiah 4:22“For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”
  • Isaiah 44:18They do not comprehend or discern, for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see and closed their minds so they cannot understand.
  • Matthew 13:13–15This is why I speak to them in parables: ‘Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.’ In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding;…
  • Isaiah 5:12At their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD and fail to see the work of His hands.
  • Romans 1:28Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
  • Psalms 94:8Take notice, O senseless among the people! O fools, when will you be wise?
  • Isaiah 27:11When its limbs are dry, they are broken off. Women come and use them for kindling; for this is a people without understanding. Therefore their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor.
  • Deuteronomy 32:28–29Israel is a nation devoid of counsel, with no understanding among them. If only they were wise, they would understand it; they would comprehend their fate.
  • 2 Peter 3:5But they deliberately overlook the fact that long ago by God’s word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water,
  • Proverbs 6:6Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise.
  • Jeremiah 9:3–6“They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD. “Let everyone guard against his neighbor; do not…
  • Jeremiah 10:8But they are altogether senseless and foolish, instructed by worthless idols made of wood!
  • Jeremiah 10:14Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them.
  • Matthew 13:19When anyone hears the message of the kingdom but does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path.

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