Isaiah 13:12

In 11 translations

BSB

I will make man scarcer than pure gold, and mankind rarer than the gold of Ophir.

KJV

I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.

WEB

I will make people more rare than fine gold, even a person than the pure gold of Ophir.

ASV

I will make a man more rare than fine gold, even a man than the pure gold of Ophir.

LSV

I make man more rare than fine gold, || And a common man than pure gold of Ophir.

YLT

I make man more rare than fine gold, And a common man than pure gold of Ophir.

DBY

I will make a man more precious than fine gold, even man than the gold of Ophir.

DRC

A man shall be more precious than gold, yea a man than the finest of gold.

GNV

I will make a man more precious then fine golde, euen a man aboue the wedge of golde of Ophir.

JPS

I will make man more rare than fine gold, even man than the pure gold of Ophir.

LXXE

And they that are left shall be more precious than gold tried in the fire; and a man shall be more precious than the stone that is in Suphir.

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Original-language editions

WLC

אוֹקִ֥יר אֱנ֖וֹשׁ מִפָּ֑ז וְאָדָ֖ם מִכֶּ֥תֶם אוֹפִֽיר׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἔσονται οἱ καταλελειμμένοι ἔντιμοι μᾶλλον ἢ τὸ χρυσίον τὸ ἄπυρον· καὶ ἄνθρωπος μᾶλλον ἔντιμος ἔσται ἢ ὁ λίθος ὁ ἐν Σουφείρ.

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• Isaiah 4:1In that day seven women will take hold of one man and say, “We will eat our own bread and provide our own clothes. Just let us be called by your name. Take away our disgrace!”
• Isaiah 24:6Therefore a curse has consumed the earth, and its inhabitants must bear the guilt; the earth’s dwellers have been burned, and only a few survive.
• Psalms 137:9Blessed is he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.
• Job 28:16It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.
• Isaiah 13:15–18Whoever is caught will be stabbed, and whoever is captured will die by the sword. Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses will be looted, and their wives will be ravished. Behold, I will…

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