Isaiah 27:8

In 11 translations

BSB

By warfare and exile You contended with her and removed her with a fierce wind, as on the day the east wind blows.Or By driving her away into exile or Measure by measure, by exile

KJV

In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.it shooteth…: or, thou sendest it forthhe…: or, when he removeth it with

WEB

In measure, when you send them away, you contend with them. He has removed them with his rough blast in the day of the east wind.

ASV

In measure, when thou sendest them away, thou dost contend with them; he hath removed them with his rough blast in the day of the east wind.

LSV

In measure, in sending it forth, you strive with it, || He has taken away by His sharp wind, || In the day of an east wind,

YLT

In measure, in sending it forth, thou strivest with it, He hath taken away by His sharp wind, In the day of an east wind,

DBY

In measure, when sending her away, didst thou contend with her: he hath taken [her] away with his rough wind in the day of the east wind.

DRC

In measure against measure, when it shall be cast off, thou shalt judge it. He hath meditated with his severe spirit in the day of heat.

GNV

In measure in the branches thereof wilt thou contende with it, when he bloweth with his rough winde in the day of the East winde.

JPS

In full measure, when Thou sendest her away, Thou dost contend with her; He hath removed her with His rough blast in the day of the east wind.

LXXE

Fighting and reproaching he will dismiss them; didst thou not meditate with a harsh spirit, to slay them with a wrathful spirit?

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WLC

בְּסַּאסְּאָ֖ה בְּשַׁלְחָ֣הּ תְּרִיבֶ֑נָּה הָגָ֛ה בְּרוּח֥וֹ הַקָּשָׁ֖ה בְּי֥וֹם קָדִֽים׃We read punctuation in L differently from BHS.

LXX-Br

Μαχόμενος καὶ ὀνειδίζων ἐξαποστελεῖ αὐτούς· οὐ σὺ ἦσθα μελετῶν τῷ πνεύματι τῷ σκληρῷ, ἀνελεῖν αὐτοὺς πνεύματι θυμοῦ;

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Cross-references most cited first

• Jeremiah 10:24Correct me, O LORD, but only with justice— not in Your anger, or You will bring me to nothing.
• Hosea 4:1Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land!
• Jeremiah 4:11At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, “A searing wind from the barren heights in the desert blows toward the daughter of My people, but not to winnow or to sift;
• Ezekiel 19:12But it was uprooted in fury, cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit. Its strong branches were stripped off and they withered; the fire consumed them.
• Jeremiah 46:28And you, My servant Jacob, do not be afraid, declares the LORD, for I am with you. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have banished you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline…
• Hosea 6:1–2Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds. After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, that we may…
• Hosea 13:15Although he flourishes among his brothers, an east wind will come— a wind from the LORD rising up from the desert. His fountain will fail, and his spring will run dry. The wind will plunder his treasury of every…
• Jeremiah 30:11For I am with you to save you, declares the LORD. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have scattered you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline you justly, and will by no…
• Jeremiah 4:27For this is what the LORD says: “The whole land will be desolate, but I will not finish its destruction.
• 1 Peter 1:6In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in various trials
• Jeremiah 2:17–37Have you not brought this on yourself by forsaking the LORD your God when He led you in the way? Now what will you gain on your way to Egypt to drink the waters of the Nile? What will you gain on your way to Assyria to…
• 1 Corinthians 10:13No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand…
• Isaiah 1:18–20“Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool. If you are willing and obedient, you…
• Psalms 6:1O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
• Isaiah 57:16For I will not accuse you forever, nor will I always be angry; for then the spirit of man would grow weak before Me, with the breath of those I have made.
• Isaiah 54:7“For a brief moment I forsook you, but with great compassion I will bring you back.

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