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The LORD Is Exalted

Isaiah 33:11

In 11 translations

BSB
You conceive chaff; you give birth to stubble. Your breath is a fire that will consume you.
KJV
Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath, as fire, shall devour you.
WEB
You will conceive chaff. You will give birth to stubble. Your breath is a fire that will devour you.
ASV
Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath is a fire that shall devour you.
LSV
You conceive chaff, you bear stubble; Your spirit—a fire [that] devours you.
YLT
Ye conceive chaff, ye bear stubble, Your spirit! — fire devoureth you.
DBY
Ye shall conceive dry grass, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath shall devour you [as] fire.
DRC
You shall conceive heat, you shall bring forth stubble: your breath as fire shall devour you.
GNV
Ye shall conceiue chaffe, and bring forth stubble: the fire of your breath shall deuoure you.
JPS
Ye conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble; your breath is a fire that shall devour you.
LXXE
Now shall ye see, now shall ye perceive; the strength of your breath shall be vain; fire shall devour you.

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Original-language editions

WLC
תַּהֲר֥וּ חֲשַׁ֖שׁ תֵּ֣לְדוּ קַ֑שׁ רוּחֲכֶ֕ם אֵ֖שׁ תֹּאכַלְכֶֽם׃
LXX-Br
Νῦν ὄψεσθε, νῦν αἰσθηθήσεσθε, ματαία ἔσται ἡ ἰσχὺς τοῦ πνεύματος ὑμῶν· πῦρ κατέδεται ὑμᾶς.

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  • Isaiah 59:4No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
  • Psalms 7:14Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.
  • James 1:15Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
  • Acts 5:4Did it not belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, was it not at your disposal? How could you conceive such a deed in your heart? You have not lied to men, but to God!”
  • Psalms 83:5–18For with one mind they plot together, they form an alliance against You— the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites, of Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, of Philistia with the people of Tyre. Even Assyria…
  • Isaiah 26:18We were with child; we writhed in pain; but we gave birth to wind. We have given no salvation to the earth, nor brought any life into the world.
  • Isaiah 10:7–14But this is not his intention; this is not his plan. For it is in his heart to destroy and cut off many nations. “Are not all my commanders kings?” he says. “Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is…
  • Isaiah 30:30–33And the LORD will cause His majestic voice to be heard and His mighty arm to be revealed, striking in angry wrath with a flame of consuming fire, and with cloudburst, storm, and hailstones. For Assyria will be…
  • Psalms 2:1Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
  • Job 15:35They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb is pregnant with deceit.”
  • Isaiah 5:24Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes the straw, and as dry grass shrivels in the flame, so their roots will decay and their blossoms will blow away like dust; for they have rejected the instruction of the LORD of…
  • Isaiah 8:9–10Huddle together, O peoples, and be shattered; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for battle, and be shattered; prepare for battle, and be shattered! Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted; state a proposal,…
  • Isaiah 29:5–8But your many foes will be like fine dust, the multitude of the ruthless like blowing chaff. Then suddenly, in an instant, you will be visited by the LORD of Hosts with thunder and earthquake and loud noise, with…
  • Isaiah 37:23–29Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel! Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my…
  • Isaiah 31:8–9“Then Assyria will fall, but not by the sword of man; a sword will devour them, but not one made by mortals. They will flee before the sword, and their young men will be put to forced labor. Their rock will pass away…
  • Nahum 1:5–10The mountains quake before Him, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles at His presence— the world and all its dwellers. Who can withstand His indignation? Who can endure His burning anger? His wrath is poured out…

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