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Israel’s Sinful Leaders

Isaiah 56:9

In 11 translations

BSB
Come, all you beasts of the field; eat greedily, all you beasts of the forest.
KJV
¶ All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye beasts in the forest.
WEB
All you animals of the field, come to devour, all you animals in the forest.
ASV
All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye beasts in the forest.
LSV
Every beast of the field, || Come to devour, every beast in the forest.
YLT
Every beast of the field, Come to devour, every beast in the forest.
DBY
All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, all ye beasts in the forest.
DRC
All ye beasts of the field come to devour, all ye beasts of the forest.
GNV
All ye beastes of the fielde, come to deuoure, euen all ye beastes of the forest.
JPS
All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye beasts in the forest.
LXXE
All ye beasts of the field, come, devour, all ye beasts of the forest.

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Original-language editions

WLC
כֹּ֖ל חַיְת֣וֹ שָׂדָ֑י אֵתָ֕יוּ לֶאֱכֹ֥ל כָּל־חַיְת֖וֹ בַּיָּֽעַר׃
LXX-Br
Πάντα τὰ θηρία τὰ ἄγρια, δεῦτε, φάγετε, πάντα τὰ θηρία τοῦ δρυμοῦ.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Jeremiah 12:9Is not My inheritance to Me like a speckled bird of prey with other birds of prey circling against her? Go, gather all the beasts of the field; bring them to devour her.
  • Ezekiel 39:17And as for you, son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says: Call out to every kind of bird and to every beast of the field: ‘Assemble and come together from all around to the sacrificial feast that I am preparing for…
  • Ezekiel 29:5I will leave you in the desert, you and all the fish of your streams. You will fall on the open field and will not be taken away or gathered for burial. I have given you as food to the beasts of the earth and the birds…
  • Isaiah 18:6They will all be left to the mountain birds of prey, and to the beasts of the land. The birds will feed on them in summer, and all the wild animals in winter.
  • Revelation 19:17–18Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out in a loud voice to all the birds flying overhead, “Come, gather together for the great supper of God, so that you may eat the flesh of kings and commanders and…
  • Deuteronomy 28:26Your corpses will be food for all the birds of the air and beasts of the earth, with no one to scare them away.

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