Isaiah 66:16

In 11 translations

BSB

For by fire and by His sword, the LORD will execute judgment on all flesh, and many will be slain by the LORD.

KJV

For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many.

WEB

For Yahweh will execute judgment by fire and by his sword on all flesh; and those slain by Yahweh will be many.

ASV

For by fire will Jehovah execute judgment, and by his sword, upon all flesh; and the slain of Jehovah shall be many.

LSV

For by fire and by His sword, || YHWH does judgment with all flesh. And many have been YHWH’s pierced ones.

YLT

For by fire and by His sword, Doth Jehovah do judgment with all flesh. And many have been Jehovah's pierced ones.'

DBY

For by fire and by his sword will Jehovah enter into judgment with all flesh: and the slain of Jehovah shall be many.

DRC

For the Lord shall judge by fire, and by his sword unto all flesh, and the slain of the Lord shall be many.

GNV

For the Lord will iudge with fire, and with his sworde all flesh, and the slaine of the Lord shall be many.

JPS

For by fire will the LORD contend, and by His sword with all flesh; and the slain of the LORD shall be many.

LXXE

For with the fire of the Lord all the earth shall be judged, and all flesh with his sword: many shall be slain by the Lord.

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WLC

כִּ֤י בָאֵשׁ֙ יְהוָ֣ה נִשְׁפָּ֔ט וּבְחַרְבּ֖וֹ אֶת־כָּל־בָּשָׂ֑ר וְרַבּ֖וּ חַֽלְלֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃

LXX-Br

Ἐν γὰρ τῷ πυρὶ Κυρίου κριθήσεται πᾶσα ἡ γῆ, καὶ ἐν τῇ ῥομφαίᾳ αὐτοῦ πᾶσα σάρξ· πολλοὶ τραυματίαι ἔσονται ὑπὸ Κυρίου.

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• Ezekiel 38:21–22And I will summon a sword against Gog on all My mountains, declares the Lord GOD, and every man’s sword will be against his brother. I will execute judgment upon him with plague and bloodshed. I will pour out torrents…
• Isaiah 30:30And 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.
• Ezekiel 39:2–10I will turn you around, drive you along, bring you up from the far north, and send you against the mountains of Israel. Then I will strike the bow from your left hand and dash down the arrows from your right hand. On…
• Isaiah 27:1In that day the LORD will take His sharp, great, and mighty sword, and bring judgment on Leviathan the fleeing serpent —Leviathan the coiling serpent—and He will slay the dragon of the sea.
• Revelation 19:11–21Then I saw heaven standing open, and there before me was a white horse. And its rider is called Faithful and True. With righteousness He judges and wages war. He has eyes like blazing fire, and many royal crowns on His…
• Isaiah 34:5–10When My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens, then it will come down upon Edom, upon the people I have devoted to destruction. The sword of the LORD is bathed in blood. It drips with fat— with the blood of lambs and…

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