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A Call to Fear God

Isaiah 8:15

In 11 translations

BSB
Many will stumble over these; they will fall and be broken; they will be ensnared and captured.”
KJV
And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.
WEB
Many will stumble over it, fall, be broken, be snared, and be captured.”
ASV
And many shall stumble thereon, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.
LSV
And many among them have stumbled and fallen, || And been broken, and snared, and captured.”
YLT
And many among them have stumbled and fallen, And been broken, and snared, and captured.
DBY
And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
DRC
And very many of them shall stumble and fall, and shall be broken in pieces, and shall be snared, and taken.
GNV
And many among them shall stumble, and shall fall and shalbe broken and shalbe snared and shalbe taken.
JPS
And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.'
LXXE
Therefore many among them shall be weak, and fall, and be crushed; and they shall draw nigh, and men shall be taken securely.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְכָ֥שְׁלוּ בָ֖ם רַבִּ֑ים וְנָפְל֣וּ וְנִשְׁבָּ֔רוּ וְנוֹקְשׁ֖וּ וְנִלְכָּֽדוּ׃
LXX-Br
Διατοῦτο ἀδυνατήσουσιν ἐν αὐτοῖς πολλοὶ, καὶ πεσοῦνται καὶ συντριβήσονται, καὶ ἐγγιοῦσι, καὶ ἁλώσονται ἄνθρωποι ἐν ἀσφαλείᾳ.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Matthew 21:44He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”
  • Isaiah 28:13Then the word of the LORD to them will become: “Order on order, order on order, line on line, line on line; a little here, a little there,” so that they will go stumbling backward and will be injured, ensnared, and…
  • Luke 20:17–18But Jesus looked directly at them and said, “Then what is the meaning of that which is written: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone’? Everyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces,…
  • John 6:66From that time on many of His disciples turned back and no longer walked with Him.
  • Romans 9:32Why not? Because their pursuit was not by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,
  • Matthew 11:6Blessed is the one who does not fall away on account of Me.”
  • 1 Corinthians 1:23but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,
  • Isaiah 59:10Like the blind, we feel our way along the wall, groping like those without eyes. We stumble at midday as in the twilight; among the vigorous we are like the dead.
  • Matthew 15:14Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”

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