Isaiah 21:16 “For this is what the Lord says to me: “Within one year, as a hired wor…”

Isaiah 21:16

For this is what the Lord says to me: “Within one year, as a hired worker would count it, all the glory of Kedar will be gone.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:

World English Bible

For the Lord said to me, “Within a year, as a worker bound by contract would count it, all the glory of Kedar will fail,

American Standard Version

For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, all the glory of Kedar shall fail;

Geneva Bible 1599

For thus hath the Lord sayd vnto me, Yet a yeere according to the yeeres of an hireling, and all the glorie of Kedar shall faile.

Darby Translation

For thus hath the Lord said unto me: Within a year, according to the years of a hired servant, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail;

Young's Literal Translation

For thus said the Lord unto me: 'Within a year, as years of a hireling, Consumed hath been all the honour of Kedar.

Bible in Basic English

For so has the Lord said to me, In a year, by the years of a servant working for payment, all the glory of Kedar will come to an end:

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Cross references

“according”

Isaiah 16:14 Job 7:1

Isaiah 16:14 · BSB

And now the LORD says, “In three years, as a hired worker counts the years, Moab’s splendor will become an object of contempt, with all her many people. And those who are left will be few and feeble.”

Job 7:1 · BSB

“Is not man consigned to labor on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired hand?

“Kedar”

Isaiah 60:7 Psalm 120:5 Song of Solomon 1:5 Jeremiah 49:28 Ezekiel 27:21 Isaiah 42:11

Isaiah 60:7 · BSB

All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered to you; the rams of Nebaioth will serve you and go up on My altar with acceptance; I will adorn My glorious house.

Psalm 120:5 · BSB

Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech, that I live among the tents of Kedar!

Song of Solomon 1:5 · BSB

I am dark, yet lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.

Jeremiah 49:28 · BSB

Concerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated, this is what the LORD says: “Rise up, advance against Kedar, and destroy the people of the east!

Ezekiel 27:21 · BSB

Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your customers, trading in lambs, rams, and goats.

Isaiah 42:11 · BSB

Let the desert and its cities raise their voices; let the villages of Kedar cry aloud. Let the people of Sela sing for joy; let them cry out from the mountaintops.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

15For they flee from the sword— the sword that is drawn— from the bow that is bent, and from the stress of battle.

17The remaining archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be few.” For the LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken.

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