KJV 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:
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Isaiah 21:16
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:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB 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,
ASV 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;
YLT 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.
Surrounding context — Isaiah 21
13 The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanim.
14 The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled.
15 For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.
16 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:
17 And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel hath spoken [it].
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
כִּי־H3588 · kiforכֹ֛הH3541 · kohthusאָמַ֥רH559 · a.marto sayאֲדֹנָ֖יH136 · a.do.naiLordאֵלָ֑יH413 · elto(wards)בְּע֤וֹדH5750 · odstillשָׁנָה֙H8141 · sha.nehyearכִּשְׁנֵ֣יH8141 · sha.nehyearשָׂכִ֔ירH7916 · sa.khirhiredוְכָלָ֖הH3615 · ka.lahto end: finishכָּל־H3605 · kolallכְּב֥וֹדH3519 · ka.vodgloryקֵדָֽר׃H6938 · qe.darKedar
Cross-references
Isaiah 60:7All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory.Song of Solomon 1:5I [am] black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.Psalm 120:5Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, [that] I dwell in the tents of Kedar!Isaiah 16:14But now the LORD hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant [shall be] very small [and] feeble.Ezekiel 27:21Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they occupied with thee in lambs, and rams, and goats: in these [were they] thy merchants.Jeremiah 49:28Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon shall smite, thus saith the LORD; Arise ye, go up to Kedar, and spoil the men of the east.Genesis 25:13And these [are] the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,Isaiah 42:11Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up [their voice], the villages [that] Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.1 Chronicles 1:29These [are] their generations: The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,Job 7:1[Is there] not an appointed time to man upon earth? [are not] his days also like the days of an hireling?
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