KJV King James Version
And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.
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Isaiah 4:1
And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
In that day seven women will take hold of one man and say, “We will eat our own bread and provide our own clothes. Just let us be called by your name. Take away our disgrace!”
WEB World English Bible
Seven women shall take hold of one man in that day, saying, “We will eat our own bread, and wear our own clothing: only let us be called by your name. Take away our reproach.”
ASV American Standard Version
And seven women shall take hold of one man in that day, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name; take thou away our reproach.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And taken hold have seven women on one man, In that day, saying, ‘Our own bread we do eat, And our own raiment we put on, Only, let thy name be called over us, Remove thou our reproach.’
Surrounding context — Isaiah 4
1 And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.
2 In that day shall the branch of the LORD be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth [shall be] excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel.
3 And it shall come to pass, [that he that is] left in Zion, and [he that] remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, [even] every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem:
4 When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְהֶחֱזִיקוּ֩H2388 · cha.zaqto strengthen: strengthenשֶׁ֨בַעH7651 · she.vasevenנָשִׁ֜יםH802 · ish.shahwomanבְּאִ֣ישׁH376 · ishmanאֶחָ֗דH259 · e.chadoneבַּיּ֤וֹםH3117 · yomdayהַהוּא֙H1931 · huhe/she/itלֵאמֹ֔רH559 · a.marto sayלַחְמֵ֣נוּH3899 · le.chemfoodנֹאכֵ֔לH398 · a.khalto eatוְשִׂמְלָתֵ֖נוּH8071 · sim.lahmantleנִלְבָּ֑שׁH3847 · la.vashto clotheרַ֗קH7535 · raqexceptיִקָּרֵ֤אH7121 · qa.rato call: call toשִׁמְךָ֙H8034 · shemnameעָלֵ֔ינוּH5921 · aluponאֱסֹ֖ףH622 · a.saphto gatherחֶרְפָּתֵֽנוּ׃ סH2781 · cher.pahreproach
Cross-references
Genesis 30:23And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:Isaiah 2:17And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.Isaiah 13:12I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.Luke 21:22For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.Luke 1:25Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on [me], to take away my reproach among men.2 Thessalonians 3:12Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.1 Samuel 1:6And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.Isaiah 3:25-26Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.Isaiah 10:20And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.Isaiah 2:11The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.Isaiah 17:7At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.
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