KJV King James Version
Come ye, [say they], I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, [and] much more abundant.
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Isaiah 56:12
Come ye, [say they], I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, [and] much more abundant.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“Come, let me get the wine, let us imbibe the strong drink, and tomorrow will be like today, only far better!”
WEB World English Bible
“Come,” say they, “I will get wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow shall be as this day, great beyond measure.”
ASV American Standard Version
Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to-morrow shall be as this day, a day great beyond measure.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘Come ye, I take wine, And we drink, quaff strong drink, And as this day hath been to-morrow, Great—exceeding abundant!’
Surrounding context — Isaiah 56
9 All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, [yea], all ye beasts in the forest.
10 His watchmen [are] blind: they are all ignorant, they [are] all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
11 Yea, [they are] greedy dogs [which] can never have enough, and they [are] shepherds [that] cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.
12 Come ye, [say they], I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, [and] much more abundant.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
אֵתָ֥יוּH857 · a.tahto comeאֶקְחָה־H3947 · la.qachto take: takeיַ֖יִןH3196 · ya.yinwineוְנִסְבְּאָ֣הH5433 · sa.vato imbibeשֵׁכָ֑רH7941 · she.kharstrong drinkוְהָיָ֤הH1961 · ha.yahto beכָזֶה֙H2088 · zehthisי֣וֹםH3117 · yomdayמָחָ֔רH4279 · ma.chartomorrowגָּד֖וֹלH1419 · ga.dolgreat: largeיֶ֥תֶרH3499 · ye.terremainderמְאֹֽד׃H3966 · me.odmuch
Cross-references
Psalm 10:6He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for [I shall] never [be] in adversity.Luke 12:19-20And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, [and] be merry.Proverbs 27:1Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.Isaiah 5:22Woe unto [them that are] mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:1 Corinthians 15:32If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.Hosea 4:11Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.Proverbs 23:35They have stricken me, [shalt thou say, and] I was not sick; they have beaten me, [and] I felt [it] not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.Luke 21:34And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and [so] that day come upon you unawares.Titus 1:7For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;Amos 6:3-6Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;Jeremiah 18:18Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.Luke 12:45-46But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;Isaiah 5:11Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, [that] they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, [till] wine inflame them!Isaiah 22:13-14And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.Isaiah 28:7-8But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble [in] judgment.Proverbs 31:4-5[It is] not for kings, O Lemuel, [it is] not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:Matthew 24:49-51And shall begin to smite [his] fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
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