KJV King James Version
And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall [even] be for briers and thorns.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Isaiah 7:23
And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall [even] be for briers and thorns.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And on that day, in every place that had a thousand vines worth a thousand shekels of silver, only briers and thorns will be found.
WEB World English Bible
It will happen in that day that every place where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silver shekels, shall be for briers and thorns.
ASV American Standard Version
And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, shall be for briers and thorns.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And it hath come to pass, in that day, Every place where there are a thousand vines, At a thousand silverlings, Is for briers and for thorns.
Surrounding context — Isaiah 7
20 In the same day shall the Lord shave with a rasor that is hired, [namely], by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard.
21 And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep;
22 And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk [that] they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land.
23 And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall [even] be for briers and thorns.
24 With arrows and with bows shall [men] come thither; because all the land shall become briers and thorns.
25 And [on] all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְהָיָה֙H1961 · ha.yahto beבַּיּ֣וֹםH3117 · yomdayהַה֔וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itיִֽהְיֶ֣הH1961 · ha.yahto beכָל־H3605 · kolallמָק֗וֹםH4725 · ma.qomplaceאֲשֶׁ֧רH834 · a.sherwhichיִֽהְיֶה־H1961 · ha.yahto beשָּׁ֛םH8033 · shamthereאֶ֥לֶףH505 · e.lephthousandגֶּ֖פֶןH1612 · ge.phenvineבְּאֶ֣לֶףH505 · e.lephthousandכָּ֑סֶףH3701 · ke.sephsilver: moneyלַשָּׁמִ֥ירH8068 · sha.mirthornוְלַשַּׁ֖יִתH7898 · sha.yitthornbushיִֽהְיֶֽה׃H1961 · ha.yahto be
Cross-references
Isaiah 5:6And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.Song of Solomon 8:11-12Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand [pieces] of silver.Matthew 21:33Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:Isaiah 32:12-14They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.Jeremiah 4:26I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place [was] a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, [and] by his fierce anger.Hebrews 6:8But that which beareth thorns and briers [is] rejected, and [is] nigh unto cursing; whose end [is] to be burned.
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