Isaiah 9:3
“Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Isaiah 9:3 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
Thou hast multiplied the nation, thou hast increased their joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Du hast die Nation vermehrt, hast ihr groß gemacht die Freude; sie freuen sich vor dir, gleich der Freude in der Ernte, wie man frohlockt beim Verteilen der Beute.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Aumentando la gente, no aumentaste la alegría. Alegraránse delante de ti como se alegran en la siega, como se gozan cuando reparten despojos.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Tu multiplicaste a este povo, aumentaste-lhe a alegria. Eles se alegraram diante de ti como a alegria da ceifa, como quando ficam contentes ao repartir despojos;
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Tu multiplicaste a nação e lhe aumentaste a alegria; eles se alegrarão diante de Ti, como se regozijam no tempo da colheita e como se alegram os homens quando repartem os despojos.
📖 Isaiah 9:3 in Context
1Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations.
2The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.
3Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.
4For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.
5For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire.
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