Isaiah 16:8
Isaiah 16:8 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.
8The fields of Heshbon wither,
the vines of Sibmah also.
The rulers of the nations
have trampled down the choicest vines,
which once reached Jazer
and spread toward the desert.
Their shoots spread out
and went as far as the sea.16:8 Probably the Dead Sea
Read Isaiah 16 in NIV · About the NIV
8For the fields of Heshbon have 16:8 Or dried outwithered, the vines of Sibmah as well;
The lords of the nations have trampled down its choice clusters
Which reached as far as Jazer and wandered to the deserts;
Its 16:8 I.e., parts of a climbing plant that attach to its supporttendrils spread themselves out and passed over the sea.
Read Isaiah 16 in NASB2020 · About the NASB2020
8For the fields of Heshbon have withered, the vines of Sibmah as well;
The lords of the nations have trampled down its choice clusters
Which reached as far as Jazer and wandered to the deserts;
Its tendrils spread themselves out and passed over the sea.
Read Isaiah 16 in NASB1995 · About the NASB1995
8For the fields of Heshbon have languished and withered, and the vines of Sibmah as well;
The lords of the nations have trampled down [Moab’s] choice vine branches,
Which reached as far as Jazer and wandered into the wilderness;
Its tendrils stretched out, they passed over [the shores of] the [Dead] Sea.
Read Isaiah 16 in AMP · About the AMP
8For the fields of Heshbon have withered,
along with the grapevines of Sibmah.
The rulers of the nations
have trampled its choicest vines,
which had reached as far as Jazer
and spread toward the desert.
Their shoots had spread out
and passed over the sea.16:8 Or and had gone as far as the sea; that is, probably the Dead Sea
Read Isaiah 16 in BSB · About the BSB
8The fields of Heshbon dry up.
So do the vines of Sibmah.
The rulers of the nations
have walked all over its finest vines.
Those vines once reached as far as Jazer.
They spread out toward the desert.
Their new growth went
all the way to the Dead Sea.
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