Home / Isaiah / Isaiah 37:27 Isaiah 37:27 Isaiah 37:27 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.
27 Their people, drained of power,
are dismayed and put to shame.
They are like plants in the field,
like tender green shoots,
like grass sprouting on the roof,
scorched37:27 Some manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Dead Sea Scrolls and some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 2 Kings 19:26 ); most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text roof / and terraced fields
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27 “Therefore their inhabitants were 37:27 Lit short of hand
They were shattered and put to shame;
They were like the vegetation of the field and the green grass,
Like grass on the housetops 37:27 As in DSS and 2 Kin 19:26; MT and as a terraced field
Read Isaiah 37 in NASB2020 · About the NASB2020
27 Therefore their inhabitants were short of strength,
They were dismayed and put to shame;
They were as the vegetation of the field and as the green herb,
As grass on the housetops is scorched before it is grown up.
Read Isaiah 37 in NASB1995 · About the NASB1995
27 “Therefore their inhabitants had little power,
They were terrorized and shamed;
They were like the grass of the field and the green vegetation,
Like grass on the housetops and like a field [of grain] scorched before it is grown.
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27 Therefore their inhabitants, devoid of power,
are dismayed and ashamed.
They are like plants in the field,
tender green shoots,
grass on the rooftops,
scorched37:27 DSS, some MT manuscripts, and some LXX manuscripts (see also 2 Kings 19:26); most MT manuscripts on the rooftops and terraced fields
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27 Their people do not have any power left.
They are troubled and put to shame.
They are like plants in the field.
They are like new green plants.
They are like grass that grows on a roof.
It dries up before it is completely grown.
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