Isaiah 7:25

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“For fear of the briers and thorns, you will no longer traverse the hills once tilled by the hoe; they will become places for oxen to graze and sheep to trample.”

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BSBPD

“For fear of the briers and thorns, you will no longer traverse the hills once tilled by the hoe; they will become places for oxen to graze and sheep to trample.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And all the hills that were digged with the mattock, thou shalt not come thither for fear of briers and thorns; but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of sheep.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And all the hills that with a mattock are kept in order, Thither cometh not the fear of brier and thorn, And it hath been for the sending forth of ox, And for the treading of sheep!'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 7:25 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Isaiah 5:17Lambs will graze as in their own pastures, and strangers will feed in the ruins of the wealthy.
  2. Isaiah 7:21On that day a man will raise a young cow and two sheep,
  3. Isaiah 13:20She will never be inhabited or settled from generation to generation; no nomad will pitch his tent there, no shepherd will rest his flock there.
  4. Isaiah 17:2The cities of Aroer are forsaken; they will be left to the flocks, which will lie down with no one to fear.
  5. Zephaniah 2:6So the seacoast will become a land of pastures, with wells for shepherds and folds for sheep.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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