Isaiah 37:27
27 while their inhabitants, shorn of strength,
are dismayed and confounded,
and have become like plants of the field
and like tender grass,
like grass on the housetops,
blighted2 before it is grown.
Isaiah 37:27 — The New International Version (NIV)
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,
scorched before it grows up.
Isaiah 37:27 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
27 Therefore their inhabitants were of small power,
They were dismayed and confounded:
They were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb,
As the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.
Isaiah 37:27 — New Living Translation (NLT)
27 That is why their people have so little power
and are so frightened and confused.
They are as weak as grass,
as easily trampled as tender green shoots.
They are like grass sprouting on a housetop,
scorched before it can grow lush and tall.
Isaiah 37:27 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
27 Therefore their inhabitants had little power;
They were dismayed and confounded;
They were as the grass of the field
And the green herb,
As the grass on the housetops
And grain blighted before it is grown.
Isaiah 37:27 — New Century Version (NCV)
27 The people in those cities were weak;
they were frightened and put to shame.
They were like grass in the field,
like tender, young grass,
like grass on the housetop
that is burned by the wind before it can grow.
Isaiah 37:27 — American Standard Version (ASV)
27 Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as a field of grain before it is grown up.
Isaiah 37:27 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
27 And their inhabitants were powerless, they were dismayed and put to shame; they were as the grass of the field and the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and grain blighted before it be grown up.
Isaiah 37:27 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
27 Those who live in these cities are weak, discouraged, and ashamed.
They will be like plants in the field,
like fresh, green grass on the roofs,
dried up by the east wind.
Isaiah 37:27 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
27 Their inhabitants have become powerless,
dismayed, and ashamed.
They are plants of the field,
tender grass,
grass on the rooftops,
blasted by the east wind.
Isaiah 37:27 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
27 while their inhabitants, shorn of strength,
are dismayed and confounded;
they have become like plants of the field
and like tender grass,
like grass on the housetops,
blighted before it is grown.
Isaiah 37:27 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
27 And their inhabitants are weak;
they are dismayed, and they are ashamed;
they have become like plants of the field,
and like greens of grass,
like grass on the roofs
and a cultivated field before the standing grain.
Isaiah 37:27 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
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.
Isaiah 37:27 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
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.