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Isaiah 33:8

sThe highways lie waste;

the traveler ceases.

tCovenants are broken;

cities2 are despised;

there is no regard for man.

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Isaiah 33:8 — The New International Version (NIV)

The highways are deserted,

no travelers are on the roads.

The treaty is broken,

its witnesses are despised,

no one is respected.

Isaiah 33:8 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth:

He hath broken the covenant,

He hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.

Isaiah 33:8 — New Living Translation (NLT)

Your roads are deserted;

no one travels them anymore.

The Assyrians have broken their peace treaty

and care nothing for the promises they made before witnesses.

They have no respect for anyone.

Isaiah 33:8 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

The highways lie waste,

The traveling man ceases.

He has broken the covenant,

He has despised the cities,

He regards no man.

Isaiah 33:8 — New Century Version (NCV)

There is no one on the roads,

no one walking in the paths.

People have broken the agreements they made.

They refuse to believe the proof from witnesses.

No one respects other people.

Isaiah 33:8 — American Standard Version (ASV)

The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: the enemy hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth not man.

Isaiah 33:8 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

The highways are desolate, the wayfaring man ceaseth. He hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.

Isaiah 33:8 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Highways are deserted. 

Travelers stop traveling. 

Agreements are broken. 

Witnessesare rejected. 

People are no longer respected. 

Isaiah 33:8 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

The highways are deserted;

travel has ceased.

An agreement has been broken,

cities despised,

and human life disregarded.

Isaiah 33:8 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

The highways are deserted,

travelers have quit the road.

The treaty is broken,

its oaths are despised,

its obligation is disregarded.

Isaiah 33:8 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

Highways are deserted;

the traveler on the road ceases.

One breaks a treaty,

he rejects the cities,

he does not hold man in high regard.

Isaiah 33:8 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

The wide roads are deserted.

No one travels on them.

Our peace treaty with Assyria is broken.

Those who witnessed it are looked down on.

No one is respected.

Isaiah 33:8 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

The highways are desolate, the traveler has ceased,

He has broken the covenant, he has despised the cities,

He has no regard for man.


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