¹⁶For the Lord said this to me: “Within one year,^k as a hired worker counts years, all the glory of Kedar^l will be gone. ¹⁷The remaining Kedarite archers will be few in number.” For the Lord, the God of Israel, has spoken.

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Cross references

k Is 16:14
l Ps 120:5; Sg 1:5; Is 42:11; 60:7; Jr 2:10; Ezk 27:21

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

For thus the Lord said to me, “Within a year, according to the years of a hired worker, all the glory of Kedar will come to an end. And the remainder of the archers of the mighty men of the sons of Kedar will be few, for the Lord, the God of Israel, has spoken.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

This is what the Lord says to me: “Within one year, as a servant bound by contract would count it, all the splendor of Kedar will come to an end. The survivors of the archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be few.” The Lord, the God of Israel, has spoken.

NLTNew Living Translation

The Lord said to me, “Within a year, counting each day, all the glory of Kedar will come to an end. Only a few of its courageous archers will survive. I, the Lord, the God of Israel, have spoken!”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For the Lord said this to me:

“In one more year, like the years of a hired worker,

all the glory of Kedar will come to an end.

And the remainder of the number of the bows of the warriors of the sons of Kedar will be few.”

For Yahweh, the God of Israel, has spoken.

KJV 1900King James Version

For thus hath the Lord said unto me,

Within a year, according to the years of an hireling,

And all the glory of Kedar shall fail:

And the residue of the number of archers,

The mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished:

For the Lord God of Israel hath spoken it.

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