Isaiah 28:4
Isaiah 28:4 — The New International Version (NIV)
4 That fading flower, his glorious beauty,
set on the head of a fertile valley,
will be like figs ripe before harvest—
as soon as people see them and take them in hand,
they swallow them.
Isaiah 28:4 — English Standard Version (ESV)
4 and the fading flower of its glorious beauty,
which is on the head of the rich valley,
will be like a first-ripe fig before the summer:
when someone sees it, he swallows it
as soon as it is in his hand.
Isaiah 28:4 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
4 And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower,
And as the hasty fruit before the summer;
Which when he that looketh upon it seeth,
While it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.
Isaiah 28:4 — New Living Translation (NLT)
4 It sits at the head of a fertile valley,
but its glorious beauty will fade like a flower.
Whoever sees it will snatch it up,
as an early fig is quickly picked and eaten.
Isaiah 28:4 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
4 And the glorious beauty is a fading flower
Which is at the head of the verdant valley,
Like the first fruit before the summer,
Which an observer sees;
He eats it up while it is still in his hand.
Isaiah 28:4 — New Century Version (NCV)
4 That beautiful crown of flowers is just a dying plant
set on a hill above a rich valley.
That city will be like the first fig of summer.
Anyone who sees it
quickly picks it and eats it.
Isaiah 28:4 — American Standard Version (ASV)
4 and the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be as the first-ripe fig before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.
Isaiah 28:4 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
4 and the fading flower of his glorious adornment which is on the head of the fat valley shall be like an early fig before the summer: as soon as he that seeth it perceiveth it, scarcely is it in his hand, he swalloweth it down.
Isaiah 28:4 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
4 Their glorious beauty is ⸤like⸥ a withered flower.
They are at the entrance to a fertile valley.
They will be like figs that ripened early.
As soon as someone sees them,
they will be taken and eaten.
Isaiah 28:4 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
4 The fading flower of his beautiful splendor,
which is on the summit above the rich valley,
will be like a ripe fig before the summer harvest.
Whoever sees it will swallow it
while it is still in his hand.
Isaiah 28:4 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
4 And the fading flower of its glorious beauty,
which is on the head of those bloated with rich food,
will be like a first-ripe fig before the summer;
whoever sees it, eats it up
as soon as it comes to hand.
Isaiah 28:4 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
4 It sits on a hill above a rich valley.
It’s like a crown of flowers whose glorious beauty is fading away.
But it will become like a fig that is ripe before harvest.
As soon as someone sees it,
he picks it and swallows it.
Isaiah 28:4 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
4 And the fading flower of its glorious beauty,
Which is at the head of the fertile valley,
Will be like the first-ripe fig prior to summer,
Which one sees,
And as soon as it is in his hand,
He swallows it.