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Isaiah 24:20

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20The earth areels to and fro like a drunkard

And it totters like a 1shack,

For its btransgression is heavy upon it,

And it will fall, cnever to rise again.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Or hut

Cross references

  1. aIs 19:14; 24:1; 28:7
  2. bIs 1:28; 43:27; 66:24
  3. cDan 11:19; Amos 8:14

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The earth staggers like a drunken man;

it sways like a hut;

its transgression lies heavy upon it,

and it falls, and will not rise again.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The earth reels like a drunkard,

it sways like a hut in the wind;

so heavy upon it is the guilt of its rebellion

that it falls—never to rise again.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The earth staggers like a drunkard

and sways like a hut.

Earth’s rebellion weighs it down,

and it falls, never to rise again.

NLTNew Living Translation

The earth staggers like a drunk.

It trembles like a tent in a storm.

It falls and will not rise again,

for the guilt of its rebellion is very heavy.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

The earth staggers to and fro like the drunkard,

and it sways like a hut,

and its transgression is heavy upon it,

and it falls and does not rise again.

KJV 1900King James Version

The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard,

And shall be removed like a cottage;

And the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it;

And it shall fall, and not rise again.