¹⁴But now the Lord speaks, saying, “Within three years, as ¹^aa hired man would count them, the glory of ^bMoab will be degraded along with all his great population, and his remnant will be very small and ²impotent.”

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Footnotes

1Lit the years of a hireling
2Lit not mighty

Cross references

a Job 7:1; 14:6; Is 21:16
b Is 25:10; Jer 48:42

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

But now the Lord has spoken, saying, “In three years, like the years of a hired worker, the glory of Moab will be brought into contempt, in spite of all his great multitude, and those who remain will be very few and feeble.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

But now the Lord says: “Within three years, as a servant bound by contract would count them, Moab’s splendor and all her many people will be despised, and her survivors will be very few and feeble.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

And now the Lord says, “In three years, as a hired worker counts years, Moab’s splendor will become an object of contempt, in spite of a very large population. And those who are left will be few and weak.”

NLTNew Living Translation

But now the Lord says, “Within three years, counting each day, the glory of Moab will be ended. From its great population, only a feeble few will be left alive.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But now Yahweh speaks, saying, “In three years, like the years of a hired worker, the glory of Moab will become contemptible, with all of the great multitude, and the remnant will be a few, small, not strong.

KJV 1900King James Version

But now the Lord hath spoken, saying,

Within three years, as the years of an hireling,

And the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude;

And the remnant shall be very small and feeble.

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