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Isaiah 13:12

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13:12I will make human beings more scarce than pure gold,

and people more scarce27 than gold from Ophir.

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Footnotes

  1. 27 The verb is supplied in the translation from the first line. The verb in the first line (“I will make scarce”) does double duty in the parallel structure of the verse.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

I will make people more rare than fine gold,

and mankind than the gold of Ophir.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I will make people scarcer than pure gold,

more rare than the gold of Ophir.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I will make a human more scarce than fine gold,

and mankind more rare than the gold of Ophir.

NLTNew Living Translation

I will make people scarcer than gold—

more rare than the fine gold of Ophir.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

I will make humanity more rare than gold

and humankind more than the gold of Ophir.

KJV 1900King James Version

I will make a man more precious than fine gold;

Even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.