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Isaiah 56:3

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3Let no foreigneri who is bound to the Lord say,

“The Lord will surely exclude me from his people.”j

And let no eunuchk complain,

“I am only a dry tree.”

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Cross references

  1. iSee Ex 12:43; See 1 Ki 8:41; See Isa 11:10; Zec 8:20–23
  2. jDt 23:3
  3. kSee Lev 21:20; Jer 38:7 fn; Ac 8:27

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Let not the foreigner who has joined himself to the Lord say,

“The Lord will surely separate me from his people”;

and let not the eunuch say,

“Behold, I am a dry tree.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

No foreigner who has joined himself to the Lord

should say,

“The Lord will exclude me from his people,”

and the eunuch should not say,

“Look, I am a dried-up tree.”

NLTNew Living Translation

“Don’t let foreigners who commit themselves to the Lord say,

‘The Lord will never let me be part of his people.’

And don’t let the eunuchs say,

‘I’m a dried-up tree with no children and no future.’

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And do not let the foreigner who joins himself to Yahweh say, “Surely Yahweh will separate me from his people.”

And do not let the eunuch say, “Look! I am a dry tree!”

KJV 1900King James Version

Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the Lord, speak, saying,

The Lord hath utterly separated me from his people:

Neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.