8Woe unto them that add house to house, that join field to field, until there is no more room, and that ye dwell yourselves alone in the midst of the land!


In Context

5 And now, let me tell you what I am about to do to my vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it shall be eaten up; I will break down its wall, and it shall be trodden under foot;

6 and I will make it a waste it shall not be pruned nor cultivated, but there shall come up briars and thorns; and I will command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.

7 For the vineyard of Jehovah of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah the plant of his delight: and he looked for justice, and behold, blood-shedding; for righteousness, and behold, a cry.

8 Woe unto them that add house to house, that join field to field, until there is no more room, and that ye dwell yourselves alone in the midst of the land!

9 In mine ears Jehovah of hosts hath said, Many houses shall assuredly become a desolation, great and excellent ones, without inhabitant.

10 Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and a homer of seed shall yield an ephah.

Isaiah 5:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:8Woe unto them that join house to house, [that] lay field to field, till [there be] no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:8Woe to you who add house to house and join field to field till no space is left and you live alone in the land.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:8Woe to you that join house to house and lay field to field, even to the end of the place: shall you alone dwell in the midst of the earth?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:8Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no room, and ye be made to dwell alone in the midst of the land!

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:8Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no room, and ye be made to dwell alone in the midst of the land!

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:8Woe to them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there is no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:8Woe to those who join house to house, who lay field to field, until there is no room, and you are made to dwell alone in the midst of the land!

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:8Woe to those joining house to house, Field to field they bring near, till there is no place, And ye have been settled by yourselves In the midst of the land!

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:8Woe to them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the middle of the earth!