12A man shall be more precious than gold, yea a man than the finest of gold.


In Context

9 Behold, the day of the Lord shall come, a cruel day, and full of indignation, and of wrath, and fury, to lay the land desolate, and to destroy the sinners thereof out of it.

10 For the stars of heaven, and their brightness shall not display their light: the sun shall be darkened in his rising, and the moon shall not shine with her light.

11 And I will visit the evils of the world, and against the wicked for their iniquity: and I will make the pride of infidels to cease, and will bring down the arrogancy of the mighty.

12 A man shall be more precious than gold, yea a man than the finest of gold.

13 For this I will trouble the heaven: and the earth shall be moved out of her place, for the indignation of the Lord of hosts, and for the day of his tierce wrath.

14 And they shall be as a doe fleeing away, and as a sheep: and there shall be none to gather them together: every man shall turn to his own people, and every one shall flee to his own land.

Isaiah 13:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:12I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

13:12I will make man scarcer than pure gold, more rare than the gold of Ophir.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

13:12I will make a man more rare than fine gold, even a man than the pure gold of Ophir.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:12I will make a man more precious than fine gold, even man than the gold of Ophir.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

13:12I will make a man more rare than fine gold, even a man than the pure gold of Ophir.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:12I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:12I will make people more rare than fine gold, even a person than the pure gold of Ophir.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

13:12I make man more rare than fine gold, And a common man than pure gold of Ophir.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:12I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.