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?


In Context

5 And now I will shew you what I will do to my vineyard. I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be wasted: I will break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down.

6 And I will make it desolate: it shall not be pruned, and it shall not be digged: but briers and thorns shall come up: and I will command the clouds to rain no rain upon it.

7 For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel: and the man of Juda, his pleasant plant: and I looked that he should do judgment, and behold iniquity: and do justice, and behold a cry.

8 Woe 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?

9 These things are in my ears, saith the Lord of hosts: Unless many great and fair houses shall become desolate, without an inhabitant.

10 For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one little measure, and thirty bushels of seed shall yield three bushels.

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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:8Woe 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!

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!