9And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.


In Context

6 The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams: for the LORD hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Edom.

7 And the wild-oxen shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be drunken with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.

8 For it is the day of the LORD'S vengeance, the year of recompence in the controversy of Zion.

9 And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.

10 It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.

11 But the pelican and the porcupine shall possess it; and the owl and the raven shall dwell therein: and he shall stretch over it the line of confusion, and the plummet of emptiness.

Isaiah 34:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

34:9And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

34:9Edom's streams will be turned into pitch, her dust into burning sulfur; her land will become blazing pitch!

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

34:9And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the ground thereof into brimstone: and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

34:9And the streams of Edom'shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

34:9And the torrents thereof shall be turned into pitch, and its dust into brimstone; yea, the land thereof shall become burning pitch:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

34:9And its streams shall be turned into pitch, and its dust into brimstone, and its land shall become burning pitch.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

34:9Its streams will be turned into pitch, its dust into sulfur, And its land will become burning pitch.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

34:9And turned have been her streams to pitch, And her dust to brimstone, And her land hath become burning pitch.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

34:9And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.