4The earth dries up and withers, the world languishes and withers, the exalted of the earth languish.


In Context

1 See, the Lord is going to lay waste the earth and devastate it; he will ruin its face and scatter its inhabitants-

2 it will be the same for priest as for people, for master as for servant, for mistress as for maid, for seller as for buyer, for borrower as for lender, for debtor as for creditor.

3 The earth will be completely laid waste and totally plundered. The Lord has spoken this word.

4 The earth dries up and withers, the world languishes and withers, the exalted of the earth languish.

5 The earth is defiled by its people; they have disobeyed the laws, violated the statutes and broken the everlasting covenant.

6 Therefore a curse consumes the earth; its people must bear their guilt. Therefore earth's inhabitants are burned up, and very few are left.

Isaiah 24:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:4The earth mourneth [and] fadeth away, the world languisheth [and] fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

24:4The earth mourned, and faded away, and is weakened: the world faded away, the height of the people of the earth is weakened.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

24:4The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the lofty people of the earth do languish.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:4The land mourneth, it fadeth away; the world languisheth, it fadeth away: the haughty people of the land do languish.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

24:4The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the lofty people of the earth do languish.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:4The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:4The earth mourns and fades away. The world languishes and fades away. The lofty people of the earth languish.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

24:4Mourned, faded hath the land, Languished, faded hath the world, Languished have they — the high place of the people of the land.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:4The earth mourns and fades away, the world languishes and fades away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.