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.


In Context

5 Now I will tell you what I am going to do to my vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it will be destroyed; I will break down its wall, and it will be trampled.

6 I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and briers and thorns will grow there. I will command the clouds not to rain on it."

7 The vineyard of the Lord Almighty is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the garden of his delight. And he looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard cries of distress.

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

9 The Lord Almighty has declared in my hearing: "Surely the great houses will become desolate, the fine mansions left without occupants.

10 A ten-acre vineyard will produce only a bath of wine, a homer of seed only an ephah of grain."

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 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 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!