16For thus said the Lord unto me: 'Within a year, as years of a hireling, Consumed hath been all the honour of Kedar.


In Context

13 The burden on Arabia. In a forest in Arabia ye lodge, O travellers of Dedanim.

14 To meet the thirsty brought water have Inhabitants of the land of Tema, With his bread they came before a fugitive.

15 For from the face of destructions they fled, From the face of a stretched-out sword, And from the face of a trodden bow, And from the face of the grievousness of battle.

16 For thus said the Lord unto me: 'Within a year, as years of a hireling, Consumed hath been all the honour of Kedar.

17 And the remnant of the number of bow-men, The mighty of the sons of Kedar are few, For Jehovah, God of Israel, hath spoken!'

Isaiah 21:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:16For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

21:16This is what the Lord says to me: "Within one year, as a servant bound by contract would count it, all the pomp of Kedar will come to an end.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

21:16For thus saith the Lord to me: Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, all the glory of Cedar shall be taken away.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:16For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, all the glory of Kedar shall fail;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:16For thus hath the Lord said unto me: Within a year, according to the years of a hired servant, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:16For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:16For thus hath the Lord said to me, Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:16For the Lord said to me, |Within a year, as a worker bound by contract would count it, all the glory of Kedar will fail,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:16For thus has the LORD said to me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail: