8In measure, in sending it forth, thou strivest with it, He hath taken away by His sharp wind, In the day of an east wind,


In Context

5 Or — he doth take hold on My strength, He doth make peace with Me, Peace he doth make with Me.

6 Those coming in He causeth to take root, Jacob doth blossom, and flourished hath Israel, And they have filled the face of the world with increase.

7 As the smiting of his smiter hath He smitten him? As the slaying of his slain doth He slay?

8 In measure, in sending it forth, thou strivest with it, He hath taken away by His sharp wind, In the day of an east wind,

9 Therefore by this is the iniquity of Jacob covered, And this is all the fruit — To take away his sin, in His setting all the stones of an altar, As chalkstones beaten in pieces, They rise not — shrines and images.

10 For the fenced city is alone, A habitation cast out and forsaken as a wilderness, There doth the calf delight, And there it lieth down, And hath consumed its branches.

Isaiah 27:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:8In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

27:8By warfare and exile you contend with her- with his fierce blast he drives her out, as on a day the east wind blows.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

27:8In measure against measure, when it shall be cast off, thou shalt judge it. He hath meditated with his severe spirit in the day of heat.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

27:8In measure, when thou sendest them away, thou dost content with them; he hath removed them with his rough blast in the day of the east wind.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:8In measure, when sending her away, didst thou contend with her: he hath taken her away with his rough wind in the day of the east wind.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

27:8In measure, when thou sendest her away, thou dost contend with her; he hath removed her with his rough blast in the day of the east wind.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:8In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:8In measure, when you send them away, you contend with them. He has removed them with his rough blast in the day of the east wind.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:8In measure, when it shoots forth, you will debate with it: he stays his rough wind in the day of the east wind.