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!


In Context

5 And now, pray, let me cause you to know, That which I am doing to my vineyard, To turn aside its hedge, And it hath been for consumption, To break down its wall, And it hath been for a treading-place.

6 And I make it a waste, It is not pruned, nor arranged, And gone up have brier and thorn, And on the thick clouds I lay a charge, From raining upon it rain.

7 Because the vineyard of Jehovah of Hosts Is the house of Israel, And the man of Judah His pleasant plant, And He waiteth for judgment, and lo, oppression, For righteousness, and lo, a cry.

8 Woe 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!

9 By the weapons of Jehovah of Hosts Do not many houses a desolation become? Great and good without inhabitant!

10 For ten acres of vineyard do yield one bath, And an homer of seed yieldeth an ephah.

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:8Woe to you who add house to house and join field to field till no space is left and you live alone in the land.

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 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!