Isaiah 28:4
New English Translation
4 The withering flower, its beautiful splendor,
situated at the head of a rich valley,
will be like an early fig before harvest—
as soon as someone notices it,
he grabs it and swallows it.[a]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 28:4 tn Heb “which the one seeing sees, while still it is in his hand he swallows it.”
Isaiah 28:4
King James Version
4 And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.
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Isaiah 28:4
New King James Version
4 And the glorious beauty is a fading flower
Which is at the head of the [a]verdant valley,
Like the first fruit before the summer,
Which an observer sees;
He eats it up while it is still in his hand.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 28:4 Lit. valley of fatness
Isaiah 28:4
English Standard Version
4 (A)and the fading flower of its glorious beauty,
which is on the head of the rich valley,
will be like (B)a first-ripe fig[a] before the summer:
when someone sees it, he swallows it
as soon as it is in his hand.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 28:4 Or fruit
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