Isaiah 3:15
“What meane yee that yee beat my people to pieces, and grinde the faces of the poore, saith the Lord God of hosts?”
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Isaiah 3:15 Context
13The Lord standeth vp to plead, and standeth to iudge the people. 14The Lord will enter into iudgement with the ancients of his people, and the Princes thereof: for ye haue eaten vp the Uineyard; the spoile of the poore is in your houses. 15What meane yee that yee beat my people to pieces, and grinde the faces of the poore, saith the Lord God of hosts? 16¶ Moreouer the Lord saith; Because the daughters of Zion are hautie, and walke with stretched forth necks, and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they goe, and making a tinkeling with their feet: 17Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crowne of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will discouer their secret parts.
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What mean ye [that] ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
- King James Version
"What do you mean by crushing My people And grinding the face of the poor? Declares the Lord GOD of hosts."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
what mean ye that ye crush my people, and grind the face of the poor? saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.
- American Standard Version (1901)
By what right are you crushing my people, and putting a bitter yoke on the necks of the poor? This is the word of the Lord, the Lord of armies.
- Basic English Bible
What mean ye that ye crush my people, and grind the faces of the afflicted? saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.
- Darby Bible
What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
- Webster's Bible
What do you mean that you crush my people, and grind the face of the poor?" says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies.
- World English Bible
What -- to you? ye bruise My people, And the faces of the poor ye grind.' An affirmation of the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, And Jehovah saith:
- Youngs Literal Bible
What mean ye that ye crush My people, and grind the face of the poor?' saith the Lord, the GOD of hosts.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible