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Berean Standard Bible

“Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep rebelling? Your head has a massive wound, and your whole heart is afflicted.”

Isaiah 1:5

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Isaiah opens his book with a courtroom-style accusation against Judah. He pictures the nation as a body worn down by constant wounds.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep rebelling? Your head has a massive wound, and your whole heart is afflicted.

World English Bible (WEB)

Why should you be beaten more, that you revolt more and more? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

King James Version (KJV)

Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

American Standard Version (ASV)

Why will ye be still stricken, that ye revolt more and more? the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

Why will you have more and more punishment? why keep on in your evil ways? Every head is tired and every heart is feeble.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

¿Para qué habéis de ser castigados aún? todavía os rebelaréis. Toda cabeza está enferma, y todo corazón doliente.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Oh pueblo mío, ¿no han recibido suficiente castigo? ¿Por qué obligarme a azotarlos una y otra vez? ¿Es su intención ser rebeldes toda la vida? De la cabeza a los pies están enfermos, débiles y desfallecidos, cubiertos de magulladuras, verdugones y heridas infectadas, sin ungir ni vendar.

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