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Berean Standard Bible

“The earth is defiled by its people; they have transgressed the laws; they have overstepped the decrees and broken the everlasting covenant.”

Isaiah 24:5

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Isaiah 24 begins a section often called the 'Isaiah Apocalypse,' describing judgment on the whole earth. The language is sweeping and universal.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

The earth is defiled by its people; they have transgressed the laws; they have overstepped the decrees and broken the everlasting covenant.

World English Bible (WEB)

The earth also is polluted under its inhabitants, because they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, and broken the everlasting covenant.

King James Version (KJV)

The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.

American Standard Version (ASV)

The earth also is polluted under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, broken the everlasting covenant.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

The earth has been made unclean by those living in it; because the laws have not been kept by them, the orders have been changed, and the eternal agreement has been broken.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Y la tierra se inficionó bajo sus moradores; porque traspasaron las leyes, falsearon el derecho, rompieron el pacto sempiterno.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

La tierra sufre por los pecados de su pueblo. La tierra languidece, los cultivos se marchitan, los cielos niegan la lluvia. El país está corrompido por el crimen; el pueblo ha torcido las leyes de Dios y ha quebrantado sus mandamientos eternos.

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