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Berean Standard Bible

“He dug it up and cleared the stones and planted the finest vines. He built a watchtower in the middle and dug out a winepress as well. He waited for the vineyard to yield good grapes, but the fruit it produced was sour!”

Isaiah 5:2

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Isaiah sings a song about a vineyard owned by his beloved. It begins as a love song and ends as an indictment.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

He dug it up and cleared the stones and planted the finest vines. He built a watchtower in the middle and dug out a winepress as well. He waited for the vineyard to yield good grapes, but the fruit it produced was sour!

World English Bible (WEB)

He dug it up, gathered out its stones, planted it with the choicest vine, built a tower in the middle of it, and also cut out a wine press therein. He looked for it to yield grapes, but it yielded wild grapes.

King James Version (KJV)

And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.

American Standard Version (ASV)

and he digged it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also hewed out a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

And after working the earth of it with a spade, he took away its stones, and put in it a very special vine; and he put up a watchtower in the middle of it, hollowing out in the rock a place for the grape-crushing; and he was hoping that it would give the best grapes, but it gave common grapes.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Habíala cercado, y despedregádola, y plantádola de vides escogidas: había edificado en medio de ella una torre, y también asentado un lagar en ella: y esperaba que llevase uvas, y llevó uvas silvestres.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

La aró, le quitó todas las piedras y plantó un viñedo con las más escogidas vides. Edificó una torre para el vigilante y en las rocas cavó un lagar. Estuvo en espera de la vendimia, pero las uvas que se produjeron eran silvestres y agrias, y no dulces como él las esperaba.

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