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Berean Standard Bible

“I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and thorns and briers will grow up. I will command the clouds that rain shall not fall on it.””

Isaiah 5:6

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Isaiah sings a song of a vineyard planted on a fertile hill with every care, yet it yielded wild grapes. The owner asks what more he could have done.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and thorns and briers will grow up. I will command the clouds that rain shall not fall on it.”

World English Bible (WEB)

I will lay it a wasteland. It won’t be pruned nor hoed, but it will grow briers and thorns. I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain on it.”

King James Version (KJV)

And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.

American Standard Version (ASV)

and I will lay it waste; it shall not be pruned nor hoed; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

And I will make it waste; its branches will not be touched with the knife, or the earth worked with the spade; but blackberries and thorns will come up in it: and I will give orders to the clouds not to send rain on it.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Haré que quede desierta; no será podada ni cavada, y crecerá el cardo y las espinas: y aun á las nubes mandaré que no derramen lluvia sobre ella.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

No la podaré ni la escardaré sino dejaré que la invadan maleza y espinos. Ordenaré a las nubes que no lluevan más sobre ella.

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