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Berean Standard Bible

“Woe to you who add house to house and join field to field until no place is left and you live alone in the land.”

Isaiah 5:8

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Isaiah 5 opens with the song of the vineyard, in which God's people are the vineyard that produced bad fruit. It is followed by a series of woes against specific sins.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

Woe to you who add house to house and join field to field until no place is left and you live alone in the land.

World English Bible (WEB)

Woe to those who join house to house, who lay field to field, until there is no room, and you are made to dwell alone in the middle of the land!

King James Version (KJV)

Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!

American Standard Version (ASV)

Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no room, and ye be made to dwell alone in the midst of the land!

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

Cursed are those who are joining house to house, and putting field to field, till there is no more living-space for any but themselves in all the land!

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

¡Ay de los que juntan casa con casa, y allegan heredad á heredad hasta acabar el término! ¿Habitaréis vosotros solos en medio de la tierra?

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Ustedes compran propiedades y las acaparan para que otros no tengan donde vivir. Edifican sus casas en medio de extensos terrenos para vivir a sus anchas en la tierra.

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