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Berean Standard Bible

“And though a tenth remains in the land, it will be burned again. As the terebinth and oak leave stumps when felled, so the holy seed will be a stump in the land.””

Isaiah 6:13

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This is the last verse of Isaiah's call. The land will be devastated, and a remnant will be burned again like a felled terebinth or oak.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

And though a tenth remains in the land, it will be burned again. As the terebinth and oak leave stumps when felled, so the holy seed will be a stump in the land.”

World English Bible (WEB)

If there is a tenth left in it, that also will in turn be consumed: as a terebinth, and as an oak, whose stock remains when they are felled; so the holy seed is its stock.”

King James Version (KJV)

But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof.

American Standard Version (ASV)

And if there be yet a tenth in it, it also shall in turn be eaten up: as a terebinth, and as an oak, whose stock remaineth, when they are felled; so the holy seed is the stock thereof.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

And even if there is still a tenth part in it, it will again be burned, like a tree of the woods whose broken end is still in the earth after the tree has been cut down (the holy seed is the broken end).

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Pues aun quedará en ella una décima parte, y volverá, bien que habrá sido asolada: como el olmo y como el alcornoque, de los cuales en la tala queda el tronco, así será el tronco de ella la simiente santa.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Pero la décima parte, un remanente, sobrevivirá; y aunque Israel sea invadido y destruido una y otra vez, será como árbol talado que aún conserva vida para retoñar.

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