Berean Standard Bible
“The best of them is like a brier; the most upright is sharper than a hedge of thorns. The day for your watchmen has come, the day of your visitation. Now is the time of their confusion.”
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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
The best of them is like a brier; the most upright is sharper than a hedge of thorns. The day for your watchmen has come, the day of your visitation. Now is the time of their confusion.
World English Bible (WEB)
The best of them is like a brier. The most upright is worse than a thorn hedge. The day of your watchmen, even your visitation, has come; now is the time of their confusion.
King James Version (KJV)
The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity.
American Standard Version (ASV)
The best of them is as a brier; the most upright is [worse] than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen, even thy visitation, is come; now shall be their perplexity.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
The best of them is like a waste plant, and their upright ones are like a wall of thorns. Sorrow! the day of their fate has come; now will trouble come on them.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)
El mejor de ellos es como el cambrón; el más recto, como zarzal: el día de tus atalayas, tu visitación, viene; ahora será su confusión.
Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)
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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)
El mejor de ellos es peor que un arbusto lleno de espinas; el más recto está más retorcido que una zarza. Pero ya se acerca el día de su castigo, tal como lo anunciaron los profetas. ¡Ese día habrá mucho llanto y desesperación!
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