Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version I will make people scarcer than pure gold, more rare than the gold of Ophir. New Living Translation I will make people scarcer than gold— more rare than the fine gold of Ophir. English Standard Version I will make people more rare than fine gold, and mankind than the gold of Ophir. Berean Standard Bible I will make man scarcer than pure gold, and mankind rarer than the gold of Ophir. King James Bible I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir. New King James Version I will make a mortal more rare than fine gold, A man more than the golden wedge of Ophir. New American Standard Bible I will make mortal man scarcer than pure gold And mankind than the gold of Ophir. NASB 1995 I will make mortal man scarcer than pure gold And mankind than the gold of Ophir. NASB 1977 I will make mortal man scarcer than pure gold, And mankind than the gold of Ophir. Legacy Standard Bible I will make mortal man scarcer than fine gold And mankind than the gold of Ophir. Amplified Bible I will make mortal man more rare than fine gold, And mankind [scarcer] than the pure gold of Ophir. Christian Standard Bible I will make a human more scarce than fine gold, and mankind more rare than the gold of Ophir. Holman Christian Standard Bible I will make man scarcer than gold, and mankind more rare than the gold of Ophir. American Standard Version I will make a man more rare than fine gold, even a man than the pure gold of Ophir. Aramaic Bible in Plain English I shall make a man rarer than gold and men more so than the gold of Ophir Brenton Septuagint Translation And they that are left shall be more precious than gold tried in the fire; and a man shall be more precious than the stone that is in Suphir. Contemporary English Version Survivors will be harder to find than the purest gold. Douay-Rheims Bible A man shall be more precious than gold, yea a man than the finest of gold. English Revised Version I will make a man more rare than fine gold, even a man than the pure gold of Ophir. GOD'S WORD® Translation I will make people harder to find than pure gold and human beings more rare than gold from Ophir. Good News Translation Those who survive will be scarcer than gold. International Standard Version I'll make people scarcer than pure gold, and mankind rarer than gold from Ophir. JPS Tanakh 1917 I will make man more rare than fine gold, Even man than the pure gold of Ophir. Literal Standard Version I make man more rare than fine gold, | And a common man than pure gold of Ophir. Majority Standard Bible I will make man scarcer than pure gold, and mankind rarer than the gold of Ophir. New American Bible I will make mortals more rare than pure gold, human beings, than the gold of Ophir. NET Bible I will make human beings more scarce than pure gold, and people more scarce than gold from Ophir. New Revised Standard Version I will make mortals more rare than fine gold, and humans than the gold of Ophir. New Heart English Bible I will make people more rare than fine gold, even a person than the pure gold of Ophir. Webster's Bible Translation I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir. World English Bible I will make people more rare than fine gold, even a person than the pure gold of Ophir. Young's Literal Translation I make man more rare than fine gold, And a common man than pure gold of Ophir. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context An Oracle Concerning Babylon…11I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity. I will end the haughtiness of the arrogant and lay low the pride of the ruthless. 12I will make man scarcer than pure gold, and mankind rarer than the gold of Ophir. 13Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will be shaken from its place at the wrath of the LORD of Hosts on the day of His burning anger.… Cross References 1 Kings 9:28 They sailed to Ophir and imported gold from there--420 talents--and delivered it to Solomon. Job 28:16 It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire. Psalm 45:9 The daughters of kings are among your honored women; the queen stands at your right hand, adorned with the gold of Ophir. Isaiah 4:1 In that day seven women will take hold of one man and say, "We will eat our own bread and provide our own clothes. Just let us be called by your name. Take away our disgrace!" Isaiah 6:11 Then I asked: "How long, O Lord?" And He replied: "Until the cities lie ruined and without inhabitant, until the houses are left unoccupied and the land is desolate and ravaged, Isaiah 6:12 until the LORD has driven men far away and the land is utterly forsaken. Treasury of Scripture I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir. Isaiah 13:15-18 Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword… Isaiah 4:1 And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach. Isaiah 24:6 Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left. Jump to Previous Fine Gold Golden Harder Mankind Mortal Ophir Precious Pure Rare Small WedgeJump to Next Fine Gold Golden Harder Mankind Mortal Ophir Precious Pure Rare Small WedgeIsaiah 13 1. God musters the armies of his wrath6. He threatens to destroy Babylon by the Medes 19. The desolation of Babylon (12) I will make a man more precious.--Both the words for man (e?nosh and a?dam) express, as in Psalm 8:2, the frailty of man's nature. The words may point to the utter destruction, in which but few men should be left. The "gold of Ophir" (the gold coast near the mouth of the Indus) was proverbial for its preciousness (Job 22:24; Job 28:16; 1Chronicles 29:4; 1Kings 9:28; 1Kings 22:48). . . . Verse 12. - I will make a man more precious than fine gold (comp. Isaiah 4:1). Population shall he so diminished that man shall be the most highly esteemed of commodities. The more scanty the supply of a thing, the greater its value. The golden wedge of Ophir; rather, pure gold of Ophir. Ophir is mentioned as a gold-region in 1 Kings 9:28; 1 Kings 10:11; 1 Kings 22:48; 1 Chronicles 29:4; 2 Chronicles 8:18; 2 Chronicles 9:10; Job 22:24; Job 28:16; Psalm 45:9. Its locality is uncertain. Gold of Ophir appears to have been considered especially pure. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew {I will make} manאֱנ֖וֹשׁ (’ĕ·nō·wōš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person scarcer אוֹקִ֥יר (’ō·w·qîr) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 3365: To be heavy, valuable, to make rare than pure gold, מִפָּ֑ז (mip·pāz) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6337: Refined, pure gold and mankind וְאָדָ֖ם (wə·’ā·ḏām) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being rarer than the gold מִכֶּ֥תֶם (mik·ke·ṯem) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3800: Something carved out, ore, gold of Ophir. אוֹפִֽיר׃ (’ō·w·p̄îr) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 211: Ophir -- a son of Joktan, also his descendants, also a region from which gold comes Links Isaiah 13:12 NIVIsaiah 13:12 NLT Isaiah 13:12 ESV Isaiah 13:12 NASB Isaiah 13:12 KJV Isaiah 13:12 BibleApps.com Isaiah 13:12 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 13:12 Chinese Bible Isaiah 13:12 French Bible Isaiah 13:12 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Isaiah 13:12 I will make people more rare than (Isa Isi Is) |
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