| King James Bible | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea. | 1On that day the LORD with His harsh, great, and strong sword, will bring judgment on Leviathan, the fleeing serpent--Leviathan, the twisting serpent. He will slay the monster that is in the sea. |
| 2In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine. | 2On that day sing about a desirable vineyard: |
| 3I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day. | 3I, Yahweh, watch over it; I water it regularly. I guard it night and day so that no one disturbs it. |
| 4Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together. | 4I am not angry, but if it produces thorns and briers for Me, I will fight against it, trample it, and burn it to the ground. |
| 5Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; and he shall make peace with me. | 5Or let it take hold of My strength; let it make peace with Me-- make peace with Me. |
| 6He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit. | 6In days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will blossom and bloom and fill the whole world with fruit. |
| 7Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him? or is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him? | 7Did the LORD strike Israel as He struck the one who struck Israel? Was he killed like those killed by Him? |
| 8In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind. | 8You disputed with her by banishing and driving her away. He removed her with His severe storm on the day of the east wind. |
| 9By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up. | 9Therefore Jacob's iniquity will be purged in this way, and the result of the removal of his sin will be this: when he makes all the altar stones like crushed bits of chalk, no Asherah poles or incense altars will remain standing. |
| 10Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof. | 10For the fortified city will be deserted, pastures abandoned and forsaken like a wilderness. Calves will graze there, and there they will spread out and strip its branches. |
| 11When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour. | 11When its branches dry out, they will be broken off. Women will come and make fires with them, for they are not a people with understanding. Therefore their Maker will not have compassion on them, and their Creator will not be gracious to them. |
| 12And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall beat off from the channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt, and ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel. | 12On that day the LORD will thresh grain from the Euphrates River as far as the Wadi of Egypt, and you Israelites will be gathered one by one. |
| 13And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem. | 13On that day a great trumpet will be blown, and those lost in the land of Assyria will come, as well as those dispersed in the land of Egypt; and they will worship the LORD at Jerusalem on the holy mountain. |
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