Isaiah 33:18
Modern Translations
New International Version
In your thoughts you will ponder the former terror: "Where is that chief officer? Where is the one who took the revenue? Where is the officer in charge of the towers?"

New Living Translation
You will think back to this time of terror, asking, “Where are the Assyrian officers who counted our towers? Where are the bookkeepers who recorded the plunder taken from our fallen city?”

English Standard Version
Your heart will muse on the terror: “Where is he who counted, where is he who weighed the tribute? Where is he who counted the towers?”

Berean Study Bible
Your mind will ponder the former terror: “Where is he who tallies? Where is he who weighs? Where is he who counts the towers?”

New American Standard Bible
Your heart will meditate on terror: “Where is one who counts? Where is one who weighs? Where is one who counts the towers?”

NASB 1995
Your heart will meditate on terror: "Where is he who counts? Where is he who weighs? Where is he who counts the towers?"

NASB 1977
Your heart will meditate on terror: “Where is he who counts? Where is he who weighs? Where is he who counts the towers?”

Amplified Bible
Your mind will meditate on the terror [asking]: “Where is he who counts? Where is he who weighs [the tribute]? Where is he who counts the towers?”

Christian Standard Bible
Your mind will meditate on the past terror: “Where is the accountant? Where is the tribute collector? Where is the one who spied out our defenses? ”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Your mind will meditate on the past terror:" Where is the accountant? Where is the tribute collector? Where is the one who spied out our defenses?"

Contemporary English Version
Then you will ask yourself, "Where are those officials who terrified us and forced us to pay such heavy taxes?"

Good News Translation
Your old fears of foreign tax collectors and spies will be only a memory.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Your mind will be thinking of the terrors [in the past]. Where are the scribes? Where are the tax collectors? Where are those who counted the towers?

International Standard Version
Your mind will ponder at that time of terror: 'Where is the king's accountant? Where is the one who weighed the revenue? Where is the officer who supervises the towers?'

NET Bible
Your mind will recall the terror you experienced, and you will ask yourselves, "Where is the scribe? Where is the one who weighs the money? Where is the one who counts the towers?"
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers?

New King James Version
Your heart will meditate on terror: “Where is the scribe? Where is he who weighs? Where is he who counts the towers?”

King James 2000 Bible
Your heart shall meditate the terror. Where is the scribe? where is the one who weighs? where is he that counts the towers?

New Heart English Bible
Your heart will meditate on the terror. Where is he who counted? Where is he who weighed? Where is he who counted the towers?

World English Bible
Your heart will meditate on the terror. Where is he who counted? Where is he who weighed? Where is he who counted the towers?

American King James Version
Your heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers?

American Standard Version
Thy heart shall muse on the terror: Where is he that counted, where is he that weighed the tribute ? where is he that counted the towers?

A Faithful Version
Your heart shall muse on the terror."Where is the scribe? Where is the one who weighed? Where is the one who counted the towers?"

Darby Bible Translation
Thy heart shall meditate on terror: Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers?

English Revised Version
Thine heart shall muse on the terror: where is he that counted, where is he that weighed the tribute? where is he that counted the towers?

Webster's Bible Translation
Thy heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers?

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Thine heart shall meditate feare, Where is the scribe? where is the receiuer? where is hee that counted the towres?

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Thine heart studied for feare thinking thus: What shall then become of the scribe? of the receauer of our money? what of hym that taxed our fairest houses?

Coverdale Bible of 1535
and his herte shal delite in the feare of God. What shal then become of the scrybe? of the Senatoure? what of him that teacheth childre?
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Your heart meditates [on] terror, "" Where [is] he who is counting? Where [is] he who is weighing? Where [is] he who is counting the towers?

Young's Literal Translation
Thy heart doth meditate terror, Where is he who is counting? Where is he who is weighing? Where is he who is counting the towers?

Smith's Literal Translation
Thy heart shall meditate terror. Where the scribe? where the weigher? where he writing the towers?

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Thy heart shall meditate fear: where is the learned? where is he that pondereth the words of the law? where is the teacher of little ones?

Catholic Public Domain Version
Your heart will meditate on fear. Where are the learned? Where are those who ponder the words of the law? Where are the teachers of little ones?

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And your heart shall be taught awe. Where is the Scribe? Where is the Banker? Where is he who numbers towers for the strong people?

Lamsa Bible
Your heart shall learn reverence. Where is the scribe? Where is the weigher? Where is he who counted towers for a mighty people?

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Thy heart shall muse on the terror: 'Where is he that counted, where is he that weighed? Where is he that counted the towers?'

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Your soul shall meditate terror. Where are the scribes? where are the counsellors, where is he that numbers them that are growing up,
















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