According the Years of an Hireling
Isaiah 21:16-17
For thus has the LORD said to me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:…


In a year's time, calculated as exactly as is the custom between employers and employed, Kedar's freedom, military strength, numbers, and wealth shall have vanished.

(F. Delitzsch.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:

WEB: For the Lord said to me, "Within a year, as a worker bound by contract would count it, all the glory of Kedar will fail,




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