Isaiah 34:5

King James Version (KJV)

For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.

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3 Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.

4 And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.

5 For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.

6 The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams: for the LORD hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea.

7 And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.

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Isaiah 34:5 in every translation

KJV King James Version: For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.
WEB World English Bible: For my sword has drunk its fill in the sky. Behold, it will come down on Edom, and on the people of my curse, for judgment.
BSB Berean Standard Bible: When My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens, then it will come down upon Edom, upon the people I have devoted to destruction.
ASV American Standard Version: For my sword hath drunk its fill in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Edom, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: For soaked in the heavens was My sword, Lo, on Edom it cometh down, On the people of My curse for judgment.
DBY Darby Translation: For my sword is bathed in the heavens; behold, it shall come down upon Edom, and upon the people of my ban, to judgment.
WBS Webster Bible: For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Edom, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.