Isaiah 5:8

World English Bible (WEB)

Woe to those who join house to house, who lay field to field, until there is no room, and you are made to dwell alone in the middle of the land!

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6 I will lay it a wasteland. It won’t be pruned or hoed, but it will grow briers and thorns. I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain on it.”

7 For the vineyard of the LORD of Armies is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant. He looked for justice, but behold, oppression, for righteousness, but behold, a cry of distress.

8 Woe to those who join house to house, who lay field to field, until there is no room, and you are made to dwell alone in the middle of the land!

9 In my ears, the LORD of Armies says: “Surely many houses will be desolate, even great and beautiful, unoccupied.

10 For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and a homer of seed shall yield an ephah.”

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Isaiah 5:8 in every translation

WEB World English Bible: Woe to those who join house to house, who lay field to field, until there is no room, and you are made to dwell alone in the middle of the land!
KJV King James Version: Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!
BSB Berean Standard Bible: Woe to you who add house to house and join field to field until no place is left and you live alone in the land.
ASV American Standard Version: Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no room, and ye be made to dwell alone in the midst of the land!
YLT Young's Literal Translation: Woe [to] those joining house to house, Field to field they bring near, till there is no place, And ye have been settled by yourselves In the midst of the land!
DBY Darby Translation: Woe unto them that add house to house, that join field to field, until there is no more room, and that ye dwell yourselves alone in the midst of the land!
WBS Webster Bible: Woe to them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there is no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!