Isaiah 33:11
ContextNET © | You conceive straw, 1 you give birth to chaff; your breath is a fire that destroys you. 2 |
NIV © | You conceive chaff, you give birth to straw; your breath is a fire that consumes you. |
NASB © | "You have conceived chaff, you will give birth to stubble; My breath will consume you like a fire. |
NLT © | You Assyrians will gain nothing by all your efforts. Your own breath will turn to fire and kill you. |
MSG © | There's nothing to you. Pregnant with chaff, you produce straw babies; full of hot air, you self-destruct. |
BBE © | Your designs will be without profit, and their effect will be nothing: you will be burned up by the fire of my breath. |
NRSV © | You conceive chaff, you bring forth stubble; your breath is a fire that will consume you. |
NKJV © | You shall conceive chaff, You shall bring forth stubble; Your breath, as fire, shall devour you. |
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NET © | You conceive straw, 1 you give birth to chaff; your breath is a fire that destroys you. 2 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn The second person verb and pronominal forms in this verse are plural. The hostile nations are the addressed, as the next verse makes clear. 2 sn The hostile nations’ plans to destroy God’s people will come to nothing; their hostility will end up being self-destructive. |