Isaiah 47:8 
Context| NET © | So now, listen to this, O one who lives so lavishly, 1 who lives securely, who says to herself, 2 ‘I am unique! No one can compare to me! 3 I will never have to live as a widow; I will never lose my children.’ 4 |
| NIV © | "Now then, listen, you wanton creature, lounging in your security and saying to yourself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me. I will never be a widow or suffer the loss of children.’ |
| NASB © | "Now, then, hear this, you sensual one, Who dwells securely, Who says in your heart, ‘I am, and there is no one besides me. I will not sit as a widow, Nor know loss of children.’ |
| NLT © | "You are a pleasure–crazy kingdom, living at ease and feeling secure, bragging as if you were the greatest in the world! You say, ‘I’m self–sufficient and not accountable to anyone! I will never be a widow or lose my children.’ |
| MSG © | Well, start thinking, playgirl. You're acting like the center of the universe, Smugly saying to yourself, 'I'm Number One. There's nobody but me. I'll never be a widow, I'll never lose my children.' |
| BBE © | So now take note of this, you who are given up to pleasure, living without fear of evil, saying in your heart, I am, and there is no one like me; I will never be a widow, or have my children taken from me. |
| NRSV © | Now therefore hear this, you lover of pleasures, who sit securely, who say in your heart, "I am, and there is no one besides me; I shall not sit as a widow or know the loss of children" — |
| NKJV © | "Therefore hear this now, you who are given to pleasures, Who dwell securely, Who say in your heart, ‘I am , and there is no one else besides me; I shall not sit as a widow, Nor shall I know the loss of children’; |
| KJV | |
| NASB © | "Now <06258> , then, hear <08085> this <0384> , you sensual <05719> one <05719> , Who dwells <03427> securely <0983> , Who says <0559> in your heart <03824> , 'I am, and there <0657> is no <0657> one <0657> besides <05750> me. I will not sit <03427> as a widow <0490> , Nor <03808> know <03045> loss <07908> of children .'<07908> |
| HEBREW | |
| LXXM | orfaneian {N-ASF} |
| NET © [draft] ITL | So now <06258> , listen <08085> to this <02063> , O one who lives so lavishly <05719> , who lives <03427> securely <0983> , who says <0559> to herself <03824> , ‘I am <0589> unique <0657> ! No one can compare <05750> to me! I will never <03808> have to live <03427> as a widow <0490> ; I will never <03808> lose my children .’<07908> |
| NET © | So now, listen to this, O one who lives so lavishly, 1 who lives securely, who says to herself, 2 ‘I am unique! No one can compare to me! 3 I will never have to live as a widow; I will never lose my children.’ 4 |
| NET © Notes |
1 tn Or perhaps, “voluptuous one” (NAB); NAB “you sensual one”; NLT “You are a pleasure-crazy kingdom.” 2 tn Heb “the one who says in her heart.” 3 tn Heb “I [am], and besides me there is no other.” See Zeph 2:15. 4 tn Heb “I will not live [as] a widow, and I will not know loss of children.” |
