Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks; and they shall lie down and there shall be none to make them afraid.
New American Standard Bible
They will be for
And there will be
King James Version
The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
Holman Bible
they will be places for flocks.
They will lie down without fear.
International Standard Version
The cities of Oraru will be deserted they will be devoted to herds that will lay at rest, and terrorism will be no more.
A Conservative Version
The cities of Aroer are forsaken. They shall be for flocks, which shall lay down, and none shall make them afraid.
American Standard Version
The cities of Aroer are forsaken; they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
Amplified
“The cities of Aroer [east of the Jordan] are deserted;
They will be [only a refuge] for flocks to lie down in,
And there will be no one to make them afraid.
Bible in Basic English
Her towns are unpeopled for ever; there the flocks take their rest in peace, without fear.
Julia Smith Translation
The cities of Aroer were forsaken : they shall be for flocks, and they lay down, and none terrifying.
King James 2000
The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The cities of Aroer will be deserted; they will be for the flocks, and they will lie down and {no one will frighten} [them].
Modern King James verseion
The cities of Aroer are forsaken; now they are for flocks; they shall lie down, and no one terrifies them.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The cities of Aroer shall be waste: the cattle shall lie there, and no man shall fraye them away.
NET Bible
The cities of Aroer are abandoned. They will be used for herds, which will lie down there in peace.
New Heart English Bible
The cities of Aroer are forsaken. They will be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
The Emphasized Bible
Forsaken, are the desolate cities, - For flocks, shall they serve, Which shall lie down and have none to make them afraid.
Webster
The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
World English Bible
The cities of Aroer are forsaken. They will be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
Youngs Literal Translation
Forsaken are the cities of Aroer, For droves they are, and they have lain down, And there is none troubling.
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 17:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Oracle Of Judgment On Damascus
1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap. 2 The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks; and they shall lie down and there shall be none to make them afraid. 3 The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith Jehovah of hosts.
Cross References
Ezekiel 25:5
And I will make Rabbah a pasture for camels, and the children of Ammon a couching-place for flocks: and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.
Numbers 32:34
And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,
Deuteronomy 2:36
From Aroer, which is on the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the ravine even to Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: Jehovah our God delivered all before us.
Jeremiah 7:33
And the carcases of this people shall be food for the fowl of the heavens, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall scare them away.
Micah 4:4
And they shall sit every one under his vine, and under his fig-tree; and there shall be none to make them afraid: for the mouth of Jehovah of hosts hath spoken it.
Zephaniah 2:6
and the sea-coast shall be cave-dwellings for shepherds, and folds for flocks.
Deuteronomy 3:12
And this land we took in possession at that time. From Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, and the half of mount Gilead, and its cities, I gave to the Reubenites and to the Gadites;
Joshua 13:16
And their territory was from Aroer, which is on the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the ravine, and all the plateau by Medeba;
Isaiah 5:17
And the lambs shall feed as on their pasture, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.
Isaiah 7:21
And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow and two sheep,
Isaiah 7:23-25
And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silver pieces, shall become briars and thorns:
Jeremiah 48:19
Stand by the way, and watch, inhabitress of Aroer; ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth; say, What is done?