Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Woe is me, for I sojourn in Meshech,
For I dwell among the tents of Kedar!

King James Version

Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!

Holman Bible

What misery that I have stayed in Meshech,
that I have lived among the tents of Kedar!

International Standard Version

How terrible for me, that I am an alien in Meshech, that I reside among the tents of Kedar!

A Conservative Version

Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar!

American Standard Version

Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, That I dwell among the tents of Kedar!

Amplified


Woe to me, for I sojourn in Meshech,
and I live among the tents of Kedar [among hostile people]!

Darby Translation

Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar!

Julia Smith Translation

Wo! to me that I sojourned in Mesech; I dwelt with the tents of Ke dar.

King James 2000

Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!

Lexham Expanded Bible

Woe to me, that I sojourn in Meshech, [that] I dwell among the tents of Kedar.

Modern King James verseion

Woe is me, that I live in Mesech; I dwell in the tents of Kedar!

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Woe is me, that I am constrained to dwell with Meshech, and to have my habitation among the tents of Kedar!

NET Bible

How miserable I am! For I have lived temporarily in Meshech; I have resided among the tents of Kedar.

New Heart English Bible

Woe is me, that I live in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar.

The Emphasized Bible

Woe is me, That I sojourn in Meshek, - That I abide near the tents of Kedar!

Webster

Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!

World English Bible

Woe is me, that I live in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar!

Youngs Literal Translation

Woe to me, for I have inhabited Mesech, I have dwelt with tents of Kedar.

Context Readings

A Cry For Truth And Peace

4 Sharp arrows of the warrior,
With the burning coals of the broom tree.
5 Woe is me, for I sojourn in Meshech,
For I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
6 Too long has my soul had its dwelling
With those who hate peace.

Cross References

Genesis 10:2

The sons of Japheth were Gomer and Magog and Madai and Javan and Tubal and Meshech and Tiras.

Genesis 25:13

and these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, in the order of their birth: Nebaioth, the firstborn of Ishmael, and Kedar and Adbeel and Mibsam

Ezekiel 27:13

Javan, Tubal and Meshech, they were your traders; with the lives of men and vessels of bronze they paid for your merchandise.

Song of Songs 1:5

I am black but lovely,
O daughters of Jerusalem,
Like the tents of Kedar,
Like the curtains of Solomon.

1 Samuel 25:1

Then Samuel died; and all Israel gathered together and mourned for him, and buried him at his house in Ramah. And David arose and went down to the wilderness of Paran.

Isaiah 60:6-7

“A multitude of camels will cover you,
The young camels of Midian and Ephah;
All those from Sheba will come;
They will bring gold and frankincense,
And will bear good news of the praises of the Lord.

Jeremiah 9:2-3

Oh that I had in the desert
A wayfarers’ lodging place;
That I might leave my people
And go from them!
For all of them are adulterers,
An assembly of treacherous men.

Jeremiah 9:6

“Your dwelling is in the midst of deceit;
Through deceit they refuse to know Me,” declares the Lord.

Jeremiah 15:10

Woe to me, my mother, that you have borne me
As a man of strife and a man of contention to all the land!
I have not lent, nor have men lent money to me,
Yet everyone curses me.

Jeremiah 49:28-29

Concerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated. Thus says the Lord,
“Arise, go up to Kedar
And devastate the men of the east.

Ezekiel 27:21

Arabia and all the princes of Kedar, they were your customers for lambs, rams and goats; for these they were your customers.

Ezekiel 38:2-3

“Son of man, set your face toward Gog of the land of Magog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him

Ezekiel 39:1

“And you, son of man, prophesy against Gog and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I am against you, O Gog, prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal;

Micah 7:1-2

Woe is me! For I am
Like the fruit pickers, like the grape gatherers.
There is not a cluster of grapes to eat,
Or a first-ripe fig which I crave.

2 Peter 2:7-8

and if He rescued righteous Lot, oppressed by the sensual conduct of unprincipled men

Revelation 2:13

‘I know where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is; and you hold fast My name, and did not deny My faith even in the days of Antipas, My witness, My faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.

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