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Isaiah 61:5

And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.
Isaiah 61:5 · King James Version

In other versions

  • And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and foreigners shall be your plowmen and your vine-dressers.

    ASV

  • And men from strange countries will be your herdsmen, and those who are not Israelites will be your ploughmen and vine-keepers.

    BBE

  • And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your ploughmen and your vinedressers.

    DBY

  • Strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and foreigners shall be your plowmen and your vine-dressers.

    WEB

  • And strangers have stood and fed your flock, Sons of a foreigner `are' your husbandmen, And your vine-dressers.

    YLT

  • And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the foreigner shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.

    ENG

  • And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vine-dressers.

    WBT

  • Strangers will stand and feed your flocks, and foreigners will be your plowmen and vinedressers.

    BSB

In context

3To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.

4And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.

5And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.

6But ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD: men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.

7For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.

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