Isaiah 33:11

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“You conceive chaff; you give birth to stubble. Your breath is a fire that will consume you.”

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BSBPD

“You conceive chaff; you give birth to stubble. Your breath is a fire that will consume you.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath, as fire, shall devour you.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath is a fire that shall devour you.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Ye conceive chaff, ye bear stubble, Your spirit! --fire devoureth you.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 33:11 — 20 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 15:35They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb is pregnant with deceit.”
  2. Psalms 2:1Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
  3. Psalms 7:14Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.
  4. Psalms 7:15He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.
  5. Psalms 83:5For with one mind they plot together, they form an alliance against You—
  6. Isaiah 1:31The strong man will become tinder and his work will be a spark; both will burn together, with no one to quench the flames.
  7. Isaiah 5:24Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes the straw, and as dry grass shrivels in the flame, so their roots will decay and their blossoms will blow away like dust; for they have rejected the instruction of the LORD of Hosts and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
  8. Isaiah 8:9Huddle together, O peoples, and be shattered; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for battle, and be shattered; prepare for battle, and be shattered!
  9. Isaiah 9:17Therefore the Lord takes no pleasure in their young men; He has no compassion on their fatherless and widows. For every one of them is godless and wicked, and every mouth speaks folly. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
  10. Isaiah 10:7But this is not his intention; this is not his plan. For it is in his heart to destroy and cut off many nations.
  11. Isaiah 17:13The nations rage like the rush of many waters. He rebukes them, and they flee far away, driven before the wind like chaff on the hills, like tumbleweeds before a gale.
  12. Isaiah 26:18We were with child; we writhed in pain; but we gave birth to wind. We have given no salvation to the earth, nor brought any life into the world.
  13. Isaiah 29:5But your many foes will be like fine dust, the multitude of the ruthless like blowing chaff. Then suddenly, in an instant,
  14. Isaiah 30:30And the LORD will cause His majestic voice to be heard and His mighty arm to be revealed, striking in angry wrath with a flame of consuming fire, and with cloudburst, storm, and hailstones.
  15. Isaiah 31:8“Then Assyria will fall, but not by the sword of man; a sword will devour them, but not one made by mortals. They will flee before the sword, and their young men will be put to forced labor.
  16. Isaiah 37:23Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!
  17. Isaiah 59:4No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
  18. Nahum 1:5The mountains quake before Him, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles at His presence— the world and all its dwellers.
  19. Acts 5:4Did it not belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, was it not at your disposal? How could you conceive such a deed in your heart? You have not lied to men, but to God!”
  20. James 1:15Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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