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Isaiah 15:3
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KJ21
In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth; on the tops of their houses and in their streets every one shall howl, weeping abundantly.
ASV
In their streets they gird themselves with sackcloth; on their housetops, and in their broad places, every one waileth, weeping abundantly.
AMP
In their streets they have wrapped themselves with sackcloth; On their [flat] housetops and in their open squares Everyone is wailing, dissolved in tears.
AMPC
In their streets they gird themselves with sackcloth; on the tops of their houses and in their broad places everyone wails, weeping abundantly.
BRG
In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly.
CSB
In its streets they wear sackcloth; on its rooftops and in its public squares everyone wails, falling down and weeping.
CSBA
In its streets they wear sackcloth; on its rooftops and in its public squares everyone wails, falling down and weeping.
CEB
In its streets they wear mourning clothes; on its rooftops and in its plazas, everyone wails and falls down weeping.
CJB
In the streets they wear sackcloth; on their roofs and in their squares, everyone howls and weeps profusely.
CEV
In the towns and at home, everyone wears sackcloth and cries loud and long.
DARBY
In their streets they are girded with sackcloth; on their roofs, and in their broadways, every one howleth, melted into tears.
DRA
In their streets they are girded with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets all shall howl and come down weeping.
ERV
Everywhere in Moab, on the housetops and in the streets, people are wearing sackcloth. Everyone is crying.
EASY
They are wearing rough sackcloth in the streets. On the roofs of their houses and in the open places in their towns, they are weeping. They fall to the ground as they weep.
EHV
They wear sackcloth in their streets. On the rooftops and in the public squares, everyone wails. They all collapse in tears.
ESV
in the streets they wear sackcloth; on the housetops and in the squares everyone wails and melts in tears.
ESVUK
in the streets they wear sackcloth; on the housetops and in the squares everyone wails and melts in tears.
EXB
In the streets they wear ·rough cloth [sackcloth; C to show their sadness]. On the roofs [C roofs were flat and used as living and storage space in Palestine] and in the public squares, they are ·crying loudly [wailing], ·with tears streaming down [or falling down weeping].
GNV
In their streets shall they be girded with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets everyone shall howl, and come down with weeping.
GW
In their streets they wear sackcloth. On their roofs and in their city squares everyone wails and cries.
GNT
The people in the streets are dressed in sackcloth; in the city squares and on the rooftops people mourn and cry.
HCSB
In its streets they wear sackcloth; on its rooftops and in its public squares everyone wails, falling down and weeping.
ICB
In the streets at Moab they wear rough cloth to show their sadness. On the roofs and in the public squares, they are crying loudly.
ISV
In its streets they wear sackcloth; on its rooftops and in its squares everyone wails and falls down weeping.
JUB
In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth; on the tops of their houses and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping as they come down.
KJV
In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly.
AKJV
In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly.
LSB
In their streets they have girded themselves with sackcloth; On their rooftops and in their squares Everyone is wailing, dissolved in weeping.
LEB
They gird themselves with sackcloth in its streets; on its roofs and public squares everyone wails, going down in weeping.
TLB
They wear sackcloth through the streets, and from every home comes the sound of weeping.
MSG
A Message concerning Moab: Village Ar of Moab is in ruins, destroyed in a night raid. Village Kir of Moab is in ruins, destroyed in a night raid. Village Dibon climbs to its chapel in the hills, goes up to lament. Moab weeps and wails over Nebo and Medba. Every head is shaved bald, every beard shaved clean. They pour into the streets wearing black, go up on the roofs, take to the town square, Everyone in tears, everyone in grief. Towns Heshbon and Elealeh cry long and loud. The sound carries as far as Jahaz. Moab sobs, shaking in grief. The soul of Moab trembles.
MEV
In their streets they shall clothe themselves with sackcloth; on the tops of their houses and in their streets, everyone shall wail, weeping abundantly.
NOG
In their streets they wear sackcloth. On their roofs and in their city squares everyone wails and cries.
NABRE
In the streets they wear sackcloth, and on the rooftops; In the squares everyone wails, streaming with tears.
NASB
In their streets they have put on sackcloth; On their housetops and in their public squares Everyone is wailing, overcome with weeping.
NASB1995
In their streets they have girded themselves with sackcloth; On their housetops and in their squares Everyone is wailing, dissolved in tears.
NCB
In the streets they wear sackcloth; on the roofs and in the public squares everyone wails and collapses in tears.
NCV
In the streets they wear rough cloth to show their sadness. On the roofs and in the public squares, they are crying loudly.
NET
In their streets they wear sackcloth; on their roofs and in their town squares all of them wail; they fall down weeping.
NIRV
In the streets they wear the rough clothing people wear when they’re sad. On their roofs and in the market places all of them are crying. They fall down flat with their faces toward the ground. And they weep.
NIV
In the streets they wear sackcloth; on the roofs and in the public squares they all wail, prostrate with weeping.
NIVUK
In the streets they wear sackcloth; on the roofs and in the public squares they all wail, prostrate with weeping.
NKJV
In their streets they will clothe themselves with sackcloth; On the tops of their houses And in their streets Everyone will wail, weeping bitterly.
NLV
In their streets they have dressed themselves with cloth made from hair. On the tops of their houses and in their open spaces everyone is crying with many tears.
NLT
They will wear burlap as they wander the streets. From every home and public square will come the sound of wailing.
NRSVA
in the streets they bind on sackcloth; on the housetops and in the squares everyone wails and melts in tears.
NRSVACE
in the streets they bind on sackcloth; on the housetops and in the squares everyone wails and melts in tears.
NRSVCE
in the streets they bind on sackcloth; on the housetops and in the squares everyone wails and melts in tears.
NRSVUE
in the streets they bind on sackcloth; on the housetops and in the squares everyone wails and melts in tears.
OJB
In their chutzot (streets) they shall gird themselves with sackcloth; on their rooftops, and in their rechovot (open areas), every one shall wail, falling down with weeping.
RGT
In their streets, they shall be girded with sackcloth. On the tops of their houses, and in their streets, everyone shall howl and come down with weeping.
RSV
in the streets they gird on sackcloth; on the housetops and in the squares every one wails and melts in tears.
RSVCE
in the streets they gird on sackcloth; on the housetops and in the squares every one wails and melts in tears.
TLV
In their streets they wear sackcloth. On their housetops and in their plazas, everyone wails, weeping profusely.
VOICE
They wander the streets dressed in sackcloth; on roofs and public places people wail, collapsing in abundance of tears.
WEB
In their streets, they clothe themselves in sackcloth. In their streets and on their housetops, everyone wails, weeping abundantly.
WYC
In the meeting of three ways thereof they be girded in a sackcloth, all yelling on the houses thereof, and in the streets thereof; it shall go down into weeping (they shall go down weeping).
YLT
In its out-places they girded on sackcloth, On its pinnacles, and in its broad places, Every one howleth -- going down with weeping.
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