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Isaiah 28:4

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 4 And the fading flower of its glorious beauty,
  Which is on the head of the fertile valley,
  Will become like the early fig before summer.
  
  When someone sees it, he swallows it as soon as it is in his hand.

Isaiah 28:4

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 4 And the fading flower of its glorious beauty,
  Which is on the head of the fertile valley,
  Will become like the early fig before summer.
  
  When someone sees it, he swallows it as soon as it is in his hand.

Isaiah 28:4

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 4 And the fading flower+ of its decoration of beauty that is upon the head of the fertile valley must become like the early fig+ before summer, that, when the seer sees it, while it is yet in his palm, he swallows it down.

Isaiah 28:4

The Bible in Living English
- 4 * and the fading flower of his magnificent splendor that is on the head of a fat valley; and it shall be like a rareripe fig before summer, which the one who sees it gulps down while he still has it in his hand.

Isaiah 28:4

The Emphasized Bible
- 4 So shall his fading wreath of majestic beauty Which is on the head of the fertile valley become—Like the first-ripe fig before fruit-harvest, Which when he that looketh upon it seeth while it is yet in his hand he swalloweth it up.

Isaiah 28:4

King James Version
- 4 And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.