Featured ESV Vs. NLT

Isaiah 1

V. 9
E : we should have been like Sodom
N : we would have been wiped out like Sodom

V. 13
E : Bring no more vain offerings
N : Stop bringing me your meaningless gifts

V. 13
E : I cannot endure iniquity and solemn assembly
N : I want no more of your pious meetings

V. 21
E : Righteousness lodged in her
N : the home of righteousness and justice

V. 25
E : remove all your alloy
N : remove all your impurities

 

Isaiah 2

V. 6
E : they strike hands with the children of foreigners
N : They have made alliances with pagans

V. 10
E : Enter into the rock
N : Crawl into caves

V. 16
E : all the beautiful craft
N : every magnificent vessel

V. 22
E : Stop regarding man
N : Don't put your trust in mere humans

 

Isaiah

3:13
E : The Lord has taken his place to contend
N : The Lord takes his place in court

3:16
E : mincing along as they go
N : walking with dainty steps

5:10
E : shall yield but one bath, and a homer of seed shall yield but an ephah
N : will not produce even six gallons of wine. Ten baskets of seed will yield only one basket of grain.

5:19
E : let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near
N : Let the Holy One of Israel carry out his plan

5:24
E : so their root will be as rottenness
N : so their roots will rot

5:25
E : their corpses were as refuse in the midst of the streets
N : the corpses of his people litter the streets like garbage

 

Isaiah

8:7
E : the waters of the River mighty and many
N : a mighty flood from the Euphrates River

8:10
E : Take counsel together
N : Call your councils of war

10:1
E : who decree iniquitous decrees
N : who issue unfair laws

10:7
E : does not so intend and his heart does not so think
N : will not understand that he is my tool; his mind does not work that way

10:7
E : to cut off nations not a few
N : to cut down nation after nation

12:5
E : he has done gloriously
N : he has done wonderful things

 

17:4
E : the fat of his flesh will grow lean
N : its robust body will waste away
[The ESV rendering makes it seem as if Israel is healthy because the wording of the ESV here is faithful to the Hebrew and at odds with the English. but it means that the people will just be skin and bones.]

17:13
E : like the roaring of many waters
N : like breakers on a beach

19:3
E : I will confound their counsel
N : I will confuse their plans

19:17
E : the purpose that the Lord of hosts has purposed against them
N : the Lord of Heaven's Armies has laid out his plans against them

21:3
E : my loins are filled with anguish
N : My stomach aches and burns with pain.

23:13
E : This is the people that was not.
N : the people of that land are gone!

24:4
E : the highest people of the earth languish
N : the greatest people of the earth waste away

24:7
E : The wine mourns
N : The grapevines waste away

24:9
E : No more do they drink wine
N : Gone are the joys of wine

 

Continuing in Isaiah :

26:14
E : they are shades
N : Their departed spirits

28:16
E : Whoever believes will not be in haste
N : Whoever believes need never be shaken

29:9
E : Astonish yourselves and be astonished
N : Are you amazed and incredulous?

 

Isaiah

Chapter 33

V. 8
E : there is no regard for man
N : They have no respect for anyone

V. 16
E : his water will be sure
N : they will have water in abundance

V. 18
E : Your heart will muse on the terror
N : You will think back on this time of terror

34:2
E : furious against all their host
N : His fury is against all their armies

34:4
E : the host of heaven shall rot away
N : The heavens above will melt away

 

Isaiah

35:8
E : even if they are fools, they shall not go astray
N : Evil-minded people will never travel on it

36:21
E : answered him not a word
N : did not utter a word

38:10
E : In the middle of my days
N : In the prime of my life

39:8
E : in my days
N : during my lifetime

40:15
E : are accounted as
N : nothing more than

40:16
E : would not suffice
N : would not be enough

40:26
E : He who brings out their host by number
N : He brings them out like an army, one after another

40:27
E : my right is disregarded by my God?
N : how can you say God ignores your rights?

 

Isaiah

41:10
E : be not dismayed
N : Don't be discouraged

43:28
E : I will profane the princes
N : I have disgraced your priests

45:12
E : I commanded all their host
N : All the stars are at my command

45:16
E : go in confusion together
N : They will all be disgraced together

48:16
E : how shall my name be profaned
N : I will not let my reputation be tarnished

 

Isaiah

50:6
E : I hid not my face
N : I did not hide my face

51:3
E : he comforts all her waste places
N : pity on her ruins

51:5
E : my salvation has gone out
N : My salvation is on the way

52:1
E : for there shall no more come into you
N : will enter your gates no longer

52:5
E : continually all the day
N : all day long

52:14
E : beyond human semblance
N : so disfigured he seemed hardly human

 

Isaiah

53:4
E : we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God
N : we thought his troubles were a punishment from God

53:6
E : All we like sheep
N : All of us, like sheep

54:3
E : will people the desolate cities
N : will resettle the ruined cities

54:6
E : like a wife of youth
N : as though you were a young wife

54:17
E : you shall refute every tongue that rises against you in judgment
N : You will silence every voice raised up to accuse you

56:1
E : soon my salvation will come
N : I am coming soon to rescue you

 

Isaiah

58:5
E : Will you call this a fast, and a day acceptable to the Lord?
N : Is this what you call fasting? Do you really think this will please the Lord?

58:7
E : Is it not to share your bread with the hungry
N : Share your food with the hungry

58:9
E : take away the yoke from your midst
N : Remove the heavy yoke of oppression

58:13
E : If you turn back your foot from the Sabbath
N : Keep the Sabbath day holy

59:16
E : then his own arm brought him salvation and his righteousness upheld him
N : So he himself stepped in to save them with his strong arm, and his justice sustained him

 

60:3
E : kings to the brightness of your rising
N : kings will come to see your radiance

60:17
E : I will make your overseers peace and your taskmasters righteousness
N : I will make peace your leader and righteousness your ruler

60:20
E : Your sun shall no more go down, nor your moon withdraw itself
N : Your sun will never set; your moon will not go down

60:22
E : I am the Lord; in its time I will hasten it.
N : At the right time, I, the Lord, will make it happen.

 

62:6
E : You who put the Lord in remembrance
N: all you who pray to the Lord

63:17
E : So that we fear you not
N : so we no longer fear you

64:9
E : Be not so terribly angry Lord
N : Don't be so angry with us, Lord.

65:6
E : I will indeed pay into their bosom
N : I will pay them back in full!

65:14
E : behold, my servants shall sing for gladness of heart, but you shall cry out for pain of heart and shall wail for breaking of spirit.
N : My servants will sing for joy, but you will cry in sorrow and despair.

 

66:5
E : Your brothers who hate you
N : Your own people hate you

66:6
E : rendering recompense to his enemies
N : taking vengeance against his enemies

66:9
E : to the point of birth and not cause to bring forth?
N : to the point of birth and then not deliver it?

66:14
E : show his indignation against his enemies
N : his anger against his enemies

66:20
E : dromedaries
N : camels

66:23
E : all flesh
N : All humanity