Isaiah 28:4

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BSB

The fading flower of his beautiful splendor, set on the summit above the fertile valley, will be like a ripe fig before the summer harvest: Whoever sees it will take it in his hand and swallow it.

KJV

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.

WEB

The fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fertile valley, shall be like the first-ripe fig before the summer, which someone picks and eats as soon as he sees it.

ASV

and the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be as the first-ripe fig before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.

DARBY

and the fading flower of his glorious adornment which is on the head of the fat valley shall be like an early fig before the summer: as soon as he that seeth it perceiveth it, scarcely is it in his hand, he swalloweth it down.

BLB

The fading flower, the beauty of his glory that [is] on the head of the valley of fatness, will be like a ripe fig before summer, which the one seeing it sees, [and] with it still in his palm, he swallows it.

ÅB

og med den falmende blomst, hans fagre pryd, som troner over den fete dal, skal det gå som med den fiken som er moden før sommeren er der: Så snart en ser den, sluker han den, mens den enda er i hans hånd.

OTB

Den visnende blomsten av dens herlige skjønnhet, som er på hodet av den fruktbare dalen, vil være som den første modne fiken før sommeren; så snart noen ser den, mens den ennå er i deres hånd, svelger de den.

B1930

og med den falmende blomst, hans fagre pryd, som troner over den fete dal, skal det gå som med den fiken som er moden før sommeren er der: Så snart en ser den, sluker han den, mens den ennu er i hans hånd.

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