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Isaiah 16:6

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¶ We have heard of the pride of Moab; [he is] very proud: [even] of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: [but] his lies [shall] not [be] so.

We have heard {H8085} of the pride {H1347} of Moab {H4124}; he is very {H3966} proud {H1341}: even of his haughtiness {H1346}, and his pride {H1347}, and his wrath {H5678}: but his lies {H907} shall not be so.

We have heard about Mo'av's pride, how very proud they are; about their haughty arrogance, their insolence and bravado.

We have heard of Moab’s pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his overflowing arrogance. But his boasting is empty.

We have heard of the pride of Moab, thathe is very proud; even of his arrogancy, and his pride, and his wrath; his boastings are nought.

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Cross-References

  • Amos 2:1 (5 votes)

    ¶ Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime:

  • Jeremiah 48:29 (4 votes)

    We have heard the pride of Moab, (he is exceeding proud) his loftiness, and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart.

  • Jeremiah 48:30 (4 votes)

    I know his wrath, saith the LORD; but [it shall] not [be] so; his lies shall not so effect [it].

  • Obadiah 1:3 (4 votes)

    The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation [is] high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?

  • Obadiah 1:4 (4 votes)

    Though thou exalt [thyself] as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.

  • Jeremiah 48:42 (3 votes)

    And Moab shall be destroyed from [being] a people, because he hath magnified [himself] against the LORD.

  • Zephaniah 2:8 (3 votes)

    ¶ I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and magnified [themselves] against their border.