Passage

Isaiah 27.1

Book: Isaiah · ASV / WEB / KJV / YLT

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV

1. In that day Jehovah with his hard and great and strong sword will punish leviathan the swift serpent, and leviathan the crooked serpent; and he will slay the monster that is in the sea.

In that day: A vineyard of wine, sing ye unto it. 3. I Jehovah am its keeper; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day. (Isaiah 27:1-3, ASV)

WEB

1. In that day, Yahweh with his hard and great and strong sword will punish leviathan, the fleeing serpent, and leviathan the twisted serpent; and he will kill the dragon that is in the sea.

In that day, sing to her, “A pleasant vineyard! 3. I, Yahweh, am its keeper. I will water it every moment. Lest anyone damage it, I will keep it night and day. (Isaiah 27:1-3, WEB)

KJV

1. In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea. ^{piercing: or, crossing like a bar}

In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine. 3. I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day. (Isaiah 27:1-3, KJV)

YLT

1. In that day lay a charge doth Jehovah, With his sword, the sharp, and the great, and the strong, On leviathan, a fleeing serpent, And on leviathan, a crooked serpent, And He hath slain the dragon that [is] in the sea.

In that day, 'A desirable vineyard,' respond ye to her, 3. I, Jehovah, am its keeper, every moment I water it, Lest any lay a charge against it, Night and day I keep it! (Isaiah 27:1-3, YLT)

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

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Arguments and defeaters:

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Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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