Isaiah 3:19

Good News Translation

and on their wrists. He will take away their veils

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
pendants, bracelets, veils,

Hebrew Names Version
the earrings, the bracelets, the veils,

King James Version
The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers,

English Standard Version
the pendants, the bracelets, and the scarves;

New American Standard Bible
dangling earrings, bracelets, veils,

New Century Version
their earrings, bracelets, and veils,

Amplified Bible
dangling earrings, bracelets, and the hanging veils and scarves,

World English Bible
the earrings, the bracelets, the veils,

Geneva Bible (1587)
The sweete balles, and the brasselets, and the bonnets,

Legacy Standard Bible
dangling earrings, bracelets, veils,

Berean Standard Bible
their pendants, bracelets, and veils,

Complete Jewish Bible
their pendants, bracelets and veils;

Darby Translation
the pearl-drops, and the bracelets, and the veils,

Easy-to-Read Version
the earrings, bracelets, and veils,

George Lamsa Translation
And their adornments and their necklaces and the braids of their hair and their chains and their bonnets and their veils,

Lexham English Bible
the pendants and the bracelets and the veils,

Literal Translation
the pendants, and the bracelets, and the veils;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and colares, bracelettes and hooues,

American Standard Version
the pendants, and the bracelets, and the mufflers;

Bible in Basic English
The ear-rings, and the chains, and the delicate clothing,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
the pendants, and the bracelets, and the veils;

King James Version (1611)
The chaines, and the bracelets, and the mufflers,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
The sweete perfumes, and the bracelettes, and the mufflers,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and the chains, and the ornaments of their faces,

English Revised Version
the pendants, and the bracelets, and the mufflers;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and ribans, and brochis, and ournementis of armes nyy the schuldris, and mytris, ether chapelettis,

Update Bible Version
the pendants, and the bracelets, and the mufflers;

Webster's Bible Translation
The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers,

New English Translation
earrings, bracelets, veils,

New King James Version
The pendants, the bracelets, and the veils;

New Living Translation
earrings, bracelets, and veils;

New Life Bible
rings worn on their ears and arms, face-coverings,

New Revised Standard
the pendants, the bracelets, and the scarfs;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
the pendants and the bracelets and the veils;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And chains and necklaces, and bracelets, and bonnets,

Revised Standard Version
the pendants, the bracelets, and the scarfs;

Young's Literal Translation
Of the drops, and the bracelets, and the mufflers,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
dangling earrings, bracelets, veils,

Contextual Overview

¹⁶ The Lord said, "Look how proud the women of Jerusalem are! They walk along with their noses in the air. They are always flirting. They take dainty little steps, and the bracelets on their ankles jingle. ¹⁷ But I will punish them—I will shave their heads and leave them bald." ¹⁸ A day is coming when the Lord will take away from the women of Jerusalem everything they are so proud of—the ornaments they wear on their ankles, on their heads, on their necks, ¹⁹ and on their wrists. He will take away their veils ²⁰ and their hats; the magic charms they wear on their arms and at their waists; ²¹ the rings they wear on their fingers and in their noses; ²² all their fine robes, gowns, cloaks, and purses; ²³ their revealing garments, their linen handkerchiefs, and the scarves and long veils they wear on their heads. ²⁴ Instead of using perfumes, they will stink; instead of fine belts, they will wear coarse ropes; instead of having beautiful hair, they will be bald; instead of fine clothes, they will be dressed in rags; their beauty will be turned to shame! ²⁵ The men of the city, yes, even the strongest men, will be killed in war.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

chains: or, sweet-balls, Neteephoth earrings or drops; in Arabic, netafaṫ

the bracelets: Genesis 24:22, Genesis 24:30, Genesis 24:53, Genesis 38:18, Genesis 38:25, Exodus 35:22, Numbers 31:50, Ezekiel 16:11

mufflers: or, spangled ornaments

Reciprocal: Psalms 73:6 - as a chain Proverbs 1:9 - an ornament

Cross-References

Genesis 3:12
The man answered, "The woman you put here with me gave me the fruit, and I ate it."

Genesis 3:13
The Lord God asked the woman, "Why did you do this?" She replied, "The snake tricked me into eating it."

Genesis 3:16
And he said to the woman, "I will increase your trouble in pregnancy and your pain in giving birth. In spite of this, you will still have desire for your husband, yet you will be subject to him."

Genesis 3:21
And the Lord God made clothes out of animal skins for Adam and his wife, and he clothed them.

Genesis 3:22
Then the Lord God said, "Now these human beings have become like one of us and have knowledge of what is good and what is bad. They must not be allowed to take fruit from the tree that gives life, eat it, and live forever."

Genesis 18:27
Abraham spoke again: "Please forgive my boldness in continuing to speak to you, Lord. I am only a man and have no right to say anything.

Genesis 23:4
"I am a foreigner living here among you; sell me some land, so that I can bury my wife."

Job 1:21
He said, "I was born with nothing, and I will die with nothing. The Lord gave, and now he has taken away. May his name be praised!"

Job 19:26
Even after my skin is eaten by disease, while still in this body I will see God.

Job 21:26
But all alike die and are buried; they all are covered with worms.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The chains,.... According to Kimchi and R. Levi ben Gersom on Judges 8:26 these were drop bottles, or vessels of gold, in which were put stacte or balsam; and the former says here, they were such in which balsam was put, and women hung about their necks; though, he observes, some interpret them of chains, which were made of small stones of bdellium; hence pure bdellium is called in the Arabic tongue

אלנטף; and so Jarchi renders the word "chains"; and they are called by this name, because they hang about the neck, and drop upon the breast, and are in the form of precious stones, bored and strung:

and the bracelets; hand bracelets, according to the Targum; such as Abraham's servant gave to Rebekah, Genesis 24:22:

and the mufflers; these were veils which covered the whole face, excepting the eyes, the same that we call masks: it is said a of the Arabian women, that they went out רעולות; that is, as Bartenora explains it, they were veiled about the head, so that the whole face was covered, excepting their eyes; though Maimonides interprets them of little bells, which the Arabian women went out with; the Targum here explains the word by "women's veils"; though some think only the "spangles" which were on them are meant, so called from their trembling and shaking motion.

a Misn. Sabbat, c. 6. sect. 6.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The chains - Margin, “sweet balls.” The word used here is derived from the verb נטף nâṭaph, to drop, to fall in drops, or to distil,” as juice from a plant. Hence, it means that which “resembles drops” - as pearls, or precious stones, used as ornaments for the neck or ears. We retain a similar word as applicable to the ornaments of the ears, by calling them “drops.” The Chaldee renders this “chains,” and so also the Vulgate. The Septuagint understands it of a “hanging” or “pendant” ornament - and this is its undoubted meaning - an ornament pendant like gum distilling from a plant. ‘These consist, first, of one most beautifully worked, with a pendant ornament for the neck; there is also a profusion of others which go round the same part, and rest on the bosom. In making curious chains, the goldsmiths of England do not surpass those of the East.’ - “Roberts.”

And the bracelets - For the wrists. The Chaldee translates it, ‘bracelets for the hands.’ These ornaments were very ancient; see Genesis 24:22; Numbers 31:50. - Mahomet promises to those who shall follow him, gold and silver bracelets. ‘The bracelets are large ornaments for the wrists, in which are sometimes enclosed small bells.’ - “Roberts.”

Mufflers - Margin, “spangled ornaments.” The word used here is derived from a verb, “to tremble, to shake” - רעל râ‛al - and the name is given to the ornament, whatever it was, probably from its “tremulous” motion. Perhaps it means a “light, thin veil;” or possibly, as in the margin, spangled ornaments, producing a tremulous, changing aspect. In Zechariah 7:2, the word is used to denote ‘trembling’ - giddiness, or intoxication. It was early customary, and is still common in Oriental countries, for the females to wear veils. No female ventures abroad without her veil. That which is supposed to be intended here, is described by the Arabian scholiast Safieri, quoted by Gesenius. It is drawn tight over the upper part of the head, but the part around the eyes is open, and a space left to see through, and the lower part is left loose and flowing, and thus produces the “tremulous” appearance indicated in this place; see the notes and illustrations at Isaiah 3:24.