Isaiah 3:19

Young's Literal Translation

Of the drops, and the bracelets, and the mufflers,

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,

Good News Translation
and on their wrists. He will take away 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;

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

Contextual Overview

¹⁶ `Because that daughters of Zion have been haughty, And they walk stretching out the neck, And deceiving [with] the eyes, Walking and mincing they go, And with their feet they make a tinkling, ¹⁷ The Lord also hath scabbed The crown of the head of daughters of Zion, And Jehovah their simplicity exposeth. ¹⁸ In that day doth the Lord turn aside The beauty of the tinkling ornaments, And of the embroidered works, And of the round tires like moons, ¹⁹ Of the drops, and the bracelets, and the mufflers, ²⁰ Of the bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, And of the bands, And of the perfume boxes, and the amulets, ²¹ Of the seals, and of the nose-rings, ²² Of the costly apparel, and of the mantles, And of the coverings, and of the purses, ²³ Of the mirrors, and of the linen garments, And of the hoods, and of the vails, ²⁴ And it hath been, instead of spice is muck, And instead of a girdle, a rope, And instead of curled work, baldness, And instead of a stomacher a girdle of sackcloth. ²⁵ For instead of glory, thy men by sword do fall, And thy might in battle.

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
and the man saith, `The woman whom Thou didst place with me -- she hath given to me of the tree -- and I do eat.'

Genesis 3:13
And Jehovah God saith to the woman, `What [is] this thou hast done?' and the woman saith, `The serpent hath caused me to forget -- and I do eat.'

Genesis 3:16
Unto the woman He said, `Multiplying I multiply thy sorrow and thy conception, in sorrow dost thou bear children, and toward thy husband [is] thy desire, and he doth rule over thee.'

Genesis 3:21
And Jehovah God doth make to the man and to his wife coats of skin, and doth clothe them.

Genesis 3:22
And Jehovah God saith, `Lo, the man was as one of Us, as to the knowledge of good and evil; and now, lest he send forth his hand, and have taken also of the tree of life, and eaten, and lived to the age,' --

Genesis 18:27
And Abraham answereth and saith, `Lo, I pray thee, I have willed to speak unto the Lord, and I -- dust and ashes;

Genesis 23:4
`A sojourner and a settler I [am] with you; give to me a possession of a burying-place with you, and I bury my dead from before me.'

Job 1:21
and he saith, `Naked came I forth from the womb of my mother, and naked I turn back thither: Jehovah hath given and Jehovah hath taken: let the name of Jehovah be blessed.'

Job 19:26
And after my skin hath compassed this [body], Then from my flesh I see God:

Job 21:26
Together -- on the dust they lie down, And the worm doth cover them over.

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.