For this is what the sovereign master ¹  has told me: “Within exactly one year ²  all the splendor of Kedar will come to an end.

biblegateway Isa 21:16

For thus the Lord said to me, "In a year, as a hired man would count it, all the splendor of Kedar will terminate;

For the Lord said this to me: "Within one year, as a hired worker counts years, all the glory of Kedar will be gone.

This is what the Lord says to me: All of Kedar’s honor will be gone in another year. I will count it like workers count the years left on their contracts.

biblegateway Isa 21:16

This is what the Lord says to me: "Within one year, as a servant bound by contract would count it, all the pomp of Kedar will come to an end.

For thus the Lord said to me, "Within a year, according to the years of a hired worker, all the glory of Kedar will come to an end.

bibleoremus Isa 21:16

For thus the Lord said to me: Within a year, according to the years of a hired worker, all the glory of Kedar will come to an end;

For these are the words of the Lord to me: “Within a year, as a hired labourer counts off years exactly, all Kedar's glory will come to an end;

biblegateway Isa 21:16

For thus the Lord has said to me: "Within a year, according to the year of a hired man, all the glory of Kedar will fail;

For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:

biblegateway Isa 21:16

For this is what the sovereign master ¹  has told me: “Within exactly one year ²  all the splendor of Kedar will come to an end.

¹ tn The Hebrew term translated “sovereign master” here is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).

² tn Heb “in still a year, like the years of a hired worker.” See the note at 16:14.