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Isaiah 16:6

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

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ASV

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

KJV

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.

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11 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
שָׁמַ֥עְנוּsha.Ma'.nuwe have heardH8085 →
גְאוֹן־ge.'on-[the] pride ofH1347 →
מוֹאָ֖בmo.'AvMoabH4124 →
גֵּ֣אge'proudH1341 →
מְאֹ֑דme.'OdveryH3966 →
גַּאֲוָת֧וֹga.'a.va.Tohaughtiness itsH1346 →
וּגְאוֹנ֛וֹu.ge.'o.Noand pride itsH1347 →
וְעֶבְרָת֖וֹve.'ev.ra.Toand arrogance itsH5678 →
לֹא־lo'-[are] notH3808 →
כֵ֥ןkhenrightH3651 →
בַּדָּֽיו׃ סba.Davempty boasts itsH907 →

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Zephaniah 2:10This they shall have in return for their pride, for taunting and mocking the people of the LORD of Hosts.Amos 2:1This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Moab, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he burned to lime the bones of Edom’s king.Isaiah 25:11He will spread out his hands within it, as a swimmer spreads his arms to swim. His pride will be brought low, despite the skill of his hands.Obadiah 1:3The pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks whose habitation is the heights, who say in your heart, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’Jeremiah 48:29We have heard of Moab’s pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his proud arrogance and haughtiness of heart.Obadiah 1:3–4The pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks whose habitation is the heights, who say in your heart, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’Jeremiah 48:29–30We have heard of Moab’s pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his proud arrogance and haughtiness of heart.Jeremiah 48:26“Make him drunk, because he has magnified himself against the LORD; so Moab will wallow in his own vomit, and he will also become a laughingstock.Jeremiah 48:42Moab will be destroyed as a nation because he vaunted himself against the LORD.Zephaniah 2:8–10“I have heard the reproach of Moab and the insults of the Ammonites, who have taunted My people and threatened their borders.Ezekiel 16:49Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy.Jeremiah 48:11Moab has been at ease from youth, settled like wine on its dregs; he has not been poured from vessel to vessel or gone into exile. So his flavor has remained the same, and his aroma is unchanged.Habakkuk 2:5and wealth indeed betrays him. He is an arrogant man never at rest. He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, and like Death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations to himself and collects all the peoples as his own.Isaiah 44:25who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, who confounds the wise and turns their knowledge into nonsense,Isaiah 28:15For you said, “We have made a covenant with death; we have fashioned an agreement with Sheol. When the overwhelming scourge passes through it will not touch us, because we have made lies our refuge and falsehood our hiding place.”Jeremiah 50:36A sword is against her false prophets, and they will become fools. A sword is against her warriors, and they will be filled with terror.Isaiah 28:18Your covenant with death will be dissolved, and your agreement with Sheol will not stand. When the overwhelming scourge passes through, you will be trampled by it.Isaiah 2:11The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.

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The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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