Isaiah 1:18

KJV1611 – Modern English

Come now, and let us reason together, says the LORD: though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    "Come now, let us reason together," says the LORD. "Though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Come now, and let us reason together, saith Jehovah: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Now go to (saieth the LORDE) we wil talke together. Is it not so? Though youre synnes be as read as scarlet, shal they not be whyter then snowe? And though they were like purple, shall they not be like whyte woll?

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Come nowe, and let vs reason together, sayth the Lord: though your sinnes were as crimsin, they shalbe made white as snowe: though they were red like skarlet, they shalbe as wooll.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And then go to, saith the Lorde, let vs talke together: though your sinnes be as red as scarlet, they shalbe as whyte as snowe: and though they were lyke purple, they shalbe as whyte as wooll.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    "Come now, and let us reason together," says Yahweh: "Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. Though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Come, I pray you, and we reason, saith Jehovah, If your sins are as scarlet, as snow they shall be white, If they are red as crimson, as wool they shall be!

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Come now, and let us reason together, saith Jehovah: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Come now, and let us reason together, saith Jehovah: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Come now, and let us have an argument together, says the Lord: how may your sins which are red like blood be white as snow? how may their dark purple seem like wool?

  • World English Bible (2000)

    "Come now, and let us reason together," says Yahweh: "Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. Though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Come, let’s consider your options,” says the LORD.“Though your sins have stained you like the color red, you can become white like snow; though they are as easy to see as the color scarlet, you can become white like wool.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 51:7 : 7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
  • Isa 41:21 : 21 Produce your cause, says the LORD; bring forth your strong reasons, says the King of Jacob.
  • Isa 43:24-26 : 24 You have not bought Me sweet cane with money, nor have you satisfied Me with the fat of your sacrifices: but you have burdened Me with your sins, you have wearied Me with your iniquities. 25 I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake, and I will not remember your sins. 26 Put Me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare so that you may be justified.
  • Rev 7:14 : 14 And I said to him, Sir, you know. And he said to me, These are those who came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
  • Isa 44:22 : 22 I have blotted out, like a thick cloud, your transgressions, and, like a cloud, your sins: return to me; for I have redeemed you.
  • Mic 7:18-19 : 18 Who is a God like you, that pardons iniquity, and passes by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in mercy. 19 He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and you will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
  • Acts 18:4 : 4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.
  • Eph 1:6-8 : 6 To the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He has made us accepted in the Beloved. 7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace; 8 Which He has lavished on us in all wisdom and understanding;
  • Rom 5:20 : 20 Moreover, the law entered that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more:
  • Isa 41:1 : 1 Keep silent before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment.
  • 1 Sam 12:7 : 7 Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before the LORD of all the righteous acts of the LORD, which he did to you and to your fathers.
  • Mic 6:2 : 2 Hear, O mountains, the LORD'S dispute, and you strong foundations of the earth, for the LORD has a dispute with His people, and He will plead with Israel.
  • Acts 24:25 : 25 And as he reasoned about righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go away for now; when I have a convenient time, I will call for you.
  • Acts 17:2 : 2 And Paul, as was his custom, went in to them, and for three Sabbath days reasoned with them from the scriptures,
  • Jer 2:5 : 5 Thus says the LORD, What wrong have your fathers found in me, that they have gone far from me, and have followed idols, and have become idolaters?

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