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Isaiah 33:23

NETBible	Though at this time your ropes are slack,¹ the mast is not secured,² and the sail³ is not unfurled, at that time you will divide up a great quantity of loot;⁴ even the lame will drag off plunder.⁵
NIV © biblegateway Isa 33:23	Your rigging hangs loose: The mast is not held secure, the sail is not spread. Then an abundance of spoils will be divided and even the lame will carry off plunder.
NASB © biblegateway Isa 33:23	Your tackle hangs slack; It cannot hold the base of its mast firmly, Nor spread out the sail. Then the prey of an abundant spoil will be divided; The lame will take the plunder.
NLT © biblegateway Isa 33:23	The enemies’ sails hang loose on broken masts with useless tackle. Their treasure will be divided by the people of God. Even the lame will win their share!
MSG © biblegateway Isa 33:23	Ha! Your sails are in shreds, your mast wobbling, your hold leaking. The plunder is free for the taking, free for all--for weak and strong, insiders and outsiders.
BBE © SABDAweb Isa 33:23	Your cords have become loose; they were not able to make strong the support of their sails, the sail was not stretched out: then the blind will take much property, the feeble-footed will make division of the goods of war.
NRSV © bibleoremus Isa 33:23	Your rigging hangs loose; it cannot hold the mast firm in its place, or keep the sail spread out. Then prey and spoil in abundance will be divided; even the lame will fall to plundering.
NKJV © biblegateway Isa 33:23	Your tackle is loosed, They could not strengthen their mast, They could not spread the sail. Then the prey of great plunder is divided; The lame take the prey.
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KJV	Thy tacklings <02256> are loosed <05203> (8738)_; they could not well <03653> strengthen <02388> (8762) their mast <08650>_, they could not spread <06566> (8804) the sail <05251>_: then is the prey <05706> of a great <04766> spoil <07998> divided <02505> (8795)_; the lame <06455> take <0962> (8804) the prey <0957>_. {Thy...: or, They have forsaken thy tacklings}
NASB © biblegateway Isa 33:23	Your tackle <02256> hangs <05203> slack <05203> ; It cannot <01077> hold <02388> the base <03653> of its mast <08650> firmly <02388> , Nor <01077> spread <06566> out the sail <05251> . Then <0227> the prey <05706> of an abundant <04766> spoil <07998> will be divided <02505> ; The lame <06455> will take <0962> the plunder <0957> .
LXXM	erraghsan <4486> V-API-3P ta <3588> T-APN scoinia <4979> N-APN sou <4771> P-GS oti <3754> CONJ ouk <3364> ADV eniscusen <1765> V-AAI-3S o <3588> T-NSM istov {N-NSM} sou <4771> P-GS eklinen <2827> V-IAI-3S ou <3364> ADV calasei <5465> V-FAI-3S ta <3588> T-APN istia {N-APN} ouk <3364> ADV arei <142> V-FAI-3S shmeion <4592> N-ASN ewv <2193> CONJ ou <3739> R-GSM paradoyh <3860> V-APS-3S eiv <1519> PREP pronomhn {N-ASF} toinun <5106> PRT polloi <4183> A-NPM cwloi <5560> A-NPM pronomhn {N-ASF} poihsousin <4160> V-FAI-3P
NET [draft] ITL	Though at this time your ropes <02256> are slack <05203> , the mast <08650> is not <01077> secured <02388> , and the sail <05251> is not <01077> unfurled <06566> , at that time <0227> you will divide up <02505> a great quantity <04766> of loot <07998> <05706> ; even the lame <06455> will drag off <0962> plunder <0957> .
HEBREW	zb <0957> wzzb <0962> Myxop <06455> hbrm <04766> lls <07998> de <05706> qlx <02505> za <0227> on <05251> wvrp <06566> lb <01077> Mnrt <08650> Nk <03651> wqzxy <02388> lb <01077> Kylbx <02256> wsjn (33:23) <05203>

NETBible

Though at this time your ropes are slack,¹ the mast is not secured,² and the sail³ is not unfurled, at that time you will divide up a great quantity of loot;⁴ even the lame will drag off plunder.⁵

NET Notes

¹tn The words “though at this time” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The first half of the verse is addressed to Judah and contrasts the nation’s present weakness with its future prosperity. Judah is compared to a ship that is incapable of sailing.

²tn Heb “they do not fasten the base of their mast.” On כֵּן (ken, “base”) see BDB 487 s.v. III כֵּן and HALOT 483 s.v. III כֵּן.

³tn Or perhaps, “flag.”

⁴tn Heb “then there will be divided up loot of plunder [in] abundance.”

⁵sn Judah’s victory over its enemies will be so thorough there will be more than enough plunder for everyone, even slow-moving lame men who would normally get left out in the rush to gather the loot.