Isaiah 36:9
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How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?For how can you repel a single officer among the least of my master’s servants when you depend on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?
In other translations
How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?For how can you repel a single officer among the least of my master’s servants when you depend on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?
Hebrew words
וְאֵיךְve'eikhand how?H349תָּשִׁיבtashivwill you turn backH7725אֵת'et<obj.>H853פְּנֵיpenei[the] face ofH6440פַחַתfachat[the] governorH6346אַחַד'achad<of> one ofH259עַבְדֵי'avdei[the] servants ofH5650אֲדֹנִי'adonimaster myH113הַקְטַנִּיםhaktanim<the> littleH6996וַתִּבְטַחvativtachand you have been relyingH982לְךָlekha<for> yourselfעַל־'al-onH5921מִצְרַיִםmitzrayimEgyptH4714לְרֶכֶבlerekhevfor chariotryH7393וּלְפָרָשִׁים׃ulefarashimand for horsemenH6571
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Isaiah 10:8For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings?“Are not all my commanders kings?” he says.
- Isaiah 20:5And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.Those who made Cush their hope and Egypt their boast will be dismayed and ashamed.
- Proverbs 21:31The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the Lord.A horse is prepared for the day of battle, but victory is of the LORD.
- Isaiah 36:6Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him.Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
- Isaiah 31:3Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the Lord shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail together.But the Egyptians are men, not God; their horses are flesh, not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, the helper will stumble, and the one he helps will fall; both will perish together.
- Jeremiah 2:36Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.How unstable you are, constantly changing your ways! You will be disappointed by Egypt just as you were by Assyria.
- Isaiah 30:7For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still.Egypt’s help is futile and empty; therefore I have called her Rahab Who Sits Still.
- 2 Kings 18:24How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?For how can you repel a single officer among the least of my master’s servants when you depend on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?
- Isaiah 30:2-52 That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt! 3 Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion. 4 For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes. 5 They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them, nor be an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.2 They set out to go down to Egypt without asking My advice, to seek shelter under Pharaoh’s protection and take refuge in Egypt’s shade. 3 But Pharaoh’s protection will become your shame, and the refuge of Egypt’s shade your disgrace. 4 For though their princes are at Zoan and their envoys have arrived in Hanes, 5 everyone will be put to shame because of a people useless to them. They cannot be of help; they are good for nothing but shame and reproach.”
- Isaiah 30:16-1716 But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift. 17 One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill.16 “No,” you say, “we will flee on horses.” Therefore you will flee! “We will ride swift horses,” but your pursuers will be faster. 17 A thousand will flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five you will all flee, until you are left alone like a pole on a mountaintop, like a banner on a hill.
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