Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Because of this, all hands will go limp, every heart will melt with fear. New Living Translation Every arm is paralyzed with fear. Every heart melts, English Standard Version Therefore all hands will be feeble, and every human heart will melt. Berean Standard Bible Therefore all hands will fall limp, and every man’s heart will melt. King James Bible Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt: New King James Version Therefore all hands will be limp, Every man’s heart will melt, New American Standard Bible Therefore all hands will fall limp, And every human heart will melt. NASB 1995 Therefore all hands will fall limp, And every man’s heart will melt. NASB 1977 Therefore all hands will fall limp, And every man’s heart will melt. Legacy Standard Bible Therefore all hands will fall limp, And every man’s heart will melt. Amplified Bible Therefore all hands will fall limp, And every man’s heart will melt. Christian Standard Bible Therefore everyone’s hands will become weak, and every man will lose heart. Holman Christian Standard Bible Therefore everyone’s hands will become weak, and every man’s heart will melt. American Standard Version Therefore shall all hands be feeble, and every heart of man shall melt: Contemporary English Version All people will be terrified. Hands will grow limp; courage will melt away. English Revised Version Therefore shall all hands be feeble, and every heart of man shall melt: GOD'S WORD® Translation That is why every hand will hang limp, and everyone's courage will fail. Good News Translation Everyone's hands will hang limp, and everyone's courage will fail. International Standard Version Because of this, every hand will go limp, and every man's courage will melt. Majority Standard Bible Therefore all hands will fall limp, and every man’s heart will melt. NET Bible For this reason all hands hang limp, every human heart loses its courage. New Heart English Bible Therefore all hands will be feeble, and everyone's heart will melt. Webster's Bible Translation Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt: World English Bible Therefore all hands will be feeble, and everyone’s heart will melt. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionTherefore, all hands fail, "" And every heart of man melts. Young's Literal Translation Therefore, all hands do fail, And every heart of man doth melt. Smith's Literal Translation For this all hands shall be relaxed, and every heart of man shall melt. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleTherefore shall all hands be faint, and every heart of man shall melt, Catholic Public Domain Version Because of it, every hand will fail, and every heart of man will waste away and be crushed. New American Bible Therefore all hands fall helpless, every human heart melts, New Revised Standard Version Therefore all hands will be feeble, and every human heart will melt, Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleTherefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt; Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Because of this, all hands shall become weak and every heart of man shall melt OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Therefore shall all hands be slack, And every heart of man shall melt. Brenton Septuagint Translation Therefore every hand shall become powerless, and every soul of man shall be dismayed. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context An Oracle Concerning Babylon…6Wail, for the Day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Almighty. 7Therefore all hands will fall limp, and every man’s heart will melt. 8Terror, pain, and anguish will seize them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look at one another, their faces flushed with fear.… Cross References Jeremiah 50:43 The king of Babylon has heard the report, and his hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped him, pain like that of a woman in labor. Nahum 2:10 She is emptied! Yes, she is desolate and laid waste! Hearts melt, knees knock, bodies tremble, and every face grows pale! Ezekiel 21:7 And when they ask, ‘Why are you groaning?’ you are to say, ‘Because of the news that is coming. Every heart will melt, and every hand will go limp. Every spirit will faint, and every knee will turn to water.’ Yes, it is coming and it will surely happen, declares the Lord GOD.” Joel 2:6 Nations writhe in horror before them; every face turns pale. Zephaniah 1:14-15 The great Day of the LORD is near—near and coming quickly. Listen, the Day of the LORD! Then the cry of the mighty will be bitter. / That day will be a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of destruction and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness, Jeremiah 6:24 We have heard the report; our hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped us, pain like that of a woman in labor. Isaiah 21:3-4 Therefore my body is filled with anguish. Pain grips me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am bewildered to hear, I am dismayed to see. / My heart falters; fear makes me tremble. The twilight I desired has turned to horror. Isaiah 10:18 The splendor of its forests and orchards, both soul and body, it will completely destroy, as a sickness consumes a man. Isaiah 19:1 This is the burden against Egypt: Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud; He is coming to Egypt. The idols of Egypt will tremble before Him, and the hearts of the Egyptians will melt within them. Isaiah 24:19-20 The earth is utterly broken apart, the earth is split open, the earth is shaken violently. / The earth staggers like a drunkard and sways like a shack. Earth’s rebellion weighs it down, and it falls, never to rise again. Matthew 24:29-30 Immediately after the tribulation of those days: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’ / At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. Luke 21:25-26 There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among the nations, bewildered by the roaring of the sea and the surging of the waves. / Men will faint from fear and anxiety over what is coming upon the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. Revelation 6:15-17 Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the commanders, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and free man hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains. / And they said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb. / For the great day of Their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?” Revelation 18:10 In fear of her torment, they will stand at a distance and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, the mighty city of Babylon! For in a single hour your judgment has come.” Revelation 18:17 For in a single hour such fabulous wealth has been destroyed!” Every shipmaster, passenger, and sailor, and all who make their living from the sea, will stand at a distance Treasury of Scripture Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt: shall all Isaiah 10:3,4 And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory? … Isaiah 37:27 Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up. Isaiah 51:20 Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are full of the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of thy God. be faint. Isaiah 19:1 The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it. Exodus 15:15 Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away. Nahum 2:10 She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness. Jump to Previous Cause Everyone's Fail Faint Fall Feeble Hands Heart Limp Melt Slack Turned WaterJump to Next Cause Everyone's Fail Faint Fall Feeble Hands Heart Limp Melt Slack Turned WaterIsaiah 13 1. God musters the armies of his wrath6. He threatens to destroy Babylon by the Medes 19. The desolation of Babylon Therefore This word connects the preceding verses with the current statement, indicating a consequence or result. In the context of Isaiah 13, it follows the prophecy of judgment against Babylon. The Hebrew word used here is "לָכֵן" (lakhen), which often introduces a conclusion based on prior statements. It emphasizes the certainty of God's judgment as a response to the sins and arrogance of Babylon. all hands will fall limp and every man's heart will melt (7) They shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth.--The image of powerless agony occurs both in earlier and later prophets (Hosea 13:3; Micah 5:9; Jeremiah 6:24, et al.). Perhaps the most striking parallelism is found in Psalm 48:6, probably, like the other psalms of the sons of Korah, contemporary with Isaiah. . . . Verse 7. - Therefore shall all hands be faint (comp. Jeremiah 1:43; Ezekiel 7:17; Zephaniah 3:16). There shall be a general inaction and apathy. Recently discovered accounts of the capture of Babylon by Cyrus show a great want of activity and vigor on the part of the defenders. Every man's heart shall melt (comp. Deuteronomy 20:8; Joshua 2:11; Joshua 5:1, etc.). The general inaction will spring from a general despondency. This statement agrees much better with the recently discovered documents than does the statement of Herodotus, that, safe within their walls, the Babylonians despised their assailants, and regarded themselves as perfectly secure.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Thereforeעַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every hands יָדַ֣יִם (yā·ḏa·yim) Noun - fd Strong's 3027: A hand will fall limp, תִּרְפֶּ֑ינָה (tir·pe·nāh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural Strong's 7503: Sink, relax and every וְכָל־ (wə·ḵāl) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every man’s אֱנ֖וֹשׁ (’ĕ·nō·wōš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 582: Man, mankind heart לְבַ֥ב (lə·ḇaḇ) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3824: Inner man, mind, will, heart will melt. יִמָּס׃ (yim·mās) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 4549: To liquefy, to waste, to faint Links Isaiah 13:7 NIVIsaiah 13:7 NLT Isaiah 13:7 ESV Isaiah 13:7 NASB Isaiah 13:7 KJV Isaiah 13:7 BibleApps.com Isaiah 13:7 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 13:7 Chinese Bible Isaiah 13:7 French Bible Isaiah 13:7 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Isaiah 13:7 Therefore all hands will be feeble (Isa Isi Is) |