Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “Assyria will fall by no human sword; a sword, not of mortals, will devour them. They will flee before the sword and their young men will be put to forced labor. New Living Translation “The Assyrians will be destroyed, but not by the swords of men. The sword of God will strike them, and they will panic and flee. The strong young Assyrians will be taken away as captives. English Standard Version “And the Assyrian shall fall by a sword, not of man; and a sword, not of man, shall devour him; and he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be put to forced labor. Berean Standard Bible “Then Assyria will fall, but not by the sword of man; a sword will devour them, but not one made by mortals. They will flee before the sword, and their young men will be put to forced labor. King James Bible Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be discomfited. New King James Version “Then Assyria shall fall by a sword not of man, And a sword not of mankind shall devour him. But he shall flee from the sword, And his young men shall become forced labor. New American Standard Bible And the Assyrian will fall by a sword not wielded by a man, And a sword not of man will devour him. So he will not escape the sword, And his young men will become forced laborers. NASB 1995 And the Assyrian will fall by a sword not of man, And a sword not of man will devour him. So he will not escape the sword, And his young men will become forced laborers. NASB 1977 And the Assyrian will fall by a sword not of man, And a sword not of man will devour him. So he will not escape the sword, And his young men will become forced laborers. Legacy Standard Bible And the Assyrian will fall by a sword not of man, And a sword not of man will devour him. So he will flee from the sword, And his choice men will become forced laborers. Amplified Bible Then the Assyrian will fall by a sword not of man, And a sword not of man will devour him. And he will flee from the sword [of God], And his young men will become forced labor. Christian Standard Bible Then Assyria will fall, but not by human sword; a sword will devour him, but not one made by man. He will flee from the sword; his young men will be put to forced labor. Holman Christian Standard Bible Then Assyria will fall, but not by human sword; a sword will devour him, but not one made by man. He will flee from the sword; his young men will be put to forced labor. American Standard Version And the Assyrian shall fall by the sword, not of man; and the sword, not of men, shall devour him; and he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall become subject to taskwork. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And the Assyrian shall fall by the sword, a sword not of men, and a sword not of giants, shall devour him, and he will flee for himself from before the sword, and his young men shall be for standards Brenton Septuagint Translation And the Assyrian shall fall: not the sword of a great man, nor the sword of a mean man shall devour him; neither shall he flee from the face of the sword: but the young men shall be overthrown: Contemporary English Version The Assyrians will be killed, but not by the swords of humans. Their young men will try to escape, but they will be captured and forced into slavery. Douay-Rheims Bible And the Assyrian shall fall by the sword not of a man, and the sword not of a man shall devour him, and he shall flee not at the face of the sword: and his young men shall be tributaries. English Revised Version Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of man; and the sword, not of men, shall devour him: and he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall become tributary. GOD'S WORD® Translation Then Assyrians will be killed with swords not made by human hands. Swords not made by human hands will destroy them. They will flee from battle, and their young men will be made to do forced labor. Good News Translation Assyria will be destroyed in war, but not by human power. The Assyrians will run from battle, and their young men will be made slaves. International Standard Version "Then Assyria will fall by a sword that is not from human beings only — a sword not wielded by mortal beings will devour them. They will flee from the sword, and their young men will be put to forced labor. JPS Tanakh 1917 Then shall Asshur fall with the sword, not of man, And the sword, not of men, shall devour him; And he shall flee from the sword, And his young men shall become tributary. Literal Standard Version And Asshur has fallen by sword, not of the high, | Indeed, a sword—not of the low, consumes him, | And he has fled for himself from the face of a sword, | And his young men become tributary. Majority Standard Bible “Then Assyria will fall, but not by the sword of man; a sword will devour them, but not one made by mortals. They will flee before the sword, and their young men will be put to forced labor. New American Bible Assyria shall fall by a sword, not wielded by human being, no mortal sword shall devour him; He shall flee before the sword, and his young men shall be impressed as laborers. NET Bible Assyria will fall by a sword, but not one human-made; a sword not made by humankind will destroy them. They will run away from this sword and their young men will be forced to do hard labor. New Revised Standard Version “Then the Assyrian shall fall by a sword, not of mortals; and a sword, not of humans, shall devour him; he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be put to forced labor. New Heart English Bible "The Assyrian will fall by the sword, not of man; and the sword, not of humankind, shall devour him. He will flee from the sword, and his young men will become subject to forced labor. Webster's Bible Translation Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be discomfited. World English Bible “The Assyrian will fall by the sword, not of man; and the sword, not of mankind, shall devour him. He will flee from the sword, and his young men will become subject to forced labor. Young's Literal Translation And fallen hath Asshur by sword, not of the high, Yea, a sword -- not of the low, doth consume him, And he hath fled for himself from the face of a sword, And his young men become tributary. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Woe to Those Who Rely on Egypt…7For on that day, every one of you will reject the idols of silver and gold that your own hands have sinfully made. 8“Then Assyria will fall, but not by the sword of man; a sword will devour them, but not one made by mortals. They will flee before the sword, and their young men will be put to forced labor. 9Their rock will pass away for fear, and their princes will panic at the sight of the battle standard,” declares the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, whose furnace is in Jerusalem.… Cross References Genesis 49:15 He saw that his resting place was good and that his land was pleasant, so he bent his shoulder to the burden and submitted to labor as a servant. Isaiah 10:12 So when the Lord has completed all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, "I will punish the king of Assyria for the fruit of his arrogant heart and the proud look in his eyes. Isaiah 14:2 The nations will escort Israel and bring it to its homeland. Then the house of Israel will possess the nations as menservants and maidservants in the LORD's land. They will make captives of their captors and rule over their oppressors. Isaiah 14:25 I will break Assyria in My land; I will trample him on My mountain. His yoke will be taken off My people, and his burden removed from their shoulders." Isaiah 21:15 For they flee from the sword--the sword that is drawn--from the bow that is bent, and from the stress of battle. Isaiah 27:7 Has the LORD struck Israel as He struck her oppressors? Was she killed like those who slayed her? Isaiah 30:31 For Assyria will be shattered at the voice of the LORD; He will strike them with His scepter. Treasury of Scripture Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be discomfited. shall the Isaiah 10:16-19,33,34 Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire… Isaiah 14:25 That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders. Isaiah 29:5 Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly. he shall flee Isaiah 37:37,38 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh… from the sword. Jump to Previous Asshur Assyria Assyrian Cause Consume Destruction Devour Discomfited Escape Face Fall Fallen Fled Flee Flight Forced Great High Labor Mankind Mean Mighty Mortals Subject Sword Taskwork Tributary YoungJump to Next Asshur Assyria Assyrian Cause Consume Destruction Devour Discomfited Escape Face Fall Fallen Fled Flee Flight Forced Great High Labor Mankind Mean Mighty Mortals Subject Sword Taskwork Tributary YoungIsaiah 31 1. The prophet shows the folly and danger of trusting Egypt, and forsaking God6. He exhorts to conversion 8. He shows the fall of Assyria (8) Not of a mighty man . . .--The Hebrew has no adjectives, but the nouns are those which are commonly opposed to each other in this way, as in Isaiah 2:9, like the Latin vir and homo. The thought expressed is, of course, that the whole work would be of God, and not of man. The "sword" was that of the Divine judgment (Deuteronomy 32:41), perhaps, as in 1Chronicles 21:16, of the destroying angel of the pestilence.Verse 8. - Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; rather, and Assyria shall fall by the sword of one who is not a man Assyria's destruction will not be by the visible swords of human enemies, but by the invisible sword of God (comp. 2 Kings 19:35). And the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him; rather, and the sword of one who is not a mortal shall detour him - an instance of "synonymous parallelism." He shall flee; more literally, betake himself to flight. His young men shall be discomfited; rather, as in the margin, shall be for tribute. They shall become the vassals of a foreign power. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew “Then Assyriaאַשּׁוּר֙ (’aš·šūr) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 804: Ashshur will fall, וְנָפַ֤ל (wə·nā·p̄al) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5307: To fall, lie but not לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no by the sword בְּחֶ֣רֶב (bə·ḥe·reḇ) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword of man; אִ֔ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person a sword וְחֶ֥רֶב (wə·ḥe·reḇ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword will devour them, תֹּֽאכֲלֶ֑נּוּ (tō·ḵă·len·nū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | third person masculine singular Strong's 398: To eat but not לֹֽא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no one made by mortals. אָדָ֖ם (’ā·ḏām) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being They will flee וְנָ֥ס (wə·nās) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5127: To flit, vanish away before מִפְּנֵי־ (mip·pə·nê-) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 6440: The face the sword, חֶ֔רֶב (ḥe·reḇ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword and their young men וּבַחוּרָ֖יו (ū·ḇa·ḥū·rāw) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 970: Selected, a youth will be put יִהְיֽוּ׃ (yih·yū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be to forced labor. לָמַ֥ס (lā·mas) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4522: Body of forced laborers, forced service, taskworkers, taskwork, serfdom Links Isaiah 31:8 NIVIsaiah 31:8 NLT Isaiah 31:8 ESV Isaiah 31:8 NASB Isaiah 31:8 KJV Isaiah 31:8 BibleApps.com Isaiah 31:8 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 31:8 Chinese Bible Isaiah 31:8 French Bible Isaiah 31:8 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Isaiah 31:8 The Assyrian will fall by the sword (Isa Isi Is) |
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