Isaiah 14:4 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!”
Isaiah 14:4 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Isaiah 14:4 in 6 Bible Translations
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Isaiah 14:4 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“that you will take up this parable against the king of Babylon, and say, “How the oppressor has ceased! The golden city has ceased!””
Isaiah 14:4 — World English Bible
Isaiah 14:4 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“that thou shalt take up this parable against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased! ”
Isaiah 14:4 — American Standard Version
Isaiah 14:4 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“That thou hast taken up this simile Concerning the king of Babylon, and said, How hath the exactor ceased,”
Isaiah 14:4 — Young's Literal Translation
Isaiah 14:4 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“that thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased, — the exactress of gold ceased! ”
Isaiah 14:4 — Darby Translation
Isaiah 14:4 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Then shalt thou take vp this prouerbe against the King of Babel, and say, Howe hath the oppressor ceased? and the gold thirsty Babel rested?”
Isaiah 14:4 — Geneva Bible
Isaiah 14:4 in Context — Isaiah 14
2 And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the Lord for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.
3 And it shall come to pass in the day that the Lord shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve,
4 That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!
5 The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers.
6 He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth.
What Does Isaiah 14:4 Mean?
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