Isaiah 30:7 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still.”
Isaiah 30:7 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Isaiah 30:7 in 6 Bible Translations
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Isaiah 30:7 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“For Egypt helps in vain, and to no purpose; therefore I have called her Rahab who sits still.”
Isaiah 30:7 — World English Bible
Isaiah 30:7 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“For Egypt helpeth in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I called her Rahab that sitteth still. ”
Isaiah 30:7 — American Standard Version
Isaiah 30:7 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Yea, Egyptians <FI>are<Fi> vanity, and in vain do help, Therefore I have cried concerning this: `Their strength <FI>is<Fi> to sit still.'”
Isaiah 30:7 — Young's Literal Translation
Isaiah 30:7 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“For Egypt shall help in vain, and to no purpose; therefore have I named her, Arrogance, that doeth nothing. ”
Isaiah 30:7 — Darby Translation
Isaiah 30:7 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“For the Egyptians are vanitie, and they shall helpe in vaine. Therefore haue I cried vnto her, Their strength is to sit still.”
Isaiah 30:7 — Geneva Bible
Isaiah 30:7 in Context — Isaiah 30
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.
6 The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit them.
7 For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still.
8 Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever:
9 That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the Lord:
What Does Isaiah 30:7 Mean?
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