Isaiah 36:5 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“I say, sayest thou, (but they are but vain words) I have counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?”
Isaiah 36:5 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Isaiah 36:5 in 6 Bible Translations
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Isaiah 36:5 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“I say that your counsel and strength for the war are only vain words. Now in whom do you trust, that you have rebelled against me?”
Isaiah 36:5 — World English Bible
Isaiah 36:5 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“I say, thy counsel and strength for the war are but vain words: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou hast rebelled against me? ”
Isaiah 36:5 — American Standard Version
Isaiah 36:5 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“I have said: Only, a word of the lips! counsel and might <FI>are<Fi> for battle: now, on whom hast thou trusted, that thou hast rebelled against me?”
Isaiah 36:5 — Young's Literal Translation
Isaiah 36:5 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Thou sayest, but it is a word of the lips, [There is] counsel and strength for war. Now on whom dost thou rely, that thou hast revolted against me? ”
Isaiah 36:5 — Darby Translation
Isaiah 36:5 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“I say, Surely I haue eloquence, but counsell and strength are for the warre: on whom then doest thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?”
Isaiah 36:5 — Geneva Bible
Isaiah 36:5 in Context — Isaiah 36
3 Then came forth unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah’s son, which was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph’s son, the recorder.
4 And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?
5 I say, sayest thou, (but they are but vain words) I have counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?
6 Lo, 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.
7 But if thou say to me, We trust in the Lord our God: is it not he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar?
What Does Isaiah 36:5 Mean?
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