Isaiah 36:8 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Now therefore give pledges, I pray thee, to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.”
Isaiah 36:8 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Isaiah 36:8 in 6 Bible Translations
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Isaiah 36:8 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Now therefore, please make a pledge to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able on your part to set riders on them.”
Isaiah 36:8 — World English Bible
Isaiah 36:8 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them. ”
Isaiah 36:8 — American Standard Version
Isaiah 36:8 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“`And now, negotiate, I pray thee, with my lord the king of Asshur, and I give to thee two thousand horses, if thou art able to put for thee riders on them.”
Isaiah 36:8 — Young's Literal Translation
Isaiah 36:8 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And now engage, I pray thee, with my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them. ”
Isaiah 36:8 — Darby Translation
Isaiah 36:8 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Nowe therefore giue hostages to my lorde the King of Asshur, and I wil giue thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders vpon them.”
Isaiah 36:8 — Geneva Bible
Isaiah 36:8 in Context — Isaiah 36
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?
8 Now therefore give pledges, I pray thee, to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.
9 How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
10 And am I now come up without the Lord against this land to destroy it? the Lord said unto me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.
What Does Isaiah 36:8 Mean?
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