Isaiah 36:9 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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?”
Isaiah 36:9 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Isaiah 36:9 in 6 Bible Translations
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Isaiah 36:9 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“How then can you turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put your trust in Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?”
Isaiah 36:9 — World English Bible
Isaiah 36:9 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“How then canst 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? ”
Isaiah 36:9 — American Standard Version
Isaiah 36:9 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And how dost thou turn back the face of one captain of the least of the servants of my lord, and dost trust for thee on Egypt, for chariot and for horsemen?”
Isaiah 36:9 — Young's Literal Translation
Isaiah 36:9 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants? And thou reliest upon Egypt for chariots and for horsemen!”
Isaiah 36:9 — Darby Translation
Isaiah 36:9 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“For howe canst thou despise any captaine of the least of my lordes seruants? and put thy trust on Egypt for charets and for horsemen?”
Isaiah 36:9 — Geneva Bible
Isaiah 36:9 in Context — Isaiah 36
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.
11 Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and speak not to us in the Jews’ language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall.
What Does Isaiah 36:9 Mean?
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