ISA 28:18 Parallel View

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ULT And your covenant with death will be dissolved,
⇔ and your agreement with Sheol will not stand.
 ⇔ The cascading whip that passes through,
⇔ you will be overwhelmed by it.

UST I will cancel the covenant that you made with death,
⇔ and I will bring to an end the covenant you made with the place where the dead dwell.
 ⇔ But when the vast flood comes, it will pour over you;
⇔ and day after day it will pass over you.

BSB Your covenant with death will be dissolved,
⇔ and your agreement with Sheol will not stand.
 ⇔ When the overwhelming scourge passes through,
⇔ you will be trampled by it.

OEB Your league with death will be clean disannulled,
⇔ and your compact with Sheol will no wise stand.
 ⇔ When the flood swept on, it will trample you down;
⇔ each time that it passes, ’twill bear you away.

WEB Your covenant with death shall be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol[fn] shall not stand. When the overflowing scourge passes through, then you will be trampled down by it.

28:18 Sheol is the place of the dead.

NET Your treaty with death will be dissolved;
 ⇔ your agreement with Sheol will not last.
 ⇔ When the overwhelming judgment sweeps by,
 ⇔ you will be overrun by it.

LSV And your covenant with death has been annulled,
And your provision with Sheol does not stand,
An overflowing scourge, when it passes over,
Then you have been to it for a treading-place.

FBV Your agreement with death will be canceled; your contract with the grave will be revoked. When the terrible disaster rushes by, it will trample you underfoot.

T4T I will annul/destroy the agreement that you made with the leaders of Egypt.
⇔ You thought that because of that agreement you would not be killed, and you would not go to the place where the dead are.
 ⇔ But when the vast army of Assyria overwhelms you like a flood,
⇔ they will trample you into the ground.

LEB • and your agreement with Sheol will not stand; • you will become a trampling place for the overwhelming flood when it passes through.

BBE And the help you were looking for from death will come to nothing, and your agreement with the underworld will be broken; when the overflowing waters come through, then you will be overcome by them.

MOF No MOF ISA book available

JPS And your covenant with death shall be disannulled and your agreement with the nether-world shall not stand; when the scouring scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it,

ASV And your covenant with death shall be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.

DRA And Sour league with death shall be abolished, and your covenant with hell shall not stand: when the overflowing scourge shall pass, you shall be trodden down by it.

YLT And disannulled hath been your covenant with death, And your provision with Sheol doth not stand, An overflowing scourge, when it passeth over, Then ye have been to it for a treading-place.

DBY And your covenant with death shall be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, ye shall be trodden down by it.

RV And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.

WBS And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.

KJB ¶ And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.[fn]
(¶ And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye/you_all shall be trodden down by it.)

28.18 trodden…: Heb. a treading down to it

BB And thus the couenaunt that ye made with death, shalbe disanulled, and your agreement that ye made with hell shall not stand, yea when the sore plague goeth foorth, ye shalbe troden downe vnder it.
(And thus the covenant that ye/you_all made with death, shall be disanulled, and your agreement that ye/you_all made with hell shall not stand, yea when the sore plague goeth/goes forth, ye/you_all shall be troden down under it.)

GNV And your couenant with death shalbe disanulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand: when a scourge shall runne ouer and passe through, then shall ye be trode downe by it.
(And your covenant with death shall be disanulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand: when a scourge shall runne over and pass through, then shall ye/you_all be trode down by it. )

CB Thus the appoyntmet that ye haue made wt death, shalbe done awaye, and the codicion that ye made with hell, shal not stode. When the greate destructio goeth thorow, it shal all to treade you, It shal take you quyte awaye before it.
(Thus the appoyntmet that ye/you_all have made with death, shall be done away, and the codicion that ye/you_all made with hell, shall not stood. When the great destructio goeth/goes through, it shall all to treade you, It shall take you quyte away before it.)

WYC and youre couenaunt with helle schal not stonde; whanne the scourge flowynge schal passe, ye schulen be to it in to defoulyng.
(and your(pl) covenant with hell shall not stonde; when the scourge flowynge shall passe, ye/you_all should be to it in to defoulyng.)

LUT daß euer Bund mit dem Tode los werde und euer Verstand mit der Hölle nicht bestehe; und wenn eine Flut dahergehet, wird sie euch zertreten; sobald sie dahergehet, wird sie euch wegnehmen.
(daß euer Bund with to_him Tode los become and euer Verstand with the hell not bestehe; and when one Flut dahergehet, becomes they/she/them you zertreten; sobald they/she/them dahergehet, becomes they/she/them you wegnehmen.)

CLV Et delebitur fœdus vestrum cum morte, et pactum vestrum cum inferno non stabit: flagellum inundans cum transierit, eritis ei in conculcationem.
(And delebitur fœdus of_you when/with morte, and pactum of_you when/with inferno not/no stabit: flagellum inundans when/with transierit, eritis to_him in conculcationem. )

BRN [fn]except it also take away your covenant of death, and your trust in Hades shall by no means stand: if the rushing storm should come upon you, ye shall be beaten down by it.

28:18 Or, shall it not also? etc.

BrLXX μὴ καὶ ἀφέλῃ ὑμῶν τὴν διαθήκην τοῦ θανάτου, καὶ ἡ ἐλπὶς ὑμῶν ἡ πρὸς τὸν ᾅδην οὐ μὴ ἐμμείνῃ· καταιγὶς φερομένη ἐὰν ἐπέλθῃ, ἔσεσθε αὐτῇ εἰς καταπάτημα.
(maʸ kai afelaʸ humōn taʸn diathaʸkaʸn tou thanatou, kai haʸ elpis humōn haʸ pros ton ᾅdaʸn ou maʸ emmeinaʸ; kataigis feromenaʸ ean epelthaʸ, esesthe autaʸ eis katapataʸma. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

(Occurrence 0) Your covenant with death will be dissolved, and your agreement with Sheol will not stand

(Some words not found in UHB: and,annulled covenant,your_all's DOM death and,agreement,your_all's DOM sheol not stand scourge overwhelming that/for/because/then/when passes_through and=you_all_will_be to=him/it as,beaten_down )

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “I will cancel the covenant you have with death, and I will cancel the agreement you have with Sheol”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) covenant with death … agreement with Sheol

This could mean: (1) the leaders of Jerusalem had used magic or sorcery to try to make an agreement with the gods of the place of the dead so that these gods would protect them from dying or (2) this is a metaphor that speaks of the leaders having made an agreement with the leaders of Egypt. The leaders of Jerusalem were so confident that the Egyptians would protect that it was like they had made an agreement with the gods of the place of the dead. See how you translated this in Isaiah 28:15.

(Occurrence 0) will not stand

Alternate translation: “will not last”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

(Occurrence 0) When the raging flood passes through

This could mean: (1) “flood” is a synecdoche that represents anything in general that will cause destruction or (2) “flood” is a metaphor referring to the enemy army that Yahweh will send to destroy the people of Jerusalem. (See also: figs-metaphor)

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

(Occurrence 0) you will be overwhelmed by it

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “it will overwhelm you” or “it will destroy you”

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