ISA 10:34 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX καὶ πεσοῦνται ὑψηλοὶ μαχαίρᾳ, ὁ δὲ Λίβανος σὺν τοῖς ὑψηλοῖς πεσεῖται.
(kai pesountai hupsaʸloi maⱪaira, ho de Libanos sun tois hupsaʸlois peseitai. )

BrTr and the lofty ones shall fall by the sword, and Libanus shall fall with his lofty ones.

ULT And he will chop down the thickets of the forest with an ax,
⇔ and Lebanon will fall with force.

UST He will destroy the soldiers of Assyria
⇔ as men use big axes to cut down the tall trees in the forests of Lebanon.

BSB He will clear the forest thickets with an axe,
⇔ and Lebanon will fall before the Mighty One.

OEB He strikes with his axe the wild thickets away,
⇔ and Lebanon’s glorious cedar are fallen.

WEBBE He will cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon will fall by the Mighty One.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET The thickets of the forest will be chopped down with an ax,
⇔ and mighty Lebanon will fall.

LSV And He has gone around the thickets of the forest with iron,
And Lebanon falls by a mighty one!

FBV He will cut down the thick forest with an ax, and Lebanon[fn] will fall at the hand of the Mighty One.

10:34 “Lebanon”: a symbolic term for Assyria, see for example Ezekiel 31:3.

T4T He will destroy the soldiers of Assyria
⇔ like men use big axes to cut down the tall trees in the forests of Lebanon.

LEB • and Lebanon will fall by the mighty one.

BBE And he is cutting down the thick places of the wood with an axe, and Lebanon with its tall trees is coming down.

Moff No Moff ISA book available

JPS And He shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.

ASV And he will cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.

DRA And the thickets of the forest shall be cut down with iron, and Libanus with its high ones shall fall.

YLT And He hath gone round the thickets of the forest with iron, And Lebanon by a mighty one falleth!

Drby and he shall make clearings in the thickets of the forest with iron; and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.

RV And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.

Wbstr And he shall cut down the thickets of the forests with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.

KJB-1769 And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.[fn]

10.34 by…: or, mightily

KJB-1611 [fn]And he shall cut downe the thickets of the forrests with yron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mightie one.
(And he shall cut down the thickets of the forests with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.)

10:34 Or, mightily.

Bshps The thickets also of the wood shall he roote out with iron, and Libanus shall haue a fall thorowe the mightie.
(The thickets also of the wood shall he root out with iron, and Libanus shall have a fall thorowe the mighty.)

Gnva And he shall cut away the thicke places of the forest with yron, and Lebanon shall haue a mightie fall.
(And he shall cut away the thick places of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall have a mighty fall. )

Cvdl The thornes of the wod shal be rooted out wt yron, and Libanus shal haue a mightie fal.
(The thorns of the wod shall be rooted out with iron, and Libanus shall have a mighty fal.)

Wycl And proude men schulen be maade low, and the thicke thingis of the forest schulen be distried bi irun; and the Liban with hiy thingis schal falle doun.
(And proud men should be madee low, and the thick things of the forest should be distried by irun; and the Liban with high things shall fall down.)

Luth Und der dicke Wald wird mit Eisen umgehauen werden, und Libanon wird fallen durch den Mächtigen.
(And the/of_the dicke Wald becomes with Eisen umgehauen become, and Libanon becomes fallen through the Mächtigen.)

ClVg Et subvertentur condensa saltus ferro; et Libanus cum excelsis cadet.]
(And subvertentur condensa saltus ferro; and Libanus when/with excelsis cadet.] )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) He will chop down the thickets … and Lebanon in his majesty will fall

(Some words not found in UHB: and,cut_down thickets the,forest in/on/at/with,axe and,the,Lebanon in/on/at/with,mighty fall )

Isaiah speaks of the army of Assyria as if it were the tall trees in Lebanon. God will destroy the army like people cutting down the mighty trees of Lebanon. This emphasizes that though the army is strong, God has the power to destroy it.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) the thickets of the forest

(Some words not found in UHB: and,cut_down thickets the,forest in/on/at/with,axe and,the,Lebanon in/on/at/with,mighty fall )

“the dense shrubs in the forest.” This is possibly a metaphor for those people who are not well known.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) Lebanon in his majesty will fall

(Some words not found in UHB: and,cut_down thickets the,forest in/on/at/with,axe and,the,Lebanon in/on/at/with,mighty fall )

“the forests of Lebanon will no longer be so grand.” This is possibly a metaphor for the Assyrian army. Alternate translation: “Yahweh will defeat the army of Assyria, as mighty as it is”

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