ISA 17:12 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Οὐαὶ πλῆθος ἐθνῶν πολλῶν· ὡς θάλασσα κυμαίνουσα, οὕτω ταραχθήσεσθε· καὶ νῶτος ἐθνῶν πολλῶν, ὡς ὕδωρ ἠχήσει.
(Ouai plaʸthos ethnōn pollōn; hōs thalassa kumainousa, houtō taraⱪthaʸsesthe; kai nōtos ethnōn pollōn, hōs hudōr aʸⱪaʸsei. )

BrTr Woe to the multitude of many nations, as the swelling sea, so shall ye be confounded; and the [fn]force of many nations shall sound like water;

17:12 Gr. back; Complut. reads ἠχος, ‘noise’.

ULT ⇔ Woe! The uproar of many peoples—
⇔  like the roaring of the seas they roar.
⇔ And the rumble of nations—
⇔  like the rumbling of mighty waters they rumble!

UST Listen! The armies of many nations will roar like the sea roars.
⇔ It will sound like noise of crashing waves.

BSB ⇔ Alas, the tumult of many peoples;
⇔ they rage like the roaring seas and clamoring nations;
⇔ they rumble like the crashing of mighty waters.

OEB Ha!
⇔ The uproar of peoples many!
⇔ They roar like the roar of the sea:
⇔ the thunder of mighty nations,
⇔ they thunder as ocean thunders.

WEBBE Ah, the uproar of many peoples who roar like the roaring of the seas; and the rushing of nations that rush like the rushing of mighty waters!

WMBB (Same as above)

NET The many nations massing together are as good as dead,
⇔ those who make a commotion as loud as the roaring of the sea’s waves.
⇔ The people making such an uproar are as good as dead,
⇔ those who make an uproar as loud as the roaring of powerful waves.

LSV Woe [to] the multitude of many peoples,
They sound as the sounding of seas; And the roaring of nations,
As the roaring of mighty waters [that] make a crashing.

FBV Disaster is coming to the many nations that growl, growling like the raging sea! Disaster is coming to the peoples who roar, roaring like thundering waters![fn]

17:12 While the nation is not named, this prophecy probably applies to Assyria.

T4T ⇔ Listen! The armies of many nations will roar like the sea roars.
⇔ It will sound like the noise of crashing waves.

LEB • The noise of many peoples, they make a noise like the noise of the seas! And the roar of nations, they roar like the roar of mighty waters!

BBE Ah! the voice of peoples, like the loud sounding of the seas, and the thundering of great nations rushing on like the bursting out of waters!

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JPS Ah, the uproar of many peoples, that roar like the roaring of the seas; and the rushing of nations, that rush like the rushing of mighty waters!

ASV Ah, the uproar of many peoples, that roar like the roaring of the seas; and the rushing of nations, that rush like the rushing of mighty waters!

DRA Woe to the multitude of many people, like the multitude of the roaring sea: and the tumult of crowds, like the noise of many waters.

YLT Woe [to] the multitude of many peoples, As the sounding of seas they sound; And [to] the wasting of nations, As the wasting of mighty waters they are wasted.

Drby Ha! a tumult of many peoples! they make a noise as the noise of the seas; — and the rushing of nations! they rush as the rushing of mighty waters.

RV Ah, the uproar of many peoples, which roar like the roaring of the seas; and the rushing of nations, that rush like the rushing of mighty waters!

Wbstr Woe to the multitude of many people, who make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters!

KJB-1769 ¶ Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters![fn][fn]

17.12 multitude: or, noise

17.12 mighty: or, many

KJB-1611 ¶ [fn][fn]Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise, like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushing, like the rushing of mighty waters.
(Same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

17:12 Or, noise.

17:12 Or, many.

Bshps Wo shalbe to the multitude of much people, which shall make a sounde lyke to the noyse of the sea, and the violence of the nations which shall rage lyke the russhyng in of many waters.
(Woe shall be to the multitude of much people, which shall make a sound like to the noise of the sea, and the violence of the nations which shall rage like the russhyng in of many waters.)

Gnva Ah, the multitude of many people, they shall make a sounde like the noyse of the sea: for the noyse of the people shall make a sounde like the noyse of mightie waters.
(Ah, the multitude of many people, they shall make a sound like the noise of the sea: for the noise of the people shall make a sound like the noise of mighty waters. )

Cvdl Wo be to the multitude of moch people, that russh in like the see, and to the heape of folke, that renne ouer all like greate waters.
(Woe be to the multitude of much people, that russh in like the see, and to the heap of folke, that renne over all like great waters.)

Wycl Wo to the multitude of many puplis, as the multitude of the see sownynge, and the noise of cumpenyes as the sown of many watris.
(Woe to the multitude of many puplis, as the multitude of the sea sownynge, and the noise of cumpenyes as the sown of many waters.)

Luth O wehe der Menge so großen Volks! Wie das Meer wird es brausen, und das Getümmel der Leute wird wüten, wie große Wasser wüten.
(O wehe the/of_the Menge so large peoples! How the sea becomes it brausen, and the Getümmel the/of_the Leute becomes wüten, like large water wüten.)

ClVg Væ multitudini populorum multorum, ut multitudo maris sonantis; et tumultus turbarum, sicut sonitus aquarum multarum.[fn]
(Alas multitudini to_the_peoplerum multorum, as multitudo maris sonantis; and tumultus turbarum, like sonitus waterrum multarum. )

17.12 Væ multitudini. Sennacherib et exercitui ejus, etc., usque ad cuncta opprimere et occupare cupienti.

17.12 Alas multitudini. Sennacherib and exercitui his, etc., until to cuncta opprimere and occupare cupienti.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

(Occurrence 0) The uproar of many peoples, that roar like the roaring of the seas

(Some words not found in UHB: ah thunder peoples many like,roaring seas roar, and,roar nations like,roaring waters mighty roar, )

An uproar is a very loud noise. Alternate translation: “The sound of many people, that is very loud like the seas”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

(Occurrence 0) the rushing of nations, that rush like the rushing of mighty waters

(Some words not found in UHB: ah thunder peoples many like,roaring seas roar, and,roar nations like,roaring waters mighty roar, )

The enemy armies appear to be a powerful force that no one can stop. Alternate translation: “the nations come rushing in like the mighty waters”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

(Occurrence 0) the rushing of nations

(Some words not found in UHB: ah thunder peoples many like,roaring seas roar, and,roar nations like,roaring waters mighty roar, )

The word “nations” refers to the armies of those nations. Alternate translation: “the rushing of the enemy armies”

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