Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Lo, I am stirring up against them the Medes, Who silver esteem not, And gold -- they delight not in it.
New American Standard Bible
Who will not value silver or
King James Version
Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.
Holman Bible
who cannot be bought off with
and who have no desire for gold.
International Standard Version
Watch out! I'm stirring up the Medes against them, who care nothing for silver and take no delight in gold.
A Conservative Version
Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who shall not regard silver, and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.
American Standard Version
Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who shall not regard silver, and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.
Amplified
Listen carefully, I will put the Medes [in motion] against them,
Who have no regard for silver and do not delight in gold [and therefore cannot be bribed].
Bible in Basic English
See, I am driving the Medes against them, who put no value on silver and have no pleasure in gold.
Darby Translation
Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who do not regard silver, and as for gold, they have no delight in it.
Julia Smith Translation
Behold me rousing up the Modes against them, who shall not reckon silver; and gold they shall not delight in it
King James 2000
Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Look! I [am] stirring the Medes up against them, who do not value silver and do not delight in gold.
Modern King James verseion
Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who shall not value silver; and they shall not delight in gold.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For lo, I shall bring up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver, nor be desirous of gold.
NET Bible
Look, I am stirring up the Medes to attack them; they are not concerned about silver, nor are they interested in gold.
New Heart English Bible
Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who will not value silver, and as for gold, they will not delight in it.
The Emphasized Bible
Behold me! stirring up against them the Medes, - Who of silver, shall take no account, And as for gold, they shall not delight in it;
Webster
Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.
World English Bible
Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who will not value silver, and as for gold, they will not delight in it.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 13:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
An Oracle Against Babylon
16 And their sucklings are dashed to pieces before their eyes, Spoiled are their houses, and their wives lain with. 17 Lo, I am stirring up against them the Medes, Who silver esteem not, And gold -- they delight not in it. 18 And bows dash young men to pieces, And the fruit of the womb they pity not, On sons their eye hath no pity.
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Cross References
Proverbs 6:34-35
For jealousy is the fury of a man, And he doth not spare in a day of vengeance.
Jeremiah 51:11
Cleanse ye the arrows, fill the shields, Stirred up hath Jehovah the spirit of the kings of Madia, For against Babylon His device is to destroy it, For the vengeance of Jehovah it is, The vengeance of His temple.
Isaiah 21:2
A hard vision hath been declared to me, The treacherous dealer is dealing treacherously, And the destroyer is destroying. Go up, O Elam, besiege, O Media, All its sighing I have caused to cease.
Isaiah 13:3-5
I have given charge to My sanctified ones, Also I have called My mighty ones for Mine anger, Those rejoicing at Mine excellency.'
Isaiah 41:25
I have stirred up one from the north, And he cometh, From the rising of the sun he calleth in My name, And he cometh in on prefects as on clay, And as a potter treadeth down mire.
Jeremiah 50:9
For, lo, I am stirring up, And am causing to come up against Babylon, An assembly of great nations from a land of the north, And they have set in array against her, From thence she is captured, Its arrow -- as a skilful hero -- returneth not empty,
Jeremiah 51:27-28
Lift ye up an ensign in the land, Blow a trumpet among nations, Sanctify against it nations, Summon against it the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz, Appoint against it an infant head, Cause the horse to ascend as the rough cankerworm.
Daniel 5:28-31
Divided -- Divided is thy kingdom, and it hath been given to the Medes and Persians.'