Parallel Verses
Amplified
Then God removed the [protective] covering of Judah;
And in that day you looked to the weapons of the House of the Forest (Solomon’s armory).
New American Standard Bible
In that day you
King James Version
And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the armour of the house of the forest.
Holman Bible
On that day you looked to the weapons in the House of the Forest.
International Standard Version
He has uncovered the defenses of Judah."
A Conservative Version
And he took away the covering of Judah, and thou looked in that day to the armor in the house of the forest.
American Standard Version
And he took away the covering of Judah; and thou didst look in that day to the armor in the house of the forest.
Bible in Basic English
He took away the cover of Judah; and in that day you were looking with care at the store of arms in the house of the woods.
Darby Translation
And he uncovereth the covering of Judah: and thou didst look in that day to the armour in the house of the forest;
Julia Smith Translation
And he will uncover the covering of Judah, and thou wilt look in that day to the weapons of the house of the forest
King James 2000
And he took away the covering of Judah, and you did look in that day to the armor of the house of the forest.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And he uncovered the covering of Judah. And you looked, on that day, to the weapons of the House of the Forest,
Modern King James verseion
And he removed Judah's covering, and you looked in that day to the armor of the house of the forest.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then was the covering of Judah put from thence, and then was seen the siege of the timber house.
NET Bible
They removed the defenses of Judah. At that time you looked for the weapons in the House of the Forest.
New Heart English Bible
He took away the covering of Judah; and you looked in that day to the armor in the house of the forest.
The Emphasized Bible
Then removed he the veil of Judah, - Yea thou didst peer on that day, into the armoury of the forest-house;
Webster
And he uncovered the coverings of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the armor of the house of the forest.
World English Bible
He took away the covering of Judah; and you looked in that day to the armor in the house of the forest.
Youngs Literal Translation
And one removeth the covering of Judah, And thou lookest in that day Unto the armour of the house of the forest,
Interlinear
Nabat
Yowm
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 22:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Oracle Against Jerusalem
7
And it came to pass that your choicest valleys were full of chariots,
And the horsemen took their fixed positions [in an offensive array] at the gate [of Jerusalem].
Then God removed the [protective] covering of Judah;
And in that day you looked to the weapons of the House of the Forest (Solomon’s armory).
You saw that the breaches
In the wall of the City of David [the citadel of Zion] were many;
You collected [within the city’s walls] the waters of the Lower Pool (Siloam).
Cross References
1 Kings 7:2
He also built the House of the Forest of Lebanon; its length was a hundred
1 Kings 10:17
He made three hundred smaller shields of beaten gold;
1 Kings 14:27-28
So King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and handed them over to the captains of the palace guard who guarded the doorway of the king’s house.
Song of Songs 4:4
“Your neck is like the tower of David,
Built with rows of [glistening] stones,
Whereon hang a thousand shields,
All of them shields of warriors.
Isaiah 36:1-3
Now in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and conquered them.