Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
“At first My people went down to Egypt to live there,
then Assyria oppressed them without cause.
New American Standard Bible
For thus says the Lord
King James Version
For thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.
International Standard Version
For this is what the LORD says: "My people went down long ago into Egypt to live there; the Assyrian, too, has oppressed them without cause.
A Conservative Version
For thus says lord LORD, My people went down at the first into Egypt to sojourn there. And the Assyrian has oppressed them without cause.
American Standard Version
For thus saith the Lord Jehovah, My people went down at the first into Egypt to sojourn there: and the Assyrian hath oppressed them without cause.
Amplified
For the Lord God says this, “My people went down at the first into Egypt to live there; and [many years later Sennacherib] the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.
Bible in Basic English
For the Lord God says, My people went down at first into Egypt, to get a place for themselves there: and the Assyrian put a cruel yoke on them without cause.
Darby Translation
For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: My people went down at the first into Egypt to sojourn there, and Assyria oppressed them without cause;
Julia Smith Translation
Thus said the Lord Jehovah, My people at first went down to Egypt to sojourn there, and Assur oppressed them for nothing.
King James 2000
For thus says the Lord GOD, My people went down at first into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For thus says the Lord Yahweh: "My people went down [to] Egypt in the beginning, to dwell as aliens there, and Assyria oppressed him {without cause}.
Modern King James verseion
For so says the Lord Jehovah, My people went down before into Egypt to stay there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For thus hath the LORD said: My people went down aforetime into Egypt, there to be strangers. Afterward did the king of the Assyrians oppress them for naught.
NET Bible
For this is what the sovereign Lord says: "In the beginning my people went to live temporarily in Egypt; Assyria oppressed them for no good reason.
New Heart English Bible
For thus says the LORD, "My people went down at the first into Egypt to live there, and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.
The Emphasized Bible
For, thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, To Egypt, went down my people at first to sojourn there, - But, Assyria, without cause, hath oppressed him.
Webster
For thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went down formerly into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.
World English Bible
For thus says the Lord Yahweh, "My people went down at the first into Egypt to live there: and the Assyrian has oppressed them without cause.
Youngs Literal Translation
For thus said the Lord Jehovah: 'To Egypt My people went down at first to sojourn there, And Asshur -- for nought he hath oppressed it.
Interlinear
Yarad
Ri'shown
Guwr
'Ashshuwr
References
Easton
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 52:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Yahweh Redeems Zion
3
“You were sold for nothing,
and you will be redeemed without silver.”
“At first My people went down to Egypt to live there,
then Assyria oppressed them without cause.
this is the Lord’s declaration—
“that My people are taken away for nothing?
Its rulers wail”—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
“and My name is continually blasphemed all day long.
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 46:6
They also took their cattle and possessions they had acquired in the land of Canaan. Then Jacob and all his children went with him to Egypt.
Job 2:3
Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? No one else on earth is like him, a man of perfect integrity,
Psalm 25:3
will be disgraced;
those who act treacherously without cause
will be disgraced.
Psalm 69:4
are more numerous than the hairs of my head;
my deceitful enemies, who would destroy me,
are powerful.
Though I did not steal, I must repay.
Isaiah 14:25
I will tread him down on My mountain.
Then his yoke will be taken from them,
and his burden will be removed from their shoulders.
Isaiah 36:1-22
In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah,
Jeremiah 50:17
The first who devoured him was the king of Assyria;
the last one who crushed his bones
was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
John 15:25
Acts 7:14-15
Joseph then invited his father Jacob and all his relatives, 75 people in all,