Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
At that time, the LORD will hire a barber to come from beyond the Euphrates River that is, the king of Assyria and he will shave your heads, your leg hair, and your beards, too.
New American Standard Bible
In that day the Lord will
King James Version
In the same day shall the Lord shave with a rasor that is hired, namely, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard.
Holman Bible
On that day the Lord will use a razor
A Conservative Version
In that day LORD will shave with a razor what is hired in the parts beyond the River, [even] with the king of Assyria, the head and the hair of the feet, and it shall also consume the beard.
American Standard Version
In that day will the Lord shave with a razor that is hired in the parts beyond the River, even with the king of Assyria, the head and the hair of the feet; and it shall also consume the beard.
Amplified
In that day [when foreign armies swarm the land] the Lord will shave with a razor, hired from the regions beyond the Euphrates (that is, with the king of Assyria), [that razor will shave] the head and the hair of the legs; and it will also remove the beard [leaving Judah stripped, shamed and scorned].
Bible in Basic English
In that day will the Lord take away the hair of the head and of the feet, as well as the hair of the face, with a blade got for a price from the other side of the River; even with the king of Assyria.
Darby Translation
In that day will the Lord, with a razor which is hired beyond the river, with the king of Assyria, shave the head and the hair of the feet, yea, the beard also will it take away.
Julia Smith Translation
In that day shall Jehovah shave with a hired razor by those beyond the river, by the king of Assur, the head and the hair of the feet: and it also shall scrape off the beard.
King James 2000
In the same day shall the Lord shave with a hired razor, namely, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard.
Lexham Expanded Bible
On that day, the Lord will shave the head and the hair of the feet with a razor of the one hired from beyond [the] river--with the king of Assyria--and it will even take off the beard.
Modern King James verseion
In the same day the Lord shall shave with a razor that is hired, namely, by those Beyond the River, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet; and it shall also sweep away the beard.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
At the same time shall the LORD shave the hair of the head and the feet and the beard clean off, with the razor that he shall hire beyond the water: namely, with the king of the Assyrians.
NET Bible
At that time the sovereign master will use a razor hired from the banks of the Euphrates River, the king of Assyria, to shave the head and the pubic hair; it will also shave off the beard.
New Heart English Bible
In that day the Lord will shave with a razor that is hired in the parts beyond the River, even with the king of Assyria, the head and the hair of the feet; and it shall also consume the beard.
The Emphasized Bible
In that day, will My Lord shave, with hired razor, even with them of the lands over the River Euphrates, with the king of Assyria, the head and the hair of the feet, - yea, even the beard, will it sweep off.
Webster
In the same day will the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, namely, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard.
World English Bible
In that day the Lord will shave with a razor that is hired in the parts beyond the River, even with the king of Assyria, the head and the hair of the feet; and it shall also consume the beard.
Youngs Literal Translation
In that day doth the Lord shave, By a razor that is hired beyond the river, By the king of Asshur, The head, and the hair of the feet, Yea, also the beard it consumeth.
Themes
Ahaz » King of judah, son and successor of jotham » Prophecies concerning
Art » Primitive » Of the barber
Arts and crafts » Names of various » Barbers
Assyria » Prophecies concerning
Assyria » Predictions respecting » Invasion of judah by
Assyria » Situated beyond the euphrates
Beards » Shaving, illustrative of severe judgments
Euphrates, the » Assyria bounded by
Hairs » Judgments expressed by » Shaving
Isaiah » Prophecies, reproofs, and exhortations of » Denounces calamities against israel and judah
Topics
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 7:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
Assyria, The Lord's Instrument
19 They will all come and settle in the steep ravines, in the rocky crevices, in all the thorn bushes, and in all the pastures. 20 At that time, the LORD will hire a barber to come from beyond the Euphrates River that is, the king of Assyria and he will shave your heads, your leg hair, and your beards, too. 21 "At that time, a man will keep alive a heifer and two sheep,
Cross References
Isaiah 8:7
watch out! The LORD God is about to bring the flood waters of the Euphrates River against them, mighty and strong.
Isaiah 10:15
"Does the ax exalt itself over the one who swings it? Or does the saw magnify itself in opposition to the one who wields it? As if a rod were to wield those who lift it, or as if a club were to brandish the one who is not wood!
Ezekiel 5:1-4
"Now as for you, Son of Man, you are to go find a sharp sword and use it like a barber's razor. You are to cut your hair and beard. Then you are to take a weighing scale and divide your shaved hair into three parts.
2 Kings 16:7-8
So Ahaz sent envoys to Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, to tell him, "I am your servant and son. Save me from the king of Aram and the king of Israel, who are attacking me."
2 Kings 18:13-16
During the fourteenth year of the reign of King Hezekiah, King Sennacherib of Assyria approached all of the walled cities of Judah and seized them.
2 Chronicles 28:20-21
King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria attacked Ahaz and, instead of helping him, attacked him.
Isaiah 1:5
"Why will you still be struck down? Why will you continue to rebel? Your whole head is sick, and your whole heart is faint.
Isaiah 9:14-17
So the LORD has cut off from Israel head and tail, palm branch and reed in a single day
Isaiah 10:5-6
"How terrible it will be for Assyria, the rod of my anger! The club is in their hands!
Isaiah 11:15
The LORD will totally destroy the gulf of the Sea of Egypt. He will sweep his hand over the Euphrates River with a violent wind, breaking it up into seven streams, and making a way for people to cross on foot.
Isaiah 24:1-2
"Watch out! The LORD is about to depopulate the land and devastate it; he will turn it upside down and scatter its inhabitants.
Jeremiah 27:6-7
Now I've given all these lands to my servant, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and I've even given him the wild animals to serve him.
Ezekiel 29:18
"Son of Man, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon made his army work very hard to attack Tyre. They tore their hair out and rubbed their shoulders raw! Despite all of that work trying to capture Tyre, neither he nor his army got paid from Tyre for all that!
Ezekiel 29:20
I've given him the land of Egypt as a reward for attacking Tyre for me,' declares the Lord GOD.