Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
"Tell Hezekiah, king of Judah, "This is what the mighty king, the king of Assyria, has to say: What is this "guarantee" that makes you yourself rely on it? Do you really think that guarantees alone can withstand strategy and military strength? On whom are you now depending, that you're rebelling against me?
New American Standard Bible
I say, ‘Your counsel and strength for the war are only
King James Version
I say, sayest thou, (but they are but vain words) I have counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?
Holman Bible
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A Conservative Version
I say, [thy] counsel and strength for the war are but vain words. Now on whom do thou trust that thou have rebelled against me?
American Standard Version
I say, thy counsel and strength for the war are but vain words: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou hast rebelled against me?
Amplified
I say, ‘Your plan and strength for the war are only
Bible in Basic English
You say you have a design and strength for war, but these are only words: now to whom are you looking for support, that you have gone against my authority?
Darby Translation
Thou sayest, but it is a word of the lips, There is counsel and strength for war. Now on whom dost thou rely, that thou hast revolted against me?
Julia Smith Translation
I said, (also a word of the lips) Counsel and strength for the war; now upon whom trustedst thou that thou didst rebel against me?
King James 2000
I say, you speak (but they are but vain words), I have counsel and strength for war: now on whom do you trust, that you rebel against me?
Lexham Expanded Bible
I said, 'Only a word of lips! {War has power and a plan}!' Now, in whom do you trust, that you have rebelled against me?
Modern King James verseion
I say, Are only words of the lips wisdom and strength for war? Now, in whom do you trust, that you rebel against me?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thou thinkest, peradventure, that thou hast counsel and power enough to maintain this war: or else whereto trustest thou, that thou castest thyself off from me?
NET Bible
Your claim to have a strategy and military strength is just empty talk. In whom are you trusting, that you would dare to rebel against me?
New Heart English Bible
I say that your counsel and strength for the war are only vain words. Now in whom do you trust, that you have rebelled against me?
The Emphasized Bible
I have said sayest thou - they are only words of the lips - Counsel and might have I for the war, - Now, upon whom dost thou trust, that thou hast rebelled against me?
Webster
I say, sayest thou (but they are but vain words) I have counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?
World English Bible
I say that your counsel and strength for the war are only vain words. Now in whom do you trust, that you have rebelled against me?
Youngs Literal Translation
I have said: Only, a word of the lips! counsel and might are for battle: now, on whom hast thou trusted, that thou hast rebelled against me?
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 36:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Sennacherib Threatens Jerusalem
4 The field commander told them: 5 "Tell Hezekiah, king of Judah, "This is what the mighty king, the king of Assyria, has to say: What is this "guarantee" that makes you yourself rely on it? Do you really think that guarantees alone can withstand strategy and military strength? On whom are you now depending, that you're rebelling against me? 6 Take note: you're relying on Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff, which pierces the palm of anyone who leans on it. This is what Pharaoh king of Egypt is like to everybody who depends on him!
Cross References
2 Kings 18:7
So the LORD was with him, and Hezekiah prospered wherever he went, even when he rebelled against the king of Assyria, refusing to serve him.
2 Kings 24:1
During his lifetime, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked Jehoiakim, who became his vassal for three years, after which he turned against Nebuchadnezzar and rebelled.
Nehemiah 2:19-20
But when Sanballat the Horonite, his servant Tobiah the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arab heard about it, they jeered at us and despised us when they said, "What is this thing that you're doing? You're rebelling against the king, aren't you?"
Proverbs 21:30-31
No wisdom, insight, or counsel can prevail against the LORD.
Proverbs 24:5-6
A wise man is strong, and a knowledgeable man grows in strength.
Jeremiah 52:3
Because Jerusalem and Judah had angered the Lord, he cast them out of his presence. Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon,
Ezekiel 17:15
But he rebelled against the king of Babylon by sending his messengers to Egypt to obtain horses and a large army. Will he succeed? Or will the one who did this escape? Will he break the covenant, but still be delivered?'"