Isaiah 36:5
“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?”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Isaiah 36:5 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
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?
American Standard Version (ASV)English
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?
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Ich sage: Nur ein Wort der Lippen ist Rat und Macht zum Kriege. Nun, auf wen vertraust du, daß du dich wider mich empört hast?
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Digo, alegas tú, (empero palabras vanas) que tengo consejo y fortaleza para la guerra. Ahora bien, ¿en quién confías que te rebelas contra mí?
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Eu, de fato, digo, que teus conselhos e poder de guerra são apenas palavras vazias. Em quem, pois, confias, para te rebelares contra mim?
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Falas somente palavras inúteis, dizendo que há conselho e poder para a guerra. Agora, em quem confias? Quem te deu coragem para te rebelares contra mim?
📖 Isaiah 36:5 in Context
3Then came forth unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah’s son, which was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph’s son, the recorder.
4And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?
5I 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?
6Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him.
7But if thou say to me, We trust in the Lord our God: is it not he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar?
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