Isaiah 14:5
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers.”
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“The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Jehovah hath broken the staff of the wicked, the sceptre of the rulers;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Ceased hath the golden one. Broken hath Jehovah the staff of the wicked, The sceptre of rulers.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Isaiah 14:5 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 125:3For the scepter of the wicked will not rest upon the land allotted to the righteous, so that the righteous will not put forth their hands to injustice.
- Proverbs 28:15Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a helpless people.
- Isaiah 9:3You have enlarged the nation and increased its joy. The people rejoice before You as they rejoice at harvest time, as men rejoice in dividing the plunder.
- Isaiah 9:4For as in the day of Midian You have shattered the yoke of their burden, the bar across their shoulders, and the rod of their oppressor.
- Isaiah 10:5Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath.
- Isaiah 14:29Do not rejoice, all you Philistines, that the rod that struck you is broken. For a viper will spring from the root of the snake, and a flying serpent from its egg.
- Jeremiah 48:15Moab has been destroyed and its towns have been invaded; the best of its young men have gone down in the slaughter, declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts.
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