Isaiah 36:5
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“You claim to have a strategy and strength for war, but these are empty words. In whom are you now trusting, that you have rebelled against me?”
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“You claim to have a strategy and strength for war, but these are empty words. In whom are you now trusting, that you have rebelled against me?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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 · Public Domain“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?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“I have said: Only, a word of the lips! counsel and might <FI>are<Fi> for battle: now, on whom hast thou trusted, that thou hast rebelled against me?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Isaiah 36:5 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Kings 18:7And the LORD was with Hezekiah, and he prospered wherever he went. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and refused to serve him.
- 2 Kings 24:1During Jehoiakim’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded. So Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years, until he turned and rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar.
- Nehemiah 2:19But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard about this, they mocked us and ridiculed us, saying, “What is this you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”
- Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.
- Proverbs 24:5A wise man is strong, and a man of knowledge enhances his strength.
- Jeremiah 52:3For because of the anger of the LORD, all this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until He finally banished them from His presence. And Zedekiah also rebelled against the king of Babylon.
- Ezekiel 17:15But this king rebelled against Babylon by sending his envoys to Egypt to ask for horses and a large army. Will he flourish? Will the one who does such things escape? Can he break a covenant and yet escape?’
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