Isaiah 37:29
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’”
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“Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Because of thy raging against me, and because thine arrogancy is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Because of thy anger towards Me, And thy noise--it came up into Mine ears, I have put My hook in thy nose, And My bridle in thy lips, And I have caused thee to turn back In the way in which thou camest.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Isaiah 37:29 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Kings 19:27But I know your sitting down, your going out and coming in, and your raging against Me.
- Job 15:25For he has stretched out his hand against God and has vaunted himself against the Almighty,
- Job 41:2Can you put a cord through his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook?
- Psalms 2:1Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
- Psalms 32:9Do not be like the horse or mule, which have no understanding; they must be controlled with bit and bridle to make them come to you.
- Psalms 46:6Nations rage, kingdoms crumble; the earth melts when He lifts His voice.
- Psalms 74:4Your foes have roared within Your meeting place; they have unfurled their banners as signs,
- Psalms 74:23Do not disregard the clamor of Your adversaries, the uproar of Your enemies that ascends continually.
- Psalms 83:2See how Your enemies rage, how Your foes have reared their heads.
- Psalms 93:3The floodwaters have risen, O LORD; the rivers have raised their voice; the seas lift up their pounding waves.
- Isaiah 10:12So when the Lord has completed all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for the fruit of his arrogant heart and the proud look in his eyes.
- Isaiah 30:28His breath is like a rushing torrent that rises to the neck. He comes to sift the nations in a sieve of destruction; He bridles the jaws of the peoples to lead them astray.
- Isaiah 36:4The Rabshakeh said to them, “Tell Hezekiah that this is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: What is the basis of this confidence of yours?
- Isaiah 36:10So now, was it apart from the LORD that I have come up against this land to destroy it? The LORD Himself said to me, ‘Go up against this land and destroy it.’”
- Isaiah 37:7Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land, where I will cause him to fall by the sword.’”
- Isaiah 37:10“Give this message to Hezekiah king of Judah: ‘Do not let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you by saying that Jerusalem will not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
- Isaiah 37:34He will go back the way he came, and he will not enter this city,’ declares the LORD.
- Ezekiel 29:4But I will put hooks in your jaws and cause the fish of your streams to cling to your scales. I will haul you up out of your rivers, and all the fish of your streams will cling to your scales.
- Ezekiel 35:13You boasted against Me with your mouth and multiplied your words against Me. I heard it Myself!
- Ezekiel 38:4I will turn you around, put hooks in your jaws, and bring you out with all your army—your horses, your horsemen in full armor, and a great company armed with shields and bucklers, all brandishing their swords.
- Amos 4:2The Lord GOD has sworn by His holiness: “Behold, the days are coming when you will be taken away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks.
- Nahum 1:9Whatever you plot against the LORD, He will bring to an end. Affliction will not rise up a second time.
- Matthew 27:24When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but that instead a riot was breaking out, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood,” he said. “You bear the responsibility.”
- John 15:22If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin.
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