Isaiah 5:27

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“None of them grows weary or stumbles; no one slumbers or sleeps. No belt is loose and no sandal strap is broken.”

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BSBPD

“None of them grows weary or stumbles; no one slumbers or sleeps. No belt is loose and no sandal strap is broken.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken:”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken:”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“There is none weary, nor stumbling in it, It doth not slumber, nor sleep, Nor opened hath been the girdle of its loins, Nor drawn away the latchet of its sandals.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 5:27 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 32:25Outside, the sword will take their children, and inside, terror will strike the young man and the young woman, the infant and the gray-haired man.
  2. 1 Kings 2:5Moreover, you know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me—what he did to Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether, the two commanders of the armies of Israel. He killed them in peacetime to avenge the blood of war. He stained with the blood of war the belt around his waist and the sandals on his feet.
  3. Job 12:18He loosens the bonds placed by kings and fastens a belt around their waists.
  4. Job 12:21He pours out contempt on nobles and disarms the mighty.
  5. Psalms 18:32It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way clear.
  6. Psalms 93:1The LORD reigns! He is robed in majesty; the LORD has clothed and armed Himself with strength. The world indeed is firmly established; it cannot be moved.
  7. Isaiah 11:5Righteousness will be the belt around His hips, and faithfulness the sash around His waist.
  8. Isaiah 45:1This is what the LORD says to Cyrus His anointed, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him, to disarm kings, to open the doors before him, so that the gates will not be shut:
  9. Isaiah 45:5I am the LORD, and there is no other; there is no God but Me. I will equip you for battle, though you have not known Me,
  10. Daniel 5:6his face grew pale and his thoughts so alarmed him that his hips gave way and his knees knocked together.
  11. Joel 2:7They charge like mighty men; they scale the walls like men of war. Each one marches in formation, not swerving from the course.
  12. Ephesians 6:13Therefore take up the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you will be able to stand your ground, and having done everything, to stand.

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