Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
the head of Damascus is Rezin
(within 65 years
Ephraim will be too shattered to be a people),
New American Standard Bible
For the head of Aram is
King James Version
For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people.
International Standard Version
Because Aram's head is Damascus, and Rezin is its king, within sixty-five years Ephraim will be shattered as a people.
A Conservative Version
For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin. And within sixty-five years Ephraim shall be broken in pieces, so that is shall not be a people.
American Standard Version
For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken in pieces, so that is shall not be a people:
Amplified
For the head (capital) of Aram is Damascus and the head of Damascus is [King] Rezin (now within sixty-five years Ephraim will be broken to pieces and will no longer be a people).
Bible in Basic English
For the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin (and in sixty-five years from now Ephraim will be broken, and will no longer be a people):
Darby Translation
for the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within sixty-five years shall Ephraim be broken, so as to be no more a people;
Julia Smith Translation
For the head of Aram, Damascus, and the head of Damascus, Rezin, and in yet sixty and five years Ephraim shall be broken from a people.
King James 2000
For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, so that it will not be a people.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For the head of Aram [is] Damascus, and the head of Damascus [is] Rezin, and in sixty-five years from now Ephraim will be too shattered to be a people.
Modern King James verseion
For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within sixty-five years Ephraim shall be broken so that it shall not be a people.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For the head city of the Syrians is Damascus, but the head of Damascus is Rezin. And after five and threescore years, shall Ephraim be no more a people.
NET Bible
For Syria's leader is Damascus, and the leader of Damascus is Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim will no longer exist as a nation.
New Heart English Bible
For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within sixty-five years Ephraim shall be broken in pieces, so that it shall not be a people;
The Emphasized Bible
For, though the head of Syria is Damascus, And, the head of Damascus, is Rezin, Yet within threescore and five years more, shall Ephraim be broken that it shall not be a people;
Webster
For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within sixty five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people.
World English Bible
For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within sixty-five years Ephraim shall be broken in pieces, so that it shall not be a people;
Youngs Literal Translation
For the head of Aram is Damascus, And the head of Damascus is Rezin, And within sixty and five years Is Ephraim broken from being a people.
Themes
Ephraim » A tribe of israel » Name of, applied to the ten tribes
The tribe of Ephraim » The leading tribe of the kingdom of israel
Head » Illustrative » Of the chief city of a kingdom
Rezin » King of syria » Prophecy against
Syria » Prophecies respecting » Destruction of rezin king of
Topics
Interlinear
Ro'sh
Shaneh (in pl. only),
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 7:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Sign To Ahaz
7
This is what the Lord God says:
the head of Damascus is Rezin
(within 65 years
Ephraim will be too shattered to be a people),
and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah.
If you do not stand firm in your faith,
then you will not stand at all.
Cross References
Isaiah 17:1-3
An oracle
It has become a ruined heap.
Genesis 14:15
And he and his servants deployed against them by night, attacked them, and pursued them as far as Hobah to the north of Damascus.
2 Samuel 8:6
Then he placed garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and the Arameans became David’s subjects and brought tribute. The Lord made David victorious wherever he went.
2 Kings 17:5-23
Then the king of Assyria invaded the whole land, marched up to Samaria, and besieged it for three years.
Ezra 4:2
they approached Zerubbabel and the leaders of the families and said to them, “Let us build with you, for we also worship your God and have been sacrificing to Him
Isaiah 8:4
for before the boy knows how to call out father or mother,
Hosea 1:6-10
She conceived again and gave birth to a daughter, and the Lord said to him:
for I will no longer have compassion
on the house of Israel.
I will certainly take them away.