Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
For you have shattered the yoke of its burden and the stick of its shoulder, the rod of its oppressor, on the day of Midian.
New American Standard Bible
The rod of their
King James Version
For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.
Holman Bible
and the rod on their shoulders,
the staff of their oppressor,
just as You did on the day of Midian.
International Standard Version
Now as to the yoke that has been his burden, and the bar laid on his shoulder the rod of his oppressor you have broken it as on the day of Midian.
A Conservative Version
For the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, thou have broken as in the day of Midian.
American Standard Version
For the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, thou hast broken as in the day of Midian.
Amplified
For You will break the yoke of Israel’s burden and the staff (goad) on their shoulders,
The rod of their oppressor, as at the
Bible in Basic English
For by your hand the yoke on his neck and the rod on his back, even the rod of his cruel master, have been broken, as in the day of Midian.
Darby Translation
For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.
Julia Smith Translation
For the yoke of his burden and the rod of his shoulder, and the rod of him oppressing with it thou didst break in pieces the day of Midian.
King James 2000
For you have broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.
Modern King James verseion
For You have broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his taskmaster, as in the day of Midian.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For thou shalt break the yoke of the people's burden: the staff of his shoulder and the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.
NET Bible
For their oppressive yoke and the club that strikes their shoulders, the cudgel the oppressor uses on them, you have shattered, as in the day of Midian's defeat.
New Heart English Bible
For the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, you have broken as in the day of Midian.
The Emphasized Bible
For, the yoke of their burden, The cross-bar of their shoulder, The goad of their driver, Hast thou broken, as in the day of Midian.
Webster
For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.
World English Bible
For the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, you have broken as in the day of Midian.
Youngs Literal Translation
Because the yoke of its burden, And the staff of its shoulder, the rod of its exactor, Thou hast broken as in the day of Midian.
Themes
Civil liberty » General references to civil
Isaiah » Prophecies, reproofs, and exhortations of » Denounces calamities against israel and judah
Liberty » General references to civil
Midianites » Completeness of their destruction, alluded to
Scepter (sceptre) » Figurative
The Nation » Payment of taxes (tribute) » Civil liberty, general references to
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 9:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
New Light: The Birth Of A King
3 You have made the nation numerous; you have not made the joy great. They rejoice in your presence as [with] joy at the harvest, as they rejoice when they divide plunder. 4 For you have shattered the yoke of its burden and the stick of its shoulder, the rod of its oppressor, on the day of Midian. 5 For every boot {that marches and shakes the earth} and garment rolled in blood {will} be for burning--fire fuel.
Phrases
Cross References
Isaiah 14:25
to break Assyria in my land, and I will trample him down on my mountains; and he shall remove his yoke from them, and he shall remove his burden from his shoulders."
Isaiah 10:26-27
And Yahweh of hosts is going to swing a whip against him, as when Midian was defeated at the rock of Oreb; and his staff [will be] over the sea, and he will lift him up {as he did in Egypt}.
Judges 7:22-25
When they blew the three hundred trumpets, Yahweh set [the] sword of each one against his neighbor throughout the whole camp, and the camp fled as far as Beth Shittah toward Zererah, up to Abel Meholah, the border by Tabbath.
Judges 8:10-12
Now Zebah and Zalmunna [were] in Karkor, and their armies with them, about fifteen thousand men remained from the entire army of the people of [the] east; those that fell [in battle were] one hundred and twenty thousand {swordsmen}.
Isaiah 10:5
Ah! Assyria, the rod of my anger, and a staff is in their hand: my wrath!
Nahum 1:13
And now, I will break his yoke from upon you; I will snap your bonds."
Genesis 27:40
But by your sword you shall live, and you shall serve your brother. But it shall be [that] when free yourself you shall tear off his yoke from your neck.
Leviticus 26:13
I [am] Yahweh, your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt, from being their slaves; and I broke the bars of your yoke, and I caused you to walk erectly.
Judges 6:1-6
The {Israelites} did evil in the eyes of Yahweh, and Yahweh gave them into the hand of the Midianites for seven years.
Psalm 83:9-11
Do to them as [you did with] Midian, as [with] Sisera, as [with] Jabin at the wadi of Kishon.
Psalm 125:3
For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest on the {land} of the righteous, lest the righteous stretch out their hands to do wickedness.
Isaiah 14:3-5
And it shall happen on the day Yahweh gives you rest from your pain and turmoil and hard labor which {you had to perform},
Isaiah 30:31-32
Indeed, Assyria will be shattered by the voice of Yahweh; he strikes with the rod.
Isaiah 47:6
I was angry with my people; I profaned my inheritance, and I gave them into your hand. You did not {give} them mercy; on [the] aged you made your yoke very heavy.
Isaiah 49:26
And I will feed your oppressors their [own] flesh, and they shall be drunk [with] their blood as [with] wine. Then all flesh shall know that I [am] Yahweh, your savior and redeemer, the strong [one] of Jacob."
Isaiah 51:13
And you have forgotten Yahweh, your maker, who stretched out [the] heavens, and founded [the] earth. And you tremble continually, all day, because of the wrath of the oppressor when he {takes aim} to destroy. But where [is] the wrath of the oppressor?
Isaiah 54:14
In righteousness you shall be established. Be far from oppression, for you shall not fear, and from terror, for it shall not come near you.
Jeremiah 30:8
And it will happen on that day,' {declares} Yahweh of hosts, 'I will break his yoke from your neck and your bonds I will tear to pieces. And strangers will no longer let him work as a slave.