Parallel Verses

NET Bible

The thickets of the forest will be chopped down with an ax, and mighty Lebanon will fall.

New American Standard Bible

He will cut down the thickets of the forest with an iron axe,
And Lebanon will fall by the Mighty One.

King James Version

And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.

Holman Bible

He is clearing the thickets of the forest with an ax,
and Lebanon with its majesty will fall.

International Standard Version

He will cut down the thickets of the forest with an ax, and Lebanon will fall by the Majestic One."

A Conservative Version

And he will cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.

American Standard Version

And he will cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.

Amplified


He will cut down the thickets of the forest with an iron axe,
And Lebanon (the Assyrian) will fall by the Mighty One.

Bible in Basic English

And he is cutting down the thick places of the wood with an axe, and Lebanon with its tall trees is coming down.

Darby Translation

and he shall make clearings in the thickets of the forest with iron; and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.

Julia Smith Translation

And he cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall with a lofty one.

King James 2000

And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall before the mighty one.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And he will cut down the thickets of the forest with the axe, and Lebanon will fall by [the] mighty [one].

Modern King James verseion

And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The thorns of the wood shall be rooted out with iron, and Lebanon shall have a mighty fall.

New Heart English Bible

He will cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon will fall by the Mighty One.

The Emphasized Bible

Then will he fell the thickets of the forest with iron, - And, Lebanon by a majestic one shall fall.

Webster

And he shall cut down the thickets of the forests with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.

World English Bible

He will cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon will fall by the Mighty One.

Youngs Literal Translation

And He hath gone round the thickets of the forest with iron, And Lebanon by a mighty one falleth!

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
נקף 
Naqaph 
Usage: 19

the thickets
סבך 
C@bak 
Usage: 4

of the forest
יער 
Ya`ar 
Usage: 58

with iron
בּרזל 
Barzel 
Usage: 76

and Lebanon
לבנון 
L@banown 
Usage: 71

References

American

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Context Readings

God Will Judge Assyria

33 Look, the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, is ready to cut off the branches with terrifying power. The tallest trees will be cut down, the loftiest ones will be brought low. 34 The thickets of the forest will be chopped down with an ax, and mighty Lebanon will fall.

Cross References

Isaiah 37:24

Through your messengers you taunted the sovereign master, 'With my many chariots I climbed up the high mountains, the slopes of Lebanon. I cut down its tall cedars and its best evergreens. I invaded its most remote regions, its thickest woods.

Psalm 103:20

Praise the Lord, you angels of his, you powerful warriors who carry out his decrees and obey his orders!

Isaiah 10:18

The splendor of his forest and his orchard will be completely destroyed, as when a sick man's life ebbs away.

Isaiah 31:8

Assyria will fall by a sword, but not one human-made; a sword not made by humankind will destroy them. They will run away from this sword and their young men will be forced to do hard labor.

Isaiah 37:36

The Lord's messenger went out and killed 185,000 troops in the Assyrian camp. When they got up early the next morning, there were all the corpses!

Jeremiah 22:7

I will send men against it to destroy it with their axes and hatchets. They will hack up its fine cedar panels and columns and throw them into the fire.

Jeremiah 46:22-23

Egypt will run away, hissing like a snake, as the enemy comes marching up in force. They will come against her with axes as if they were woodsmen chopping down trees.

Jeremiah 48:2

People will not praise Moab any more. The enemy will capture Heshbon and plot how to destroy Moab, saying, 'Come, let's put an end to that nation!' City of Madmen, you will also be destroyed. A destructive army will march against you.

Daniel 4:13-14

While I was watching in my mind's visions on my bed, a holy sentinel came down from heaven.

Daniel 4:23

As for the king seeing a holy sentinel coming down from heaven and saying, 'Chop down the tree and destroy it, but leave its taproot in the ground, with a band of iron and bronze around it, surrounded by the grass of the field. Let it become damp with the dew of the sky, and let it live with the wild animals, until seven periods of time go by for him' --

Nahum 1:12

This is what the Lord says: "Even though they are powerful -- and what is more, even though their army is numerous -- nevertheless, they will be destroyed and trickle away! Although I afflicted you, I will afflict you no more.

Zechariah 11:1-2

Open your gates, Lebanon, so that the fire may consume your cedars.

2 Thessalonians 1:7

and to you who are being afflicted to give rest together with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels.

2 Peter 2:11

yet even angels, who are much more powerful, do not bring a slanderous judgment against them before the Lord.

Revelation 10:1

Then I saw another powerful angel descending from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head; his face was like the sun and his legs were like pillars of fire.

Revelation 18:21

Then one powerful angel picked up a stone like a huge millstone, threw it into the sea, and said, "With this kind of sudden violent force Babylon the great city will be thrown down and it will never be found again!

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