Parallel Verses

World English Bible

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

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.

NET Bible

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

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 Behold, the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, will lop the boughs with terror. The tall will be cut down, and the lofty will be brought low. 34 He will cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon will fall by the Mighty One.

Cross References

Isaiah 37:24

By your servants, have you defied the Lord, and have said, "With the multitude of my chariots I have come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon. I will cut down its tall cedars and its choice fir trees. I will enter into its farthest height, the forest of its fruitful field.

Psalm 103:20

Praise Yahweh, you angels of his, who are mighty in strength, who fulfill his word, obeying the voice of his word.

Isaiah 10:18

He will consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body. It will be as when a standard bearer faints.

Isaiah 31:8

"The Assyrian will fall by the sword, not of man; and the sword, not of mankind, shall devour him. He will flee from the sword, and his young men will become subject to forced labor.

Isaiah 37:36

The angel of Yahweh went out and struck one hundred and eighty-five thousand men in the camp of the Assyrians. When men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.

Jeremiah 22:7

I will prepare destroyers against you, everyone with his weapons; and they shall cut down your choice cedars, and cast them into the fire.

Jeremiah 46:22-23

The sound of it shall go like the serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as wood cutters.

Jeremiah 48:2

The praise of Moab is no more; in Heshbon they have devised evil against her: Come, and let us cut her off from being a nation. You also, Madmen, shall be brought to silence: the sword shall pursue you.

Daniel 4:13-14

I saw in the visions of my head on my bed, and behold, a watcher and a holy one came down from the sky.

Daniel 4:23

Whereas the king saw a watcher and a holy one coming down from the sky, and saying, Cut down the tree, and destroy it; nevertheless leave the stump of its roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field, and let it be wet with the dew of the sky: and let his portion be with the animals of the field, until seven times pass over him;

Nahum 1:12

Thus says Yahweh: "Though they be in full strength, and likewise many, even so they will be cut down, and he shall pass away. Though I have afflicted you, I will afflict you no more.

Zechariah 11:1-2

Open your doors, Lebanon, that the fire may devour your cedars.

2 Thessalonians 1:7

and to give relief to you who are afflicted with us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire,

2 Peter 2:11

whereas angels, though greater in might and power, don't bring a railing judgment against them before the Lord.

Revelation 10:1

I saw a mighty angel coming down out of the sky, clothed with a cloud. A rainbow was on his head. His face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire.

Revelation 18:21

A mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying, "Thus with violence will Babylon, the great city, be thrown down, and will be found no more at all.

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