Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
Ho! Assyrian, the rod of my wrath, the instrument of my punishment!
New American Standard Bible
And the staff in whose hands is
King James Version
O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.
Holman Bible
the staff in their hands is My wrath.
International Standard Version
"How terrible it will be for Assyria, the rod of my anger! The club is in their hands!
A Conservative Version
Ho, Assyrian, the rod of my anger, the staff in whose hand is my indignation!
American Standard Version
Ho Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, the staff in whose hand is mine indignation!
Amplified
Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger [against Israel],
The staff in whose hand is My indignation and fury [against Israel’s disobedience]!
Darby Translation
Ah! the Assyrian! the rod of mine anger! and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.
Julia Smith Translation
Wo to Assur the rod of mine anger, and that rod in their hand, my wrath.
King James 2000
O Assyria, the rod of my anger, the staff in their hand is my indignation.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Ah! Assyria, the rod of my anger, and a staff is in their hand: my wrath!
Modern King James verseion
Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger! And the staff in their hand is My fury.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Woe be also unto Assyria, which is a staff of my wrath, in whose hand is the rod of my punishment.
NET Bible
Assyria, the club I use to vent my anger, is as good as dead, a cudgel with which I angrily punish.
New Heart English Bible
Alas Assyrian, the rod of my anger, the staff in whose hand is my indignation.
The Emphasized Bible
Alas! for Assyria, the rod of mine anger, - Yea, the very staff in their hand, is, my displeasure:
Webster
O Assyrian, the rod of my anger, and the staff in their hand is my indignation.
World English Bible
Alas Assyrian, the rod of my anger, the staff in whose hand is my indignation!
Youngs Literal Translation
Woe to Asshur, a rod of Mine anger, And a staff in their hand is Mine indignation.
Themes
Agency » In executing judgments
Assyria » Prophecies concerning
Assyria » Predictions respecting » Invasion of judah by
Assyria » As a power, was » An instrument of God's vengeance
The Providence of God » The wicked made to promote the designs of
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 10:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Judgment On Assyria's Arrogance
4 ... For all this his wrath is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. 5 Ho! Assyrian, the rod of my wrath, the instrument of my punishment! 6 I will send him against a nation of wrongdoers, and against the people of my wrath I will give him orders, to take their wealth in war, crushing them down like the dust in the streets.
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 10:11
From that land he went out into Assyria, building Nineveh with its wide streets and Calah,
Isaiah 8:4
For before the child is able to say, Father, or, Mother, the wealth of Damascus and the goods of Samaria will be taken away by the king of Assyria.
Isaiah 10:15
Will the axe say high-sounding words against him who is using it, or the blade be full of pride against him who is cutting with it? As if a rod had the power of shaking him who is using it, or as if a stick might take up him who is not wood.
Isaiah 13:5
They come from a far country, from the farthest part of heaven, even the Lord and the instruments of his wrath, with destruction for all the land.
Isaiah 14:5-6
The stick of the evil-doers, the rod of the rulers, is broken by the Lord;
Isaiah 14:25
To let the Assyrian be broken in my land, and crushed under foot on my mountains: there will his yoke be taken away from them, and his rule over them come to an end.
Isaiah 30:30
And the Lord will send out the sound of his great voice, and they will see his arm stretched out, with the heat of his wrath, and the flame of a burning fire; with a cloud-burst, and storm, and a rain of ice.
Isaiah 66:14
And you will see it and your heart will be glad, and your bones will get new strength, like young grass: and the hand of the Lord will be seen at work for his servants, and his wrath against his haters.
Jeremiah 51:20-24
You are my fighting axe and my instrument of war: with you the nations will be broken; with you kingdoms will be broken;
Zephaniah 2:13
And his hand will be stretched out against the north, for the destruction of Assyria; and he will make Nineveh unpeopled and dry like the waste land.