Parallel Verses
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]!
Bible in Basic English
Ho! Assyrian, the rod of my wrath, the instrument of my punishment!
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
Nothing remains but to crouch among the prisoners or fall among the slain. For all this his anger has not turned away, and his hand is stretched out still.
5
And the staff in whose hands is
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 10:11
From that land he went into Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah, and
Psalm 17:14
from men by your hand, O LORD, from men of the world whose portion is in this life. You fill their womb with treasure; they are satisfied with children, and they leave their abundance to their infants.
Psalm 125:3
For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest on the land allotted to the righteous, lest the righteous stretch out their hands to do wrong.
Isaiah 8:4
for before the boy knows how to cry 'My father' or 'My mother,' the wealth of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria will be carried away before the king of Assyria."
Isaiah 10:15
Shall the axe boast over him who hews with it, or the saw magnify itself against him who wields it? As if a rod should wield him who lifts it, or as if a staff should lift him who is not wood!
Isaiah 13:5
They come from a distant land, from the end of the heavens, the LORD and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.
Isaiah 14:5-6
The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of rulers,
Isaiah 14:25
that I will break the Assyrian in my land, and on my mountains trample him underfoot; and his yoke shall depart from them, and his burden from their shoulder."
Isaiah 30:30
And the LORD will cause his majestic voice to be heard and the descending blow of his arm to be seen, in furious anger and a flame of devouring fire, with a cloudburst and storm and hailstones.
Isaiah 66:14
You shall see, and your heart shall rejoice; your bones shall flourish like the grass; and the hand of the LORD shall be known to his servants, and he shall show his indignation against his enemies.
Jeremiah 51:20-24
"You are my hammer and weapon of war: with you I break nations in pieces; with you I destroy kingdoms;
Zephaniah 2:13
And he will stretch out his hand against the north and destroy Assyria, and he will make Nineveh a desolation, a dry waste like the desert.