Parallel Verses
King James 2000
O Assyria, the rod of my anger, the staff in their hand is my indignation.
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.
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 Without me they shall bow down among the prisoners, and they shall fall among the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. 5 O Assyria, the rod of my anger, the staff in their hand is my indignation. 6 I will send him against a godless nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 10:11
Out of that land went forth Assyria, and built Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth-Ir, and Calah,
Psalm 17:14
From men by your hand, O LORD, from men of the world, who have their portion in this life, and whose belly you fill with your hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
Psalm 125:3
For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.
Isaiah 8:4
For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria.
Isaiah 10:15
Shall the ax boast itself against him that hews with it? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that uses it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were not wood.
Isaiah 13:5
They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even 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, and the scepter of the rulers.
Isaiah 14:25
That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders.
Isaiah 30:30
And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall show the descending of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones.
Isaiah 66:14
And when you see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like the grass: and the hand of the LORD shall be known toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies.
Jeremiah 51:20-24
You are my battle-axe and weapons of war: for with you will I break in pieces the nations, and with you will I destroy kingdoms;
Zephaniah 2:13
And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness.