Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For lo, I shall bring up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver, nor be desirous of gold.
New American Standard Bible
Who will not value silver or
King James Version
Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.
Holman Bible
who cannot be bought off with
and who have no desire for gold.
International Standard Version
Watch out! I'm stirring up the Medes against them, who care nothing for silver and take no delight in gold.
A Conservative Version
Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who shall not regard silver, and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.
American Standard Version
Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who shall not regard silver, and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.
Amplified
Listen carefully, I will put the Medes [in motion] against them,
Who have no regard for silver and do not delight in gold [and therefore cannot be bribed].
Bible in Basic English
See, I am driving the Medes against them, who put no value on silver and have no pleasure in gold.
Darby Translation
Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who do not regard silver, and as for gold, they have no delight in it.
Julia Smith Translation
Behold me rousing up the Modes against them, who shall not reckon silver; and gold they shall not delight in it
King James 2000
Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Look! I [am] stirring the Medes up against them, who do not value silver and do not delight in gold.
Modern King James verseion
Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who shall not value silver; and they shall not delight in gold.
NET Bible
Look, I am stirring up the Medes to attack them; they are not concerned about silver, nor are they interested in gold.
New Heart English Bible
Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who will not value silver, and as for gold, they will not delight in it.
The Emphasized Bible
Behold me! stirring up against them the Medes, - Who of silver, shall take no account, And as for gold, they shall not delight in it;
Webster
Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.
World English Bible
Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who will not value silver, and as for gold, they will not delight in it.
Youngs Literal Translation
Lo, I am stirring up against them the Medes, Who silver esteem not, And gold -- they delight not in it.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 13:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
An Oracle Against Babylon
16 Their children shall be slain before their eyes, their houses spoiled, and their wives ravished. 17 For lo, I shall bring up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver, nor be desirous of gold. 18 Then shall young men's bows be knapped asunder. The Medes shall have no pity upon women with child, and their faces shall not spare the children.
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Cross References
Proverbs 6:34-35
For the jealousy and wrath of the man will not be intreated;
Jeremiah 51:11
Make sharp the arrows, and fill the quivers: for the LORD shall raise up the spirit of the king of the Medes, which hath already a desire to destroy Babylon. This shall be the vengeance of the LORD's, and the vengeance of his temple.
Isaiah 21:2
Whoso may deceive, said the voice, let him deceive: Who so may destroy, let him destroy. Up Elam, besiege it O Media, for I will still all their groanings.
Isaiah 13:3-5
For I will send for my deputies and my giants, sayeth the LORD, and in my wrath I will call for such as triumph in my glory.
Isaiah 41:25
Nevertheless, I have waked up one from the North, and he shall come. And another from the East, which shall call upon my name, and shall come to the princes, as the Potter to his clay, and as the Potter treadeth down the mire.
Jeremiah 50:9
"For lo, I will make up a host of people from the northern land, and bring them upon Babylon: these shall lay siege to it, and win it. Their arrows shall not miss, like as a cunning archer shooteth not wrong.
Jeremiah 51:27-28
Set up a token in the land, blow the trumpets among the Heathen, provoke the nations against her, call the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz against her: set the prince against her, bring as great a sort of horses against her, as if they were grasshoppers.
Daniel 5:28-31
Phares, thy kingdom is dealt in parts, and given to the Medes and Persians."