Parallel Verses
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 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.
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 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 will be smashed to pieces before their very eyes; their houses will be looted and their wives raped. 17 Look, I am stirring up the Medes to attack them; they are not concerned about silver, nor are they interested in gold. 18 Their arrows will cut young men to ribbons; they have no compassion on a person's offspring, they will not look with pity on children.
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Cross References
Proverbs 6:34-35
for jealousy kindles a husband's rage, and he will not show mercy when he takes revenge.
Jeremiah 51:11
"Sharpen your arrows! Fill your quivers! The Lord will arouse a spirit of hostility in the kings of Media. For he intends to destroy Babylonia. For that is how the Lord will get his revenge -- how he will get his revenge for the Babylonians' destruction of his temple.
Isaiah 21:2
I have received a distressing message: "The deceiver deceives, the destroyer destroys. Attack, you Elamites! Lay siege, you Medes! I will put an end to all the groaning!"
Isaiah 13:3-5
I have given orders to my chosen soldiers; I have summoned the warriors through whom I will vent my anger, my boasting, arrogant ones.
Isaiah 41:25
I have stirred up one out of the north and he advances, one from the eastern horizon who prays in my name. He steps on rulers as if they were clay, like a potter treading the clay.
Jeremiah 50:9
For I will rouse into action and bring against Babylon a host of mighty nations from the land of the north. They will set up their battle lines against her. They will come from the north and capture her. Their arrows will be like a skilled soldier who does not return from the battle empty-handed.
Jeremiah 51:27-28
"Raise up battle flags throughout the lands. Sound the trumpets calling the nations to do battle. Prepare the nations to do battle against Babylonia. Call for these kingdoms to attack her: Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a commander to lead the attack. Send horses against her like a swarm of locusts.
Daniel 5:28-31
As for peres -- your kingdom is divided and given over to the Medes and Persians."