Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
How then can you
King James Version
How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
Holman Bible
How then can you drive back a single officer among the weakest of my master’s officers and trust in Egypt for chariots and horsemen?
International Standard Version
How, then, can you repulse even one officer from the least of my master's officials, when you are depending for yourselves on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?
A Conservative Version
How then can thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
American Standard Version
How then canst thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
Amplified
How then can you repulse [the attack of] a single
Bible in Basic English
How then may you put to shame the least of my master's servants? and you have put your hope in Egypt for war-carriages and horsemen:
Darby Translation
How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants? And thou reliest upon Egypt for chariots and for horsemen!
Julia Smith Translation
And how wilt thou turn back the face of one prefect of the servants of my lord, the smallest of them, aid trust for thee upon Egypt for chariot and for horsemen I
King James 2000
How then will you turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put your trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
Lexham Expanded Bible
But how can you drive back {one governor among the least of my master's servants}, when you trust in Egypt for chariots and horsemen?
Modern King James verseion
How then will you turn away the face of one commander of the least of my master's servants, and put your trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Seeing now that thou canst not resist the power of the smallest prince that my LORD hath, how darest thou trust in the chariots and horsemen of Egypt?
NET Bible
Certainly you will not refuse one of my master's minor officials and trust in Egypt for chariots and horsemen.
New Heart English Bible
How then can you turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put your trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
The Emphasized Bible
How then wilt thou turn away the face of one pasha of the least of my lords servants? Or hast thou on thy part trusted upon Egypt, for chariots and for horsemen?
Webster
How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
World English Bible
How then can you turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put your trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
Youngs Literal Translation
And how dost thou turn back the face of one captain of the least of the servants of my lord, and dost trust for thee on Egypt, for chariot and for horsemen?
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 36:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Sennacherib Threatens Jerusalem
8
Now, make a deal with my master, the king of Assyria. I will give you two thousand horses if you can put riders on them.
9 How then can you
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 10:8
He boasts: 'Every one of my commanders is a king!
Deuteronomy 17:16
He must not increase his herd of horses. He must not send the people to return to Egypt to get more horses. For Jehovah said to you: You should never again return that way.
2 Kings 18:24
How then can you put to shame the least of my master's servants? You put your hope in Egypt for chariots and horsemen:
Proverbs 21:31
The horse has prepared the day of battle. However, deliverance is from Jehovah.
Isaiah 20:5
Those who trusted in Cush and boasted in Egypt will be afraid and put to shame.
Isaiah 30:2-5
You go to Egypt for help without asking for my advice. You want Egypt to protect you. You put your trust in Egypt's military might.
Isaiah 30:7
Egypt's help is completely useless. That is why I call her: Rahab, who sits still. (defamatory word for Egypt) (negative connotation)
Isaiah 30:16-17
You have said: No, we will flee on horses. So you flee. You added: We will ride on fast horses. So those who chase you will also be fast.
Isaiah 31:3
The Egyptians are humans, not God. Their horses are flesh and blood, not spirit. Jehovah will stretch out his powerful hand (extend his power). The one who gives help will stumble. The one who receives help will fall. Both will die together.
Isaiah 36:6
When you trust Egypt, you trust a broken stick for a staff. If you lean on it, it stabs your hand and goes through it. This is what Pharaoh king of Egypt is like for everyone who trusts him.
Jeremiah 2:36
You change your mind so easily. You will be shamed by Egypt as you were shamed by Assyria.