New International Version (© 2011) Does the ax raise itself above the person who swings it, or the saw boast against the one who uses it? As if a rod were to wield the person who lifts it up, or a club brandish the one who is not wood!King James Bible Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh 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 no wood.American Standard Version Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? shall the saw magnify itself against him that wieldeth it? as if a rod should wield them that lift it up, or as if a staff should lift up him that is not wood.Young's Literal Translation -- Doth the axe glorify itself Against him who is hewing with it? Doth the saw magnify itself Against him who is shaking it? As a rod waving those lifting it up! As a staff lifting up that which is not wood!Isaiah 10:15 Additional Translations
Clarke's Commentary on the BibleNo wood "Its master" - I have here given the meaning, without attempting to keep to the expression of the original, לא עץ lo ets, "the no-wood;" that which is not wood like itself, but of a quite different and superior nature. The Hebrews have a peculiar way of joining the negative particle לא lo to a noun, to signify in a strong manner a total negation of the thing expressed by the noun. "How hast thou given help (ללא כח lelo choach) to the no-strength? And saved the arm (לא עז lo oz) of the no-power? How hast, thou given counsel (ללא חכמה lelo chochmah) to the no-wisdom?" Treasury of Scripture Knowledge the axe Isaiah 10:5 O Assyrian, the rod of my anger, and the staff in their hand is my indignation. Psalm 17:13,14 Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is your sword... Jeremiah 51:20-23 You are my battle ax and weapons of war: for with you will I break in pieces the nations, and with you will I destroy kingdoms... Ezekiel 28:9 Will you yet say before him that slays you, I am God? but you shall be a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slays you. Romans 9:20,21 No but, O man, who are you that reply against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why have you made me thus... the rod should shake itself against them. or, a rod should shake them itself, as if it were no wood. or, that which is not wood Isaiah 10:15 Parallel Commentaries
Ax Axe Boast Brag Brandish Chops Club Exalt Heweth Itself Lift Magnify Move Moveth Raise Rod Saws Shake Shaketh Someone Staff Therewith Uses Wield Wielding Wields WoodAx Axe Boast Brag Brandish Chops Club Exalt Heweth Itself Lift Magnify Move Moveth Raise Rod Saws Shake Shaketh Someone Staff Therewith Uses Wield Wielding Wields WoodTHE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica®.Isaiah 10:15 Mobile Bible Isaiah 10:15 Bible Suite Isaiah 10:15 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 10:15 Chinese Bible
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Romans 9:20 But who are you, a human being, to talk back to God? "Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it, 'Why did you make me like this?'" Romans 9:21 Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for special purposes and some for common use? Isaiah 7:20 In that day the Lord will use a razor hired from beyond the Euphrates River--the king of Assyria--to shave your heads and private parts, and to cut off your beards also. Isaiah 10:5 "Woe to the Assyrian, the rod of my anger, in whose hand is the club of my wrath! Isaiah 29:16 You turn things upside down, as if the potter were thought to be like the clay! Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it, "You did not make me"? Can the pot say to the potter, "You know nothing"? Isaiah 45:9 "Woe to those who quarrel with their Maker, those who are nothing but potsherds among the potsherds on the ground. Does the clay say to the potter, 'What are you making?' Does your work say, 'The potter has no hands'? Jeremiah 51:20 "You are my war club, my weapon for battle-- with you I shatter nations, with you I destroy kingdoms,
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