◄ Isaiah 36:5 ►
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New International Version
You say you have counsel and might for war--but you speak only empty words. On whom are you depending, that you rebel against me?

English Standard Version
Do you think that mere words are strategy and power for war? In whom do you now trust, that you have rebelled against me?

New American Standard Bible
"I say, 'Your counsel and strength for the war are only empty words.' Now on whom do you rely, that you have rebelled against me?

King James Bible
I say, sayest thou, (but they are but vain words) I have counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I say that your strategy and military preparedness are mere words. What are you now relying on that you have rebelled against me?

International Standard Version
Do you really think that guarantees alone can withstand strategy and military strength? On whom are you now depending, that you're rebelling against me?

American Standard Version
I say, thy counsel and strength for the war are but vain words: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou hast rebelled against me?

Douay-Rheims Bible
Or with what counsel or strength dost thou prepare for war? on whom dost thou trust, that thou art revolted from me?

Darby Bible Translation
Thou sayest, but it is a word of the lips, There is counsel and strength for war. Now on whom dost thou rely, that thou hast revolted against me?

Young's Literal Translation
I have said: Only, a word of the lips! counsel and might are for battle: now, on whom hast thou trusted, that thou hast rebelled against me?

Commentaries
Matthew Henry's Commentary
36:1-22:See 2Ki 18:17-37, and the commentary thereon.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
5. counsel—Egypt was famed for its wisdom.
Isaiah 36:4
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