Isaiah 22:6

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“Elam takes up a quiver, with chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovers the shield.”

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BSBPD

“Elam takes up a quiver, with chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovers the shield.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And Elam bare the quiver, with chariots of men and horsemen; and Kir uncovered the shield.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And Elam hath borne a quiver, In a chariot of men--horsemen, And Kir hath exposed a shield.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 22:6 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 10:22The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
  2. 2 Kings 16:9So the king of Assyria responded to him, marched up to Damascus, and captured it. He took its people to Kir as captives and put Rezin to death.
  3. Isaiah 11:11On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
  4. Isaiah 15:1This is the burden against Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night!
  5. Isaiah 21:2A dire vision is declared to me: “The traitor still betrays, and the destroyer still destroys. Go up, O Elam! Lay siege, O Media! I will put an end to all her groaning.”
  6. Jeremiah 49:35This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold, I will shatter Elam’s bow, the mainstay of their might.
  7. Amos 1:5I will break down the gates of Damascus; I will cut off the ruler of the Valley of Aven and the one who wields the scepter in Beth-eden. The people of Aram will be exiled to Kir,” says the LORD.
  8. Amos 9:7“Are you not like the Cushites to Me, O children of Israel?” declares the LORD. “Did I not bring Israel up from the land of Egypt, the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Arameans from Kir?

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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