Isaiah 36:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For how can you repel a single officer among the least of my master’s servants when you depend on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?”
Read Isaiah 36:9 in the flow of Isaiah36 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Isaiah36 to see the surrounding context.
“For how can you repel a single officer among the least of my master’s servants when you depend on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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?”
King James Version · Public Domain“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?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“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?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Isaiah 36:9 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 17:16But the king must not acquire many horses for himself or send the people back to Egypt to acquire more horses, for the LORD has said, ‘You are never to go back that way again.’
- 2 Kings 18:24For how can you repel a single officer among the least of my master’s servants when you depend on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?
- Proverbs 21:31A horse is prepared for the day of battle, but victory is of the LORD.
- Isaiah 10:8“Are not all my commanders kings?” he says.
- Isaiah 20:5Those who made Cush their hope and Egypt their boast will be dismayed and ashamed.
- Isaiah 30:2They set out to go down to Egypt without asking My advice, to seek shelter under Pharaoh’s protection and take refuge in Egypt’s shade.
- Isaiah 30:7Egypt’s help is futile and empty; therefore I have called her Rahab Who Sits Still.
- Isaiah 30:16“No,” you say, “we will flee on horses.” Therefore you will flee! “We will ride swift horses,” but your pursuers will be faster.
- Isaiah 31:3But the Egyptians are men, not God; their horses are flesh, not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, the helper will stumble, and the one he helps will fall; both will perish together.
- Isaiah 36:6Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
- Jeremiah 2:36How unstable you are, constantly changing your ways! You will be disappointed by Egypt just as you were by Assyria.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).