The Fall of the King of Babylon
Isaiah 14:16
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Those who see you will stare; they will ponder your fate: “Is this the man who shook the earth and made the kingdoms tremble,
- KJV
- They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;
- WEB
- Those who see you will stare at you. They will ponder you, saying, “Is this the man who made the earth to tremble, who shook kingdoms,
- ASV
- They that see thee shall gaze at thee, they shall consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;
- LSV
- Your beholders look to you, they attend to you, || Is this the man causing the earth to tremble, || Shaking kingdoms?
- YLT
- Thy beholders look to thee, to thee they attend, Is this the man causing the earth to tremble, Shaking kingdoms?
- DBY
- They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee; they shall consider thee, [saying,] Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that shook kingdoms;
- DRC
- They that shall see thee, shall turn toward thee, and behold thee. Is this the man that troubled the earth, that shook kingdoms,
- GNV
- They that see thee, shall looke vpon thee and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, and that did shake the kingdomes?
- JPS
- They that saw thee do narrowly look upon thee, they gaze earnestly at thee: 'Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;
- LXXE
- They that see thee shall wonder at thee, and say, This is the man that troubled the earth, that made kings to shake;See chap 5. 25.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- רֹאֶ֨יךָ֙ אֵלֶ֣יךָ יַשְׁגִּ֔יחוּ אֵלֶ֖יךָ יִתְבּוֹנָ֑נוּ הֲזֶ֤ה הָאִישׁ֙ מַרְגִּ֣יז הָאָ֔רֶץ מַרְעִ֖ישׁ מַמְלָכֽוֹת׃
- LXX-Br
- Οἱ ἰδόντες σε θαυμάσονται ἐπὶ σοὶ, καὶ ἐροῦσιν, οὗτος ὁ ἄνθρωπος ὁ παροξύνων τὴν γῆν, ὁ σείων βασιλεῖς,
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Cross-references most cited first
- Jeremiah 50:23How the hammer of the whole earth lies broken and shattered! What a horror Babylon has become among the nations!
- Psalms 58:10–11The righteous will rejoice when they see they are avenged; they will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked. Then men will say, “There is surely a reward for the righteous! There is surely a God who judges the…
- Jeremiah 51:20–23“You are My war club, My weapon for battle. With you I shatter nations; with you I bring kingdoms to ruin. With you I shatter the horse and rider; with you I shatter the chariot and driver. With you I shatter man and…
- Isaiah 14:4–5you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased, and how his fury has ended! The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers.
- Psalms 52:7“Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”
- Psalms 64:9Then all mankind will fear and proclaim the work of God; so they will ponder what He has done.
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