Isaiah 30:7

In 11 translations

BSB

Egypt’s help is futile and empty; therefore I have called her Rahab Who Sits Still.Hebrew Rahab-hem-shebeth

KJV

For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still.concerning…: or, to her

WEB

For Egypt helps in vain, and to no purpose; therefore I have called her Rahab who sits still.

ASV

For Egypt helpeth in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I called her Rahab that sitteth still.

LSV

Indeed, Egyptians [are] vanity, and help in vain, || Therefore I have cried concerning this: “Their strength [is] to sit still.”

YLT

Yea, Egyptians [are] vanity, and in vain do help, Therefore I have cried concerning this: 'Their strength [is] to sit still.'

DBY

For Egypt shall help in vain, and to no purpose; therefore have I named her, Arrogance, that doeth nothing.

DRC

For Egypt shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this: It is pride only, sit still.

GNV

For the Egyptians are vanitie, and they shall helpe in vaine. Therefore haue I cried vnto her, Their strength is to sit still.

JPS

For Egypt helpeth in vain, and to no purpose; therefore have I called her arrogancy that sitteth still.

LXXE

The Egyptians shall help you utterly in vain: tell them, This your consolation is vain.

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WLC

וּמִצְרַ֕יִם הֶ֥בֶל וָרִ֖יק יַעְזֹ֑רוּ לָכֵן֙ קָרָ֣אתִי לָזֹ֔את רַ֥הַב הֵ֖ם שָֽׁבֶת׃

LXX-Br

Αἰγύπτιοι μάταια καὶ κενὰ ὠφελήσουσιν ὑμᾶς· ἀπάγγειλον αὐτοῖς, ὅτι ματαία ἡ παράκλησις ὑμῶν αὕτη.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Isaiah 2:22Put no more trust in man, who has only the breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?
• Hosea 5:13When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah his wound, then Ephraim turned to Assyria and sent to the great king. But he cannot cure you or heal your wound.
• Lamentations 3:26It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.
• Psalms 118:8–9It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man. It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in princes.
• Isaiah 7:4and say to him: Calm down and be quiet. Do not be afraid or disheartened over these two smoldering stubs of firewood—over the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram and of the son of Remaliah.
• Isaiah 31:1–5Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD. Yet He…
• Exodus 14:13But Moses told the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the LORD’s salvation, which He will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians you see today, you will never see again.
• Isaiah 51:9Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the dragon?
• Isaiah 28:12to whom He has said: “This is the place of rest, let the weary rest; this is the place of repose.” But they would not listen.
• Jeremiah 37:7“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says that you are to tell the king of Judah, who sent you to Me: Behold, Pharaoh’s army, which has marched out to help you, will go back to its own land of Egypt.
• Isaiah 30:15For the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, has said: “By repentance and rest you would be saved; your strength would lie in quiet confidence— but you were not willing.”
• Psalms 76:8–9From heaven You pronounced judgment, and the earth feared and was still when God rose up to judge, to save all the lowly of the earth. Selah

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