Isaiah 10 · Verse 19

Isaiah 10:19

And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them.
Isaiah 10:19, King James Version

Isaiah 10:19 in other translations

BSBThe remaining trees of its forests will be so few that a child could count them.
WEBThe remnant of the trees of his forest shall be few, so that a child could write their number.
ASVAnd the remnant of the trees of his forest shall be few, so that a child may write them.
YLTAnd the rest of the trees of his forest are few, And a youth doth write them.
DARBYAnd the remainder of the trees of his forest shall be few: yea, a child might write them.
BBEAnd the rest of the trees of his wood will be small in number, so that a child may put them down in writing.
WebsterAnd the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them.

What does Isaiah 10:19 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
19. rest--those who shall survive the destruction of the host. his forest--same image as in Is 10:18, for the once dense army. child ... write--so few that a child might count them.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 10:5-19

See what a change sin made. The king of Assyria, in his pride, thought to act by his own will. The tyrants of the world are tools of Providence. God designs to correct his people for their hypocrisy, and bring them nearer to him; but is that Sennacherib's design? No; he designs to gratify his own covetousness and ambition. The Assyrian boasts what great things he has done to other nations, by his own policy and…

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Isaiah 10:19 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וּשְׁאָ֥רu.she.'Arand [the] remnant ofH7605
עֵ֛ץ'etz[the] tree[s] ofH6086
יַעְר֖וֹya'.Roforest hisH3293
מִסְפָּ֣רmis.Para numberH4557
יִֽהְי֑וּyih.Yuthey will beH1961
וְנַ֖עַרve.Na.'arand a childH5288
יִכְתְּבֵֽם\׃\ \פyikh.te.Vemhe will record themH3789

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Isaiah 10:19

  • Isaiah 37:36

    Then the angel of the Lord went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.

  • Isaiah 21:17

    And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the Lord God of Israel hath spoken it.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
few. Heb. number.
37:36

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Isaiah 10:18

    And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and they shall be as when a standardbearer fainteth.

  • Isaiah 10:19

    And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them.

  • Isaiah 10:20

    And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.

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Isaiah 10:19 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y los árboles que quedaren en su bosque, serán en número que un niño los pueda contar.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et le reste des arbres de sa forêt sera un petit nombre, et un enfant les inscrirait.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und der Rest der Bäume seines Waldes wird zu zählen sein: ein Knabe könnte sie aufschreiben.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et reliquiæ ligni saltus ejus præ paucitate numerabuntur, et puer scribet eos.