Isaiah 10 · Verse 8

Isaiah 10:8

For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings?
Isaiah 10:8, King James Version

Isaiah 10:8 in other translations

BSB“Are not all my commanders kings?” he says.
WEBFor he says, “Aren’t all of my princes kings?
ASVFor he saith, Are not my princes all of them kings?
YLTFor he saith, ‘Are not my princes altogether kings?
DARBYFor he saith, Are not my princes all kings?
BBEFor he says, Are not all my captains kings?
WebsterFor he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings?

What does Isaiah 10:8 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 10:8-11
8-11. Vauntings of the Assyrians. Illustrated by the self-laudatory inscriptions of Assyria deciphered by Hincks. princes ... kings--Eastern satraps and governors of provinces often had the title and diadem of kings. Hence the title, "King of kings," implying the greatness of Him who was over them (Eze 26:7; Ezr 7:12).

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 10:8 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.

כִּ֖יkiforH3588
יֹאמַ֑רyo.Marhe saidH559
הֲלֹ֥אha.Lo'¿ notH3808
שָׂרַ֛יsa.Rai[are] commanders myH8269
יַחְדָּ֖וyach.DavalikeH3162
מְלָכִֽים\׃me.la.KhimkingsH4428

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Cross references for Isaiah 10:8

  • 2 Kings 18:24

    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?

  • 2 Kings 19:10

    Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.

  • Daniel 2:37

    Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.

  • Ezekiel 26:7

    For thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will bring upon Tyrus Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, a king of kings, from the north, with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and companies, and much people.

  • Isaiah 36:8

    Now therefore give pledges, I pray thee, to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
36:8; 2Ki 18:24; 19:10; Eze 26:7; Da 2:37

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

Context

  • Isaiah 10:7

    Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.

  • Isaiah 10:8

    For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings?

  • Isaiah 10:9

    Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus?

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Isaiah 10:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Porque él dice: Mis príncipes ¿no son todos reyes?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Car il a dit: Mes princes ne sont-ils pas tous des rois?
German
Elberfelder 1871		Denn er spricht: Sind nicht meine Fürsten allesamt Könige?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Dicet enim: