Isaiah 14 · Verse 10

Isaiah 14:10

All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us?
Isaiah 14:10, King James Version

Isaiah 14:10 in other translations

BSBThey will all respond to you, saying, “You too have become weak, as we are; you have become like us!”
WEBThey all will answer and ask you, “Have you also become as weak as we are? Have you become like us?”
ASVAll they shall answer and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us?
YLTAll of them answer and say unto thee, Even thou hast become weak like us! Unto us thou hast become like!
DARBYAll of them shall answer and say unto thee, Art thou also become powerless as we; art thou become like unto us!
BBEThey all make answer and say to you, Have you become feeble like us? have you been made even as we are?
WebsterAll they shall speak and say to thee, Art thou also become weak as we? Art thou become like us?

What does Isaiah 14:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
10. They taunt him and derive from his calamity consolation under their own (Eze 31:16). weak--as a shade bereft of blood and life. Rephaim, "the dead," may come from a Hebrew root, meaning similarly "feeble," "powerless." The speech of the departed closes with Is 14:11.

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

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 14:1-23

The destruction of Babylon, and the death of its proud monarch. (Is. 14:1-23) Assurance of the destruction of Assyria. (Is. 14:24-27) The destruction of the Philistines. (Is. 14:28-32) Verses 1-23 The whole plan of Divine Providence is arranged with a view to the good of the people of God. A settlement in the land of promise is of God's mercy. Let the church receive those whom God receives. God's people, wherever…

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Isaiah 14:10 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.

כֻּלָּ֣םku.Lamall of themH3605
יַֽעֲנ֔וּya.'a.Nuthey will answerH6030
וְיֹאמְר֖וּve.yo.me.Ruand they may sayH559
אֵלֶ֑יךָ'e.Lei.khato youH413
גַּם\־gam-alsoH1571
אַתָּ֛ה'a.TahyouH859
חֻלֵּ֥יתָchu.Lei.tayou have been made weakH2470
כָמ֖וֹנוּkha.Mo.nulike usH3644
אֵלֵ֥ינוּ'e.Lei.nuto usH413
נִמְשָֽׁלְתָּ\׃nim.Shal.tayou have become likeH4911

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Cross references for Isaiah 14:10

  • Psalms 82:6-7

    I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High. But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.

  • Ezekiel 32:21

    The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of hell with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie uncircumcised, slain by the sword.

  • Ecclesiastes 2:16

    For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.

  • Psalms 49:6-14

    They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him: (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:) That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption. …

  • Psalms 49:20

    Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.

  • Luke 16:20-23

    And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Art thou also.
Ps 49:6-14,20; 82:6,7; Ec 2:16; Lu 16:20-23

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

Context

  • Isaiah 14:9

    Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.

  • Isaiah 14:10

    All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us?

  • Isaiah 14:11

    Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.

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Isaiah 14:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Todos ellos darán voces, y te dirán: ¿Tú también enfermaste como nosotros, y como nosotros fuiste?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Tous, ils prendront la parole et te diront: Toi aussi, tu as été rendu faible, comme nous; tu es devenu semblable à nous.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Sie alle heben an und sagen zu dir: "Auch du bist kraftlos geworden wie wir, bist uns gleich geworden!"
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Universi respondebunt, et dicent tibi: Et tu vulneratus es sicut et nos; nostri similis effectus es.