Isaiah 22 · Verse 19

Isaiah 22:19

And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he pull thee down.
Isaiah 22:19, King James Version

Isaiah 22:19 in other translations

BSBI will remove you from office, and you will be ousted from your position.
WEBI will thrust you from your office. You will be pulled down from your station.
ASVAnd I will thrust thee from thine office; and from thy station shalt thou be pulled down.
YLTAnd I have thrust thee from thy station, And from thine office he throweth thee down.
DARBYAnd I will drive thee from thine office, and from thy station will I pull thee down.
BBEAnd I will have you forced out of your place of authority, and pulled down from your position.
WebsterAnd I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he pull thee down.

What does Isaiah 22:19 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
19. state--office. he--God. A similar change of persons occurs in Is 34:16.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 19 I will drive thee - אהרסך ehersecha, in the first person, Syr. Vulg.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 22:15-25

This message to Shebna is a reproof of his pride, vanity, and security; what vanity is all earthly grandeur, which death will so soon end! What will it avail, whether we are laid in a magnificent tomb, or covered with the green sod? Those who, when in power, turn and toss others, will be justly turned and tossed themselves. Eliakim should be put into Shebna's place. Those called to places of trust and power, should…

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Isaiah 22:19 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.

וַהֲדַפְתִּ֖יךָva.ha.daf.Ti.khaand I will push youH1920
מִמַּצָּבֶ֑ךָmi.ma.tza.Ve.khafrom office yourH4673
וּמִמַּעֲמָֽדְךָ֖u.mi.ma.'a.ma.de.Khaand from post yourH4612
יֶהֶרְסֶֽךָ\׃ye.her.Se.khahe will tear down youH2040

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

Cross references for Isaiah 22:19

  • Ezekiel 17:24

    And all the trees of the field shall know that I the Lord have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish: I the Lord have spoken and have done it.

  • Psalms 75:6-7

    For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.

  • Luke 1:52

    He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.

  • Job 40:11-12

    Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him. Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Job 40:11,12; Ps 75:6,7; Eze 17:24; Lu 1:52

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Context

  • Isaiah 22:18

    He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a large country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy glory shall be the shame of thy lord’s house.

  • Isaiah 22:19

    And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he pull thee down.

  • Isaiah 22:20

    And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah:

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Isaiah 22:19 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y arrojarte he de tu lugar, y de tu puesto te empujaré.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et je te chasserai de ta place, et te renverserai de ta position.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und ich werde dich von deinem Posten hinwegstoßen, und von deinem Standorte wird er dich herunterreißen. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et expellam te de statione tua, et de ministerio tuo deponam te.