Isaiah 22 · Verse 6

Isaiah 22:6

And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.
Isaiah 22:6, King James Version

Isaiah 22:6 in other translations

BSBElam takes up a quiver, with chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovers the shield.
WEBElam carried his quiver, with chariots of men and horsemen; and Kir uncovered the shield.
ASVAnd Elam bare the quiver, with chariots of men and horsemen; and Kir uncovered the shield.
YLTAnd Elam hath borne a quiver, In a chariot of men--horsemen, And Kir hath exposed a shield.
DARBY— Elam beareth the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen; and Kir uncovereth the shield.
BBEAnd Elam was armed with arrows, and Aram came on horseback; and the breastplate of Kir was uncovered.
WebsterAnd Elam bore the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.

What does Isaiah 22:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
6. Elam--the country stretching east from the Lower Tigris, answering to what was afterwards called Persia (see on Is 21:2). Later, Elam was a province of Persia (Ezr 4:9). In Sennacherib's time, Elam was subject to Assyria (2Ki 18:11), and so furnished a contingent to its invading armies. Famed for the bow (Is 13:18; Jr 49:35), in which the Ethiopians alone excelled them. with chariots of men and horsemen--that is, they used the bow both in chariots and on horseback. "Chariots of men," that is, chariots in which men are borne, war chariots (compare see on Is 21:7; Is 21:9). Kir--another people subject to Assyria (2Ki 16:9); the region about the river Kur, between the Caspian and Black Seas. uncovered--took off for the battle the leather covering of the shield, intended to protect the embossed figures on it from dust or injury during the march. "The quiver" and "the shield" express two classes--light and heavy armed troops.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 6 Chariots of men "The Syriac" - It is not easy to say what רכב אדם recheb adam, a chariot of men, can mean. It seems by the form of the sentence, which consists of three members, the first and the third mentioning a particular people, that the second should do so likewise. Thus ברכב ארם ופרשים berecheb aram uparashim, "with chariots the Syrian, and with horsemen:" the similitude of the letters ד daleth and ר resh is so great, and the mistakes arising from it are so frequent, that I readily adopt the correction of Houbigant, ארם aram, Syria, instead of אדם adam, man; which seems to me extremely probable. The conjunction ו vau, and, prefixed to פרשים parashim, horsemen, seems necessary in whatever way the sentence may be taken; and it is confirmed by five MSS., (one ancient), four of De Rossi's, and two ancient of my own; one by correction of Dr. Kennicott's, and three editions. Kir was a city belonging to the Medes. The Medes were subject to the Assyrians in Hezekiah's time, (see 2Kgs 16:9, and 2Kgs 17:6); and so perhaps might Elam (the Persians) likewise be, or auxiliaries to them.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 22:1-7

The siege and taking of Jerusalem. (Is. 22:1-7) The wicked conduct of its inhabitants. (Is. 22:8-14) The displacing of Shebna, and the promotion of Eliakim, applied to the Messiah. (Is. 22:15-25) Verses 1-7 Why is Jerusalem in such terror? Her slain men are not slain with the sword, but with famine; or, slain with fear, disheartened. Their rulers fled, but were overtaken. The servants of God, who foresee and warn…

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Isaiah 22:6 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.

וְעֵילָם֙ve.'ei.Lamand ElamH5867
נָשָׂ֣אna.Sa'it took upH5375
אַשְׁפָּ֔ה'ash.Paha quiverH827
בְּרֶ֥כֶבbe.Re.khevwith chariotry ofH7393
אָדָ֖ם'a.Dama manH120
פָּֽרָשִׁ֑יםpa.ra.ShimhorsemenH6571
וְקִ֥ירve.Kirand KirH7024
עֵרָ֖ה'e.Rahit uncoveredH6168
מָגֵֽן\׃ma.Gena shieldH4043

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Cross references for Isaiah 22:6

  • 2 Kings 16:9

    And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried the people of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin.

  • Isaiah 21:2

    A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.

  • Amos 9:7

    Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith the Lord. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?

  • Amos 1:5

    I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden: and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir, saith the Lord.

  • Isaiah 15:1

    The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence;

  • Jeremiah 49:35-39

    Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might. And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come. For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger, saith the Lord; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them: And I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence the king and the princes, saith the Lord. …

  • Genesis 10:22

    The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Elam.
21:2; Ge 10:22; Jer 49:35-39
Kir.
15:1; 2Ki 16:9; Am 1:5; 9:7
uncovered. Heb. made naked.

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Context

  • Isaiah 22:5

    For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity by the Lord God of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains.

  • Isaiah 22:6

    And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.

  • Isaiah 22:7

    And it shall come to pass, that thy choicest valleys shall be full of chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate.

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Isaiah 22:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y Elam tomó aljaba en carro de hombres y de caballeros; y Chîr descubrió escudo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Élam porte le carquois, avec des chars d’hommes et des cavaliers; et Kir découvre le bouclier.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Elam trägt den Köcher, mit bemannten Wagen und mit Reitern; und Kir entblößt den Schild.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et Ælam sumpsit pharetram, currum hominis equitis, et parietem nudavit clypeus.