Isaiah 3 · Verse 25

Isaiah 3:25

Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.
Isaiah 3:25, King James Version

Isaiah 3:25 in other translations

BSBYour men will fall by the sword, and your warriors in battle.
WEBYour men shall fall by the sword, and your mighty in the war.
ASVThy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.
YLTFor instead of glory, thy men by sword do fall, And thy might in battle.
DARBYThy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the fight;
BBEYour men will be put to the sword, and your men of war will come to destruction in the fight.
WebsterThy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.

What does Isaiah 3:25 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
25. Thy men--of Jerusalem.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 25 Thy mighty men - For גבורתך geburathech an ancient MS. has גבורך gibborech. The true reading, from the Septuagint, Vulgate, Syriac, and Chaldee, seems to be גבוריך gibborayich.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 3:16-26

The prophet reproves and warns the daughters of Zion of the sufferings coming upon them. Let them know that God notices the folly and vanity of proud women, even of their dress. The punishments threatened answered the sin. Loathsome diseases often are the just punishment of pride. It is not material to ask what sort of ornaments they wore; many of these things, if they had not been in fashion, would have been…

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Isaiah 3:25 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.

מְתַ֖יִךְme.Ta.yikhmen yourH4962
בַּחֶ֣רֶבba.Che.revby the swordH2719
יִפֹּ֑לוּyi.Po.luthey will fallH5307
וּגְבוּרָתֵ֖ךְu.ge.vu.ra.Tekhand strength yourH1369
בַּמִּלְחָמָֽה\׃ba.mil.cha.Mahin <the> battleH4421

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

Cross references for Isaiah 3:25

  • Isaiah 1:20

    But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.

  • Jeremiah 18:21

    Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.

  • Lamentations 2:21

    The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied.

  • Jeremiah 11:22

    Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, Behold, I will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine:

  • 2 Chronicles 29:9

    For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.

  • Jeremiah 19:7

    And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and their carcases will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.

  • Jeremiah 14:18

    If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not.

  • Jeremiah 21:9

    He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey.

  • Amos 9:10

    All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Thy men.
2Ch 29:9; Jer 11:22; 14:18; 18:21; 19:7; 21:9; La 2:21; Am 9:10
mighty. Heb. might.

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

Context

  • Isaiah 3:24

    And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty.

  • Isaiah 3:25

    Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.

  • Isaiah 3:26

    And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.

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Isaiah 3:25 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Tus varones caerán á cuchillo, y tu fuerza en la guerra.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Tes hommes tomberont par l’épée, et tes hommes forts, dans la guerre.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Deine Männer werden durchs Schwert fallen, und deine Helden im Kriege.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Pulcherrimi quoque viri tui gladio cadent, et fortes tui in prælio.