Isaiah 30:31
For through the voice of the Lord shall the Assyrian be beaten down, which smote with a rod.
Isaiah 30:31 in other translations
| BSB | For Assyria will be shattered at the voice of the LORD; He will strike them with His scepter. |
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| WEB | For through the LORD’s voice the Assyrian will be dismayed. He will strike him with his rod. |
| ASV | For through the voice of Jehovah shall the Assyrian be dismayed; with his rod will he smite him. |
| YLT | For from the voice of Jehovah broken down is Asshur, With a rod He smiteth. |
| DARBY | For through the voice of Jehovah shall the Assyrian be broken down: he will smite him with the rod. |
| BBE | For through the voice of the Lord the Assyrian will be broken, and the Lord's rod will be lifted up against him. |
| Webster | For through the voice of the LORD shall the Assyrian be beaten down, who smote with a rod. |
What does Isaiah 30:31 mean?
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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 30:27-33
God curbs and restrains from doing mischief. With a word he guides his people into the right way, but with a bridle he turns his enemies upon their own ruin. Here, in threatening the ruin of Sennacherib's army, the prophet points at the final and everlasting destruction of all impenitent sinners. Tophet was a valley near Jerusalem, where fires were continually burning to destroy things that were hurtful and…
Isaiah 30:31 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Isaiah 30:31
- Micah 5:5-6
And this man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men. And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.
- Isaiah 10:5
O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.
- Isaiah 9:4
For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.
- Isaiah 11:4
But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
- Psalms 125:5
As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the Lord shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.
- Psalms 17:13-14
Arise, O Lord, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword: From men which are thy hand, O Lord, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
- Isaiah 10:24
Therefore thus saith the Lord God of hosts, O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt.
- Isaiah 10:15
Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.
- Isaiah 10:12
Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.
- Isaiah 37:32-38
For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the Lord of hosts shall do this. Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shields, nor cast a bank against it. By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the Lord. For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake. …
- Isaiah 30:30
And the Lord shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones.
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- Isaiah 30:30
And the Lord shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones.
- Isaiah 30:31
For through the voice of the Lord shall the Assyrian be beaten down, which smote with a rod.
- Isaiah 30:32
And in every place where the grounded staff shall pass, which the Lord shall lay upon him, it shall be with tabrets and harps: and in battles of shaking will he fight with it.
Isaiah 30:31 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Porque Assur que hirió con palo, con la voz de Jehová será quebrantado. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Car, par la voix de l’ Éternel, Assur sera renversé; il le frappera de sa verge; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Denn vor der Stimme Jehovas wird Assur zerschmettert werden, wenn er mit dem Stocke schlägt. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | A voce enim Domini pavebit Assur virga percussus. |