Isaiah 30 · Verse 4

Isaiah 30:4

For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.
Isaiah 30:4, King James Version

Isaiah 30:4 in other translations

BSBFor though their princes are at Zoan and their envoys have arrived in Hanes,
WEBFor their princes are at Zoan, and their ambassadors have come to Hanes.
ASVFor their princes are at Zoan, and their ambassadors are come to Hanes.
YLTFor in Zoan were his princes, And his messengers reach Hanes.
DARBYFor his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.
BBEFor his chiefs are at Zoan, and his representatives have come to Hanes.
WebsterFor his princes were at Zoan, and his embassadors came to Hanes.

What does Isaiah 30:4 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
4. his--Judah's (compare Is 9:21). at Zoan--are already arrived there on their errand to Pharaoh (see Is 19:11). came to Hanes--are come there. West of the Nile, in central Egypt: Egyptian Hnes; the Greek Heracleopolis: perhaps the Anysis of Herodotus (2.137); according to Grotius, Tahpanhes contracted (Jr 43:7-9); the seat of a reigning prince at the time, as was Zoan, hence the Jewish ambassadors go to both.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 4 Hanes - Six MSS. of Kennicott's, and perhaps six others, with four of De Rossi's, read חנם chinnam, in vain, for הנס Hanes; and so also the Septuagint, who read likewise יגעו yageu, labored, for יגיעו yaggiu, arrived at.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 30:1-7

The Jews reproved for seeking aid from Egypt. (Is. 30:1-7) Judgements in consequence of their contempt of God's word. (Is. 30:8-18) God's mercies to his church. (Is. 30:19-26) The ruin of the Assyrian army, and of all God's enemies. (Is. 30:27-33) Verses 1-7 It was often the fault and folly of the Jews, that when troubled by their neighbours on one side, they sought for succour from others, instead of looking up to…

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Isaiah 30:4 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.

כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
הָי֥וּha.Yuthey have beenH1961
בְצֹ֖עַןve.Tzo.'anin ZoanH6814
שָׂרָ֑יוsa.Ravofficials itsH8269
וּמַלְאָכָ֖יוu.mal.'a.Khavand messengers itsH4397
חָנֵ֥סcha.NesHanesH2609
יַגִּֽיעוּ\׃ya.Gi.'uthey have reachedH5060

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

Cross references for Isaiah 30:4

  • Isaiah 19:11

    Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?

  • Jeremiah 43:7

    So they came into the land of Egypt: for they obeyed not the voice of the Lord: thus came they even to Tahpanhes.

  • Isaiah 57:9

    And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase thyself even unto hell.

  • Hosea 7:11-12

    Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria. When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them, as their congregation hath heard.

  • Ezekiel 30:14

    And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments in No.

  • Ezekiel 30:18

    At Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened, when I shall break there the yokes of Egypt: and the pomp of her strength shall cease in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity.

  • 2 Kings 17:4

    And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.

  • Numbers 13:22

    And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)

  • Hosea 7:16

    They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
his princes.
57:9; 2Ki 17:4; Ho 7:11,12,16
Zoan.
19:11; Nu 13:22; Eze 30:14
Hanes.
Jer 43:7
Tahpanhes.
Eze 30:18
Tehaphnehes.

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Context

  • Isaiah 30:3

    Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.

  • Isaiah 30:4

    For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.

  • Isaiah 30:5

    They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them, nor be an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.

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Isaiah 30:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Cuando estarán sus príncipes en Zoán, y sus embajadores habrán llegado á Hanes,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Car ses princes ont été à Tsoan, et ses messagers sont arrivés à Hanès;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Denn seine Fürsten waren in Zoan, und seine Gesandten langten in Hanes an.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Erant enim in Tani principes tui, et nuntii tui usque ad Hanes pervenerunt.