Isaiah 30 · Verse 5

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.
Isaiah 30:5, King James Version

Isaiah 30:5 in other translations

BSBeveryone will be put to shame because of a people useless to them. They cannot be of help; they are good for nothing but shame and reproach.”
WEBThey shall all be ashamed because of a people that can’t profit them, that are not a help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.”
ASVThey shall all be ashamed because of a people that cannot profit them, that are not a help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.
YLTAll he made ashamed of a people that profit not, Neither for help, not for profit, But for shame, and also for reproach!
DARBYThey were all ashamed of a people that did not profit them, nor were a help or profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.
BBEFor they have all come with offerings to a people of no use to them, in whom is no help or profit, but only shame and a bad name.
WebsterThey were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them, nor be a help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.

What does Isaiah 30:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
5. (Jr 2:36.)

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 5 Were - ashamed - Eight MSS. (one ancient) of Kennicott's, and ten of De Rossi's, read הביש hobish, without א aleph. So the Chaldee and Vulgate. But a shame "But proved even a shame" - Four MSS. (three ancient) after כי ki, add אם im, unless, which seems wanted to complete the phrase in its usual form.

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 30:5 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.

כֹּ֣לkoleveryoneH3605
הֹבִ֔ישׁhiv.'ishhe will be ashamedH954
עַל\־'al-onH5921
עַ֖ם'ama peopleH5971
לֹא\־lo'-[which] notH3808
יוֹעִ֣ילוּyo.'I.luthey will confer profitH3276
לָ֑מוֹla.moto them
לֹ֤אlo'notH3808
לְעֵ֙זֶר֙le.'E.zerfor helpH5828
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and notH3808
לְהוֹעִ֔ילle.ho.'Ilto confer profitH3276
כִּ֥יkiforH3588
לְבֹ֖שֶׁתle.Vo.shetfor shameH1322
וְגַם\־ve.gam-and alsoH1571
לְחֶרְפָּֽה\׃\ \סle.cher.Pahfor reproachH2781

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

Cross references for Isaiah 30:5

  • Jeremiah 2:36

    Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.

  • Isaiah 30:7

    For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still.

  • Isaiah 20:5-6

    And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory. And the inhabitant of this isle shall say in that day, Behold, such is our expectation, whither we flee for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and how shall we escape?

  • Isaiah 31:1-3

    Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the Lord! Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity. Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the Lord shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail together.

  • Isaiah 30:16

    But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
16; 20:5,6; 31:1-3; Jer 2:36

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

Context

  • 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.

  • Isaiah 30:6

    The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit them.

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Isaiah 30:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Se avergonzarán todos del pueblo que no les aprovechará, ni los socorrerá, ni les traerá provecho; antes les será para vergüenza, y aun para oprobio.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		ils ont tous été honteux d’un peuple qui ne leur était d’aucun profit, ni à aide, ni à utilité, mais à honte et aussi à opprobre.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Alle werden beschämt werden über ein Volk, das ihnen nichts nützt, das nicht zur Hülfe und nicht zum Nutzen, sondern zur Beschämung und auch zum Hohne wird. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Omnes confusi sunt super populo qui eis prodesse non potuit: non fuerunt in auxilium et in aliquam utilitatem, sed in confusionem et in opprobrium.