Isaiah 33:19
Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.
Isaiah 33:19 in other translations
| BSB | You will no longer see the insolent, a people whose speech is unintelligible, who stammer in a language you cannot understand. |
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| WEB | You will no longer see the fierce people, a people of a deep speech that you can’t comprehend, with a strange language that you can’t understand. |
| ASV | Thou shalt not see the fierce people, a people of a deep speech that thou canst not comprehend, of a strange tongue that thou canst not understand. |
| YLT | The strong people thou seest not, A people deeper of lip than to be understood, Of a scorned tongue, there is no understanding. |
| DARBY | Thou shalt no more see the fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst comprehend, of a stammering tongue that cannot be understood. |
| BBE | Never again will you see the cruel people, a people whose tongue has no sense for you; whose language is strange to you. |
| Webster | Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand. |
What does Isaiah 33:19 mean?
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 33:15-24
The true believer watches against all occasions of sin. The Divine power will keep him safe, and his faith in that power will keep him easy. He shall want nothing needful for him. Every blessing of salvation is freely bestowed on all that ask with humble, believing prayer; and the believer is safe in time and for ever. Those that walk uprightly shall not only have bread given, and their water sure, but they shall…
Isaiah 33:19 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Isaiah 33:19
- Isaiah 28:11
For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.
- Deuteronomy 28:49-50
The Lord shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand; A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young:
- Jeremiah 5:15
Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the Lord: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.
- 2 Kings 19:32
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 shield, nor cast a bank against it.
- Exodus 14:13
And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.
- Ezekiel 3:5-6
For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, but to the house of Israel; Not to many people of a strange speech and of an hard language, whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, had I sent thee to them, they would have hearkened unto thee.
- 1 Corinthians 14:21
In the law it is written, With men of other tongues and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the Lord.
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Context
- Isaiah 33:18
Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers?
- Isaiah 33:19
Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.
- Isaiah 33:20
Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.
Isaiah 33:19 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | No verás á aquel pueblo espantable, pueblo de lengua oscura de entender, de lengua tartamuda que no comprendas. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Tu ne verras plus le peuple audacieux, un peuple au langage trop obscur pour l’entendre, à la langue bégayante qu’on ne comprend pas. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Du wirst das freche Volk nicht mehr sehen, das Volk von unverständlicher Sprache, daß man sie nicht vernehmen, von stammelnder Zunge, die man nicht verstehen kann. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Populum impudentem non videbis, populum alti sermonis, ita ut non possis intelligere disertitudinem linguæ ejus, in quo nulla est sapientia. |