Isaiah 36 · Verse 9

Isaiah 36:9

How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
Isaiah 36:9, King James Version

Isaiah 36:9 in other translations

BSBFor how can you repel a single officer among the least of my master’s servants when you depend on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?
WEBHow then can you turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put your trust in Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
ASVHow then canst thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
YLTAnd how dost thou turn back the face of one captain of the least of the servants of my lord, and dost trust for thee on Egypt, for chariot and for horsemen?
DARBYHow then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants? And thou reliest upon Egypt for chariots and for horsemen!
BBEHow then may you put to shame the least of my master's servants? and you have put your hope in Egypt for war-carriages and horsemen:
WebsterHow then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

What does Isaiah 36:9 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
9. captain--a governor under a satrap; even he commands more horsemen than this.

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

Isaiah 36:9 in the original Hebrew

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וְאֵ֣יךְve.'Eikhand how?H349
תָּשִׁ֗יבta.Shivwill you turn backH7725
אֵ֠ת'et<obj.>H853
פְּנֵ֨יpe.Nei[the] face ofH6440
פַחַ֥תfa.Chat[the] governorH6346
אַחַ֛ד'a.Chad<of> one ofH259
עַבְדֵ֥י'av.Dei[the] servants ofH5650
אֲדֹנִ֖י'a.do.Nimaster myH113
הַקְטַנִּ֑יםhak.ta.Nim<the> littleH6996
וַתִּבְטַ֤חva.tiv.Tachand you have been relyingH982
לְךָ֙le.Kha<for> yourself
עַל\־'al-onH5921
מִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimEgyptH4714
לְרֶ֖כֶבle.Re.khevfor chariotryH7393
וּלְפָרָשִֽׁים\׃u.le.fa.ra.Shimand for horsemenH6571

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Cross references for Isaiah 36:9

  • Isaiah 10:8

    For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings?

  • Isaiah 31:3

    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 36:6

    Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him.

  • Isaiah 30:16-17

    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. One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill.

  • 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.

  • 2 Kings 18:24

    How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

  • 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 20:5

    And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.

  • Proverbs 21:31

    The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the Lord.

  • Isaiah 30:2-5

    That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt! Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion. For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes. 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.

  • Deuteronomy 17:16

    But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the Lord hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the least.
10:8; 2Ki 18:24
and put.
6; 30:16,17; De 17:16; Pr 21:31; Jer 2:36

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Context

  • Isaiah 36:8

    Now therefore give pledges, I pray thee, to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.

  • Isaiah 36:9

    How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

  • Isaiah 36:10

    And am I now come up without the Lord against this land to destroy it? the Lord said unto me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.

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Isaiah 36:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
¿Cómo pues harás volver el rostro de un capitán de los más pequeños siervos de mi señor, aunque estés confiado en Egipto por sus carros y hombres de á caballo?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et comment ferais-tu tourner visage à un seul capitaine d’entre les moindres serviteurs de mon seigneur? Et tu mets ta confiance en l’Égypte, pour des chars et des cavaliers…
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und wie wolltest du einen einzigen Befehlshaber von den geringsten Knechten meines Herrn zurücktreiben? Aber du vertraust auf Ägypten wegen Wagen und wegen Reiter.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et quomodo sustinebis faciem judicis unius loci ex servis domini mei minoribus? Quod si confidis in Ægypto, in quadrigis et in equitibus,