Isaiah 37 · Verse 29

Isaiah 37:29

Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
Isaiah 37:29, King James Version

Isaiah 37:29 in other translations

BSBBecause your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’
WEBBecause of your raging against me, and because your arrogance has come up into my ears, therefore I will put my hook in your nose and my bridle in your lips, and I will turn you back by the way by which you came.
ASVBecause of thy raging against me, and because thine arrogancy is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
YLTBecause of thy anger towards Me, And thy noise--it came up into Mine ears, I have put My hook in thy nose, And My bridle in thy lips, And I have caused thee to turn back In the way in which thou camest.
DARBYBecause thy raging against me and thine arrogance is come up into mine ears, I will put my ring in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will make thee go back by the way by which thou camest.
BBEBecause your wrath against me and your pride have come to my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my cord in your lips, and I will make you go back by the way you came.
WebsterBecause thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into my ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.

What does Isaiah 37:29 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
29. tumult--insolence. hook in ... nose--Like a wild beast led by a ring through the nose, he shall be forced back to his own country (compare Job 41:1, 2; Eze 19:4; 29:4; 38:4). In a bas-relief of Khorsabad, captives are led before the king by a cord attached to a hook, or ring, passing through the under lip or the upper lip, and nose.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 29 Will I put my hook in thy nose - Et fraenum meum: Jonathan vocem מתג metheg, interpretatus est זמם zemam, i.e., annulum, sive uncum, eumque ferreum, quem infigunt naribus camelae: eoque trahitur, quoniam illa feris motibus agitur: et hoc est, quod discimus in Talmude; et camela cum annulo narium: scilicet, egreditur die sabbathi. "And my bridle: Jonathan interprets the word metheg by zemam, a ring, or that iron hook which they put in the nostrils of a camel to lead her about, check her in her restiveness, etc. And this is what we mean in the Talmud, when we say, And the camel with the ring of her nostrils shall go out on the Sabbath day." - Jarchi in 2Kgs 19:28. Ponam circulum in naribus tuis. "I will put a ring in thy nostrils." - Jerome. Just as at this day they put a ring into the nose of the bear, the buffalo, and other wild beasts, to lead them, and to govern them when they are unruly. Bulls are often ringed thus in several parts of England. The Hindoos compare a person who is the slave of his wife to a cow led by the ring in her nose.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Isaiah 37:29 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.

יַ֚עַןYa.'anbecauseH3282
הִתְרַגֶּזְךָ֣hit.ra.gez.Kharaging youH7264
אֵלַ֔י'e.Laiagainst meH413
וְשַׁאֲנַנְךָ֖ve.sha.'a.nan.Khaand arrogance yourH7600
עָלָ֣ה'a.Lahit has come upH5927
בְאָזְנָ֑יve.'a.ze.Naiin ears myH241
וְשַׂמְתִּ֨יve.sam.Tiand I will putH7760
חַחִ֜יcha.Chihook myH2397
בְּאַפֶּ֗ךָbe.'a.Pe.khain nose yourH639
וּמִתְגִּי֙u.mit.Giand bridle myH4964
בִּשְׂפָתֶ֔יךָbis.fa.Tei.khaon lips yourH8193
וַהֲשִׁ֣יבֹתִ֔יךָva.ha.Shi.vo.Ti.khaand I will turn back youH7725
בַּדֶּ֖רֶךְba.De.rekhby the wayH1870
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-whichH834
בָּ֥אתָBa.tayou cameH935
בָּֽהּ\׃Bahby it

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Cross references for Isaiah 37:29

  • 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 37:34

    By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the Lord.

  • Ezekiel 38:4

    And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:

  • Isaiah 30:28

    And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to err.

  • Ezekiel 29:4

    But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales.

  • 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.

  • 2 Kings 19:27-28

    But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me. Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.

  • Psalms 83:2

    For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.

  • Psalms 46:6

    The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.

  • Nahum 1:9-11

    What do ye imagine against the Lord? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time. For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry. There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the Lord, a wicked counsellor.

  • Isaiah 36:4

    And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?

  • Job 15:25-26

    For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty. He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
rage.
10; 36:4,10; 2Ki 19:27,28; Job 15:25,26; Ps 2:1-3; 46:6; 93:3,4
Na 1:9-11; Joh 15:22,23; Ac 9:4
tumult.
Ps 74:4,23; 83:2; Mt 27:24; Ac 22:22
will I.
30:28; Job 41:2; Ps 32:9; Eze 29:4; 38:4; Am 4:2

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Context

  • Isaiah 37:28

    But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.

  • Isaiah 37:29

    Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.

  • Isaiah 37:30

    And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such as groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of the same: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof.

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Isaiah 37:29 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Porque contra mí te airaste, y tu estruendo ha subido á mis oídos: pondré pues mi anzuelo en tu nariz, y mi freno en tus labios, y haréte tornar por el camino por donde viniste.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Parce que tu es plein de rage contre moi, et que ton insolence est montée à mes oreilles, je mettrai mon anneau à ton nez et mon frein entre tes lèvres, et je te ferai retourner par le chemin par lequel tu es venu.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Wegen deines Tobens wider mich, und weil dein Übermut in meine Ohren heraufgekommen ist, werde ich meinen Ring in deine Nase legen und mein Gebiß in deine Lippen, und werde dich zurückführen auf dem Wege, auf welchem du gekommen bist.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Cum fureres adversum me, superbia tua ascendit in aures meas. Ponam ergo circulum in naribus tuis, et frenum in labiis tuis, et reducam te in viam per quem venisti.