Isaiah 49:24
Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?
Isaiah 49:24 in other translations
| BSB | Can the plunder be snatched from the mighty, or the captives of a tyrant be delivered? |
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| WEB | Shall the plunder be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captives be delivered? |
| ASV | Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captives be delivered? |
| YLT | Is prey taken from the mighty? And the captive of the righteous delivered? |
| DARBY | Shall the prey be taken from the mighty? and shall he that is rightfully captive be delivered? |
| BBE | Will the goods of war be taken from the strong man, or the prisoners of the cruel one be let go? |
| Webster | Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered? |
What does Isaiah 49:24 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 49:24-26
Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain
Isaiah 49:24 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Isaiah 49:24
- Luke 11:21-22
When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace: But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.
- Psalms 124:6-7
Blessed be the Lord, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth. Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.
- Matthew 12:29
Or else how can one enter into a strong man’s house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house.
- Ezekiel 37:3
And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord God, thou knowest.
- Isaiah 42:22
But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore.
- Ezra 9:13
And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as this;
- Psalms 126:1-3
A Song of degrees. When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The Lord hath done great things for them. The Lord hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.
- Ezra 9:9
For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.
- Isaiah 53:12
Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
- Ezekiel 37:11
Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.
- Nehemiah 9:37
And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.
- Jeremiah 25:6-9
And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt. Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith the Lord; that ye might provoke me to anger with the works of your hands to your own hurt. Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts; Because ye have not heard my words, Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the Lord, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.
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Context
- Isaiah 49:23
And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.
- Isaiah 49:24
Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?
- Isaiah 49:25
But thus saith the Lord, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.
Isaiah 49:24 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | ¿Será quitada la presa al valiente? ó ¿libertaráse la cautividad legítima? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Ce qu’il a pris sera-t-il enlevé à l’homme fort, et celui qui est justement captif sera-t-il délivré? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Sollte wohl einem Helden die Beute entrissen werden? oder sollen rechtmäßig Gefangene entrinnen? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Numquid tolletur a forti præda? aut quod captum fuerit a robusto, salvum esse poterit? |