Isaiah 8:10
Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
Isaiah 8:10 in other translations
| BSB | Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted; state a proposal, but it will not happen. For God is with us.” |
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| WEB | Take counsel together, and it will be brought to nothing; speak the word, and it will not stand, for God is with us.” |
| ASV | Take counsel together, and it shall be brought to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us. |
| YLT | Take counsel, and it is broken, Speak a word, and it doth not stand, Because of Emmanu-El!' |
| DARBY | Settle a plan, and it shall come to nought; speak a word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us. |
| BBE | Let your designs be formed, and they will come to nothing; give your orders, and they will not be effected: for God is with us. |
| Webster | Take counsel together, and it shall come to naught; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us. |
What does Isaiah 8:10 mean?
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 8:9-16
The prophet challenges the enemies of the Jews. Their efforts would be vain, and themselves broken to pieces. It concerns us, in time of trouble, to watch against all such fears as put us upon crooked courses for our own security. The believing fear of God preserves against the disquieting fear of man. If we thought rightly of the greatness and glory of God, we should see all the power of our enemies restrained. The…
Isaiah 8:10 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Isaiah 8:10
- Lamentations 3:37
Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
- Romans 8:31
What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
- Job 5:12
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
- Proverbs 21:30
There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the Lord.
- Psalms 46:11
The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
- 2 Samuel 15:31
And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O Lord, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.
- Isaiah 7:5-7
Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying, Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeal: Thus saith the Lord God, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.
- Psalms 33:10-11
The Lord bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect. The counsel of the Lord standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
- Isaiah 41:10
Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
- Psalms 46:7
The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
- 2 Chronicles 13:12
And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against the Lord God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.
- Deuteronomy 20:1
When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the Lord thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
7:5-7; 2Sa 15:31; 17:4,23; Job 5:12; Ps 2:1,2; 33:10,11; 46:1,7
Ps 83:3-18; Pr 21:30; La 3:37; Na 1:9-12; Ac 5:38,39
for God.
7:14; 9:6; 41:10; De 20:1; Jos 1:5; 2Ch 13:12; 33:7,8; Ps 46:7,11
Mt 1:23; 28:20; Ro 8:13,31; 1Jo 4:4
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Context
- Isaiah 8:9
Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces.
- Isaiah 8:10
Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
- Isaiah 8:11
For the Lord spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying,
Isaiah 8:10 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Tomad consejo, y será deshecho; proferid palabra, y no será firme: porque Dios con nosotros. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Prenez un conseil, et il n’aboutira à rien; dites la parole, et elle n’aura pas d’effet: car ✶Dieu est avec nous. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Beschließet einen Ratschlag, und er soll vereitelt werden; redet ein Wort, und es soll nicht zustande kommen; denn Gott ist mit uns. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Inite consilium, et dissipabitur; loquimini verbum, et non fiet: quia nobiscum Deus. |