Isaiah 8 · Verse 15

Isaiah 8:15

And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.
Isaiah 8:15, King James Version

Isaiah 8:15 in other translations

BSBMany will stumble over these; they will fall and be broken; they will be ensnared and captured.”
WEBMany will stumble over it, fall, be broken, be snared, and be captured.”
ASVAnd many shall stumble thereon, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.
YLTAnd many among them have stumbled and fallen, And been broken, and snared, and captured.
DARBYAnd many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
BBEAnd numbers of them, falling on the stone, will be broken, and will be taken in the net.
WebsterAnd many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be insnared, and be taken.

What does Isaiah 8:15 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 8:12-16

12-16. The words of Jehovah. confederacy--rather, a conspiracy; an appropriate term for the unnatural combination of Israel with Syrian foreigners against Judea and the theocracy, to which the former was bound by ties of blood and hereditary religion [Maurer]. to all ... say--rather, of all which this people calleth a conspiracy [G. V. Smith]. their fear--namely, object of fear: the hostile conspiracy. be…

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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…

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Isaiah 8:15 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.

וְכָ֥שְׁלוּve.Kha.she.luand they will stumbleH3782
בָ֖םvamover them
רַבִּ֑יםra.Bimmany [people]H7227
וְנָפְל֣וּve.na.fe.Luand they will fallH5307
וְנִשְׁבָּ֔רוּve.nish.Ba.ruand they will be brokenH7665
וְנוֹקְשׁ֖וּve.nok.Shuand they will be ensnaredH3369
וְנִלְכָּֽדוּ\׃\ \סve.nil.Ka.duand they will be capturedH3920

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Cross references for Isaiah 8:15

  • Matthew 21:44

    And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.

  • Isaiah 28:13

    But the word of the Lord was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.

  • Luke 20:17-18

    And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner? Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.

  • Romans 9:32

    Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;

  • Matthew 15:14

    Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

  • John 6:66

    From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.

  • Isaiah 59:10

    We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men.

  • Matthew 11:6

    And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.

  • 1 Corinthians 1:23

    But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;

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Mt 11:6; 15:14; 21:44; Lu 20:17,18; Joh 6:66; 1Co 1:23

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Context

  • Isaiah 8:14

    And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

  • Isaiah 8:15

    And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.

  • Isaiah 8:16

    Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.

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Isaiah 8:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y muchos tropezarán entre ellos, y caerán, y serán quebrantados: enredaránse, y serán presos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et beaucoup d’entre eux trébucheront, et tomberont, et seront brisés, et enlacés, et pris.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und viele unter ihnen werden straucheln, und werden fallen und zerschmettert und verstrickt und gefangen werden. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et offendent ex eis plurimi, et cadent, et conterentur, et irretientur, et capientur.