Isaiah 14:4
What does Isaiah 14:4 mean?
A plain-English look at Isaiah 14:4 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000that thou shalt take up this parable against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!
KJV
King James Version · 1611That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901that thou shalt take up this parable against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949That you will take up this bitter song against the king of Babylon, and say, How has the cruel overseer come to an end! He who was lifted up in pride is cut off;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862That thou hast taken up this simile Concerning the king of Babylon, and said, How hath the exactor ceased,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Thou shalt take up this parable against the king of Babylon, and shalt say: How is the oppressor come to nothing, the tribute hath ceased?
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890that thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased, — the exactress of gold ceased!
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Habakkuk 1:2
O Jehovah, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear? I cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save.
- Jeremiah 51:20
Thou art my battle-axe and weapons of war: and with thee will I break in pieces the nations; and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;
- Revelation 18:5
for her sins have reached even unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
- Lamentations 4:1
How is the gold become dim! how is the most pure gold changed! The stones of the sanctuary are poured out at the head of every street.
- Jeremiah 25:9
behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith Jehovah, and I will send unto 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 I will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and a hissing, and perpetual desolations.
- Jeremiah 51:34
Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath, like a monster, swallowed me up, he hath filled his maw with my delicacies; he hath cast me out.
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