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Isaiah 14:5

Isaiah chapter 14 · verse 5 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Jehovah hath broken the staff of the wicked, the sceptre of the rulers;

KJV

King James Version · 1611

The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Jehovah hath broken the staff of the wicked, the sceptre of the rulers;

Context

v.4that thou shalt take up this parable against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!

v.5This passage

v.6that smote the peoples in wrath with a continual stroke, that ruled the nations in anger, with a persecution that none restrained.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Jeremiah 48:15

    Moab is laid waste, and they are gone up into his cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name is Jehovah of hosts.

  • Isaiah 10:5

    Ho Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, the staff in whose hand is mine indignation!

  • Isaiah 14:29

    Rejoice not, O Philistia, all of thee, because the rod that smote thee is broken; for out of the serpent’s root shall come forth an adder, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.

  • Isaiah 9:4

    For the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, thou hast broken as in the day of Midian.

  • Psalms 125:3

    For the sceptre of wickedness shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; That the righteous put not forth their hands unto iniquity.