Isaiah 22:17
What does Isaiah 22:17 mean?
A plain-English look at Isaiah 22:17 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Behold, Jehovah, like a strong man, will hurl thee away violently; yea, he will wrap thee up closely.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Behold, the Lord will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, and will surely cover thee.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Behold, Jehovah, like a strong man, will hurl thee away violently; yea, he will wrap thee up closely.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949See, O strong man, the Lord will send you violently away, gripping you with force,
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Lo, Jehovah is casting thee up and down, A casting up and down, O mighty one,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Behold the Lord will cause thee to be carried away, as a cock is carried away, and he will lift thee up as a garment.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Behold, Jehovah will hurl thee with the force of a mighty man, and will cover thee entirely.
Context
v.16What doest thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out here a sepulchre? hewing him out a sepulchre on high, graving a habitation for himself in the rock!
v.17This passage
v.18He will surely wind thee round and round, and toss thee like a ball into a large country; there shalt thou die, and there shall be the chariots of thy glory, thou shame of thy lord’s house.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jeremiah 14:3
And their nobles send their little ones to the waters: they come to the cisterns, and find no water; they return with their vessels empty; they are put to shame and confounded, and cover their heads.
- Job 9:24
The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He covereth the faces of the judges thereof: Ifit benothe, who then is it?
- Esther 7:8
Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the couch whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he even force the queen before me in the house? As the word went out of the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.
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