Isaiah 22:6
What does Isaiah 22:6 mean?
A plain-English look at Isaiah 22:6 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And Elam bare the quiver, with chariots of men and horsemen; and Kir uncovered the shield.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And Elam bare the quiver, with chariots of men and horsemen; and Kir uncovered the shield.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And Elam was armed with arrows, and Aram came on horseback; and the breastplate of Kir was uncovered.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And Elam hath borne a quiver, In a chariot of men--horsemen, And Kir hath exposed a shield.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And Elam took the quiver, the chariot of the horseman, and the shield was taken down from the wall.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890— Elam beareth the quiver with chariots of men [and] horsemen; and Kir uncovereth the shield.
Context
v.5For it is a day of discomfiture, and of treading down, and of perplexity, from the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, in the valley of vision; a breaking down of the walls, and a crying to the mountains.
v.6This passage
v.7And it came to pass, that thy choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen set themselves in array at the gate.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jeremiah 49:35
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.
- Isaiah 15:1
The burden of Moab. For in a night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to nought; for in a night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to nought.
- Amos 1:5
And I will break the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the valley of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden; and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir, saith Jehovah.
- Genesis 10:22
The sons of Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram.
- Isaiah 21:2
A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous man dealeth treacherously, and the destroyer destroyeth. Go up, O Elam; besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.
- Amos 9:7
Are ye not as the children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith Jehovah. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt, and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?
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