Isaiah 27:7

What does Isaiah 27:7 mean?

A plain-English look at Isaiah 27:7 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Hath he smitten them as he smote those that smote them? or are they slain according to the slaughter of them that were slain by them?

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him? or is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him?

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Hath he smitten them as he smote those that smote them? or are they slain according to the slaughter of them that were slain by them?

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Is his punishment like the punishment of those who overcame him? or are his dead as great in number as those he put to the sword?

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

As the smiting of his smiter hath He smitten him? As the slaying of his slain doth He slay?

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Hath he struck him according to the stroke of him that struck him? or is he slain, as he killed them that were slain by him?

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Hath he smitten him according to the smiting of those that smote him? Is he slain according to the slaughter of those slain by him?

Context

v.6In days to come shall Jacob take root; Israel shall blossom and bud; and they shall fill the face of the world with fruit.

v.7This passage

v.8In measure, when thou sendest them away, thou dost contend with them; he hath removed them with his rough blast in the day of the east wind.

Cross references

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

  • Isaiah 17:14

    At eventide, behold, terror; and before the morning they are not. This is the portion of them that despoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.

  • Isaiah 10:20

    And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and they that are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again lean upon him that smote them, but shall lean upon Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.

  • Jeremiah 30:11

    For I am with thee, saith Jehovah, to save thee: for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have scattered thee, but I will not make a full end of thee; but I will correct thee in measure, and will in no wise leave thee unpunished.

  • Nahum 1:14

    And Jehovah hath given commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image; I will make thy grave; for thou art vile.

  • Isaiah 37:36

    And the angel of Jehovah went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand; and when men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.

  • Isaiah 14:22

    And I will rise up against them, saith Jehovah of hosts, and cut off from Babylon name and remnant, and son and son’s son, saith Jehovah.

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