Isaiah 7:13

What does Isaiah 7:13 mean?

A plain-English look at Isaiah 7:13 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David: Is it a small thing for you to weary men, that ye will weary my God also?

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David: Is it a small thing for you to weary men, that ye will weary my God also?

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And he said, Give ear now, O family of David: is it not enough that you are driving men to disgust? will you do the same to my God?

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And he saith, `Hear, I pray you, O house of David, Is it a little thing for you to weary men, That ye weary also my God?

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And he said: Hear ye therefore, O house of David: Is it a small thing for you to be grievous to men, that you are grievous to my God also?

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And he said, Hear then, house of David: Is it a small matter for you to weary men, that ye weary also myGod?

Context

v.12But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt Jehovah.

v.13This passage

v.14Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

Cross references

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

  • Acts 7:51

    Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Spirit: as your fathers did, so do ye.

  • Luke 1:69

    And hath raised up a horn of salvation for us In the house of his servant David

  • Isaiah 7:2

    And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart trembled, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the forest tremble with the wind.

  • Isaiah 43:24

    Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices; but thou hast burdened me with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities.

  • Ezekiel 16:20

    Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. Were thy whoredoms a small matter,

  • Jeremiah 6:11

    Therefore I am full of the wrath of Jehovah; I am weary with holding in: pour it out upon the children in the street, and upon the assembly of young men together; for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days.

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