Isaiah 10:13 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 10:13

For he says: ‘By the strength of my hand I have done this, and by my wisdom, for I am clever. I have removed the boundaries of nations and plundered their treasures; like a mighty one I subdued their rulers.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

For he hath said, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I have understanding: and I have removed the bounds of the peoples, and have robbed their treasures, and like a valiant man I have brought down them that sit on thrones:

KJV

For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man:

⋯

Commentary

1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

By his removing the border of the people Mr. White understands his arbitrarily transplanting colonies from place to place, which was the constant practice of the Assyrians in all their conquests; and this is a probable interpretation. [5.] He had enriched himself with their wealth, and brought it into his own exchequer: I have robbed their treasures.

Voices on this verse

loading…

Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כִּ֣י	ki	for	H3588 →
אָמַ֗ר	'a.Mar	he has said	H559 →
בְּכֹ֤חַ	be.Kho.ach	by [the] strength of	H3581 →
יָדִי֙	ya.Di	hand my	H3027 →
עָשִׂ֔יתִי	'a.Si.ti	I have acted	H6213 →
וּבְחָכְמָתִ֖י	u.ve.cha.khe.ma.Ti	and by skill my	H2451 →
כִּ֣י	ki	for	H3588 →
נְבֻנ֑וֹתִי	ne.vu.No.ti	I have understanding	H995 →
וְאָסִ֣יר׀	ve.'a.Sir	and I may remove	H5493 →
גְּבוּלֹ֣ת	ge.vu.Lot	[the] boundaries of	H1367 →
עַמִּ֗ים	'a.Mim	peoples	H5971 →
וַעֲתוּדֽוֹתֵיהֶם֙	va.'a.ti.do.tei.hem	and provisions their	H6259 →
שׁוֹשֵׂ֔תִי	sho.Se.ti	I have plundered	H8154 →
וְאוֹרִ֥יד	ve.'o.Rid	and I may bring down	H3381 →
כַּאבִּ֖יר	ka.Bir	like a mighty [man]	H47 →
יוֹשְׁבִֽים׃	yo.she.Vim	inhabitants	H3427 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Deuteronomy 8:17
You might say in your heart, “The power and strength of my hands have made this wealth for me.”
leads to
- Deuteronomy 9:4
  When the LORD your God has driven them out before you, do not say in your heart, “Because of my righteousness the LORD has brought me in to possess this land.” Rather, the LORD…
- 1 Corinthians 4:7
  For who makes you so superior? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?
- Daniel 4:30
  the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built by the might of my power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?”
- Isaiah 10:8–14
  “Are not all my commanders kings?” he says.
- Hosea 12:8
  And Ephraim boasts: “How rich I have become! I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors, they can find in me no iniquity that is sinful.”
Through
Daniel 4:30
the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built by the might of my power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?”
leads to
- Proverbs 16:18
  Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
Through
Ezekiel 25:3
Tell the Ammonites to hear the word of the Lord GOD, for this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you exclaimed, “Aha!” when My sanctuary was profaned, when the land of Israel was…
leads to
- Ezekiel 36:2
  This is what the Lord GOD says: Because the enemy has said of you, ‘Aha! The ancient heights have become our possession,’
- Psalms 70:2–3
  May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.