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World English Bible

Isaiah 31 (WEBP)

[1] Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, and rely on horses, and trust in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are very strong, but they don’t look to the Holy One of Israel, and they don’t seek Yahweh!
[2] Yet he also is wise, and will bring disaster, and will not call back his words, but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of those who work iniquity.
[3] Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When Yahweh stretches out his hand, both he who helps shall stumble, and he who is helped shall fall, and they all shall be consumed together.
[4] For Yahweh says to me, “As the lion and the young lion growling over his prey, if a multitude of shepherds is called together against him, will not be dismayed at their voice, nor abase himself for their noise, so Yahweh of Armies will come down to fight on Mount Zion and on its heights.
[5] As birds hovering, so Yahweh of Armies will protect Jerusalem. He will protect and deliver it. He will pass over and preserve it.”
[6] Return to him from whom you have deeply revolted, children of Israel.
[7] For in that day everyone shall cast away his idols of silver and his idols of gold—sin which your own hands have made for you.
[8] “The Assyrian will fall by the sword, not of man; and the sword, not of mankind, shall devour him. He will flee from the sword, and his young men will become subject to forced labor.
[9] His rock will pass away by reason of terror, and his princes will be afraid of the banner,” says Yahweh, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Isaiah 31 (KJVS)

[1] Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the Lord!
[2] Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.
[3] Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the Lord shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail together.
[4] For thus hath the Lord spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the Lord of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof.
[5] As birds flying, so will the Lord of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it.
[6] Turn ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted.
[7] For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin.
[8] Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be discomfited.
[9] And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the Lord, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.

Isaiah 31:2 Heb. remove
Isaiah 31:4 Or, multitude
Isaiah 31:7 Heb. the idols of his gold
Isaiah 31:8a Or, for fear of the sword
Isaiah 31:8b Or, tributarie. Heb. for melting, or tribute
Isaiah 31:9 Or, his strength. Heb. rock shall pass away for fear

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Isaiah 31 (BYZ)

[1] Οὐαὶ () οἱ () καταβαίνοντες () εἰς () Αἴγυπτον () ἐπὶ () βοήθειαν, () οἱ () ἐφ’ () ἵπποις () πεποιθότες () καὶ () ἐφ’ () ἅρμασιν, () ἔστιν () γὰρ () πολλά, () καὶ () ἐφ’ () ἵπποις, () πλῆθος () σφόδρα, () καὶ () οὐκ () ἦσαν () πεποιθότες () ἐπὶ () τὸν () ἅγιον () τοῦ () Ισραηλ () καὶ () τὸν () θεὸν () οὐκ () ἐξεζήτησαν. ()
[2] Καὶ () αὐτὸς () σοφὸς () ἦγεν () ἐπ’ () αὐτοὺς () κακά, () καὶ () ὁ () λόγος () αὐτοῦ () οὐ () μὴ () ἀθετηθῇ, () καὶ () ἐπαναστήσεται () ἐπ’ () οἴκους () ἀνθρώπων () πονηρῶν () καὶ () ἐπὶ () τὴν () ἐλπίδα () αὐτῶν () τὴν () ματαίαν, ()
[3] Αἰγύπτιον () ἄνθρωπον () καὶ () οὐ () θεόν, () ἵππων () σάρκας () καὶ () οὐκ () ἔστιν () βοήθεια· () ὁ () δὲ () κύριος () ἐπάξει () τὴν () χεῖρα () αὐτοῦ () ἐπ’ () αὐτούς, () καὶ () κοπιάσουσιν () οἱ () βοηθοῦντες, () καὶ () ἅμα () πάντες () ἀπολοῦνται. ()
[4] Ὅτι () οὕτως () εἶπέν () μοι () κύριος () Ὃν () τρόπον () ἐὰν () βοήσῃ () ὁ () λέων () ἢ () ὁ () σκύμνος ἐπὶ () τῇ () θήρᾳ, () ᾗ () ἔλαβεν, () καὶ () κεκράξῃ () ἐπ’ () αὐτῇ, () ἕως () ἂν () ἐμπλησθῇ () τὰ () ὄρη () τῆς () φωνῆς () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () ἡττήθησαν () καὶ () τὸ () πλῆθος () τοῦ () θυμοῦ () ἐπτοήθησαν, () οὕτως () καταβήσεται () κύριος () σαβαωθ () ἐπιστρατεῦσαι ἐπὶ () τὸ () ὄρος () τὸ () Σιων () ἐπὶ () τὰ () ὄρη () αὐτῆς. ()
[5] Ὡς () ὄρνεα () πετόμενα, () οὕτως () ὑπερασπιεῖ κύριος () ὑπὲρ () Ιερουσαλημ () καὶ () ἐξελεῖται () καὶ () περιποιήσεται () καὶ () σώσει. ()
[6] Ἐπιστράφητε, () οἱ () τὴν () βαθεῖαν () βουλὴν () βουλευόμενοι () καὶ () ἄνομον. ()
[7] Ὅτι () τῇ () ἡμέρᾳ () ἐκείνῃ () ἀπαρνήσονται () οἱ () ἄνθρωποι () τὰ () χειροποίητα () αὐτῶν () τὰ () ἀργυρᾶ () καὶ () τὰ () χρυσᾶ, () ἃ () ἐποίησαν () αἱ () χεῖρες () αὐτῶν. ()
[8] Καὶ () πεσεῖται () Ασσουρ· οὐ () μάχαιρα () ἀνδρὸς () οὐδὲ () μάχαιρα () ἀνθρώπου () καταφάγεται () αὐτόν, () καὶ () φεύξεται () οὐκ () ἀπὸ () προσώπου () μαχαίρας· () οἱ () δὲ () νεανίσκοι () ἔσονται () εἰς () ἥττημα, ()
[9] πέτρᾳ () γὰρ () περιλημφθήσονται ὡς () χάρακι () καὶ () ἡττηθήσονται, () ὁ () δὲ () φεύγων () ἁλώσεται. Τάδε () λέγει () κύριος () Μακάριος () ὃς () ἔχει () ἐν () Σιων () σπέρμα () καὶ () οἰκείους () ἐν () Ιερουσαλημ. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.