Isaiah 10:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For he saith, Are not my princes all of them kings?

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

2 Kgs 18:24 : 24 How then canst thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
2 Kgs 19:10 : 10 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.
Isa 36:8 : 8 Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.
Ezek 26:7 : 7 For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will bring upon Tyre Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, king of kings, from the north, with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and a company, and much people.
Dan 2:37 : 37 Thou, O king, art king of kings, unto whom the God of heaven hath given the kingdom, the power, and the strength, and the glory;

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Isa 10:9-11
3 verses
81%
9Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus?
10As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;
11shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?
Isa 10:7
78%
7Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy, and to cut off nations not a few.
Hos 13:10
73%
10Where now is thy king, that he may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges, of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes?
Hos 8:4
73%
4They have set up kings, but not by me; they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.
Isa 10:13
73%
13For 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]:
Job 34:18
73%
18[Him] that saith to a king, [Thou art] vile, [Or] to nobles, [Ye are] wicked;
Hab 1:10
72%
10Yea, he scoffeth at kings, and princes are a derision unto him; he derideth every stronghold; for he heapeth up dust, and taketh it.
2 Kgs 18:35
71%
35Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of my hand, that Jehovah should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?
Eccl 8:4
71%
4For the king's word [hath] power; and who may say unto him, What doest thou?
Prov 8:15-16
2 verses
71%
15By me kings reign, And princes decree justice.
16By me princes rule, And nobles, [even] all the judges of the earth.
Ps 2:2
71%
2The kings of the earth set themselves, And the rulers take counsel together, Against Jehovah, and against his anointed, [saying],
Amos 1:15
71%
15and their king shall go into captivity, he and his princes together, saith Jehovah.
2 Chr 32:13-15
3 verses
70%
13Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all the peoples of the lands? Were the gods of the nations of the lands in any wise able to deliver their land out of my hand?
14Who was there among all the gods of those nations which my fathers utterly destroyed, that could deliver his people out of my hand, that your God should be able to deliver you out of my hand?
15Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you after this manner, neither believe ye him; for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of my hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of my hand?
Jer 10:7
70%
7Who should not fear thee, O King of the nations? for to thee doth it appertain; forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their royal estate, there is none like unto thee.
Ps 135:10
70%
10Who smote many nations, And slew mighty kings,
Isa 34:12
70%
12They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there; and all its princes shall be nothing.
Isa 36:20
70%
20Who are they among all the gods of these countries, that have delivered their country out of my hand, that Jehovah should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?
Ps 76:12
70%
12He will cut off the spirit of princes: He is terrible to the kings of the earth.
Hos 8:10
70%
10Yea, though they hire among the nations, now will I gather them; and they begin to be diminished by reason of the burden of the king of princes.
Isa 37:18
69%
18Of a truth, Jehovah, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the countries, and their land,
Ps 108:8
69%
8Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the defence of my head; Judah is my sceptre.
Isa 10:4
69%
4They shall only bow down under the prisoners, and shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Isa 23:8
69%
8Who hath purposed this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honorable of the earth?
Hos 5:10
69%
10The princes of Judah are like them that remove the landmark: I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.
Hos 7:3
69%
3They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.
Ezek 12:10
69%
10Say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: This burden [concerneth] the prince in Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel among whom they are.
Ezek 22:6
69%
6Behold, the princes of Israel, every one according to his power, have been in thee to shed blood.
Isa 14:18
69%
18All the kings of the nations, all of them, sleep in glory, every one in his own house.
Isa 8:10
69%
10Take counsel together, and it shall be brought to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
Ps 22:28
69%
28For the kingdom is Jehovah's; And he is the ruler over the nations.
Job 41:34
69%
34He beholdeth everything that is high: He is king over all the sons of pride.
Isa 37:11
69%
11Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?
Prov 16:10
69%
10A divine sentence is in the lips of the king; His mouth shall not transgress in judgment.
2 Sam 10:3
68%
3But the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honor thy father, in that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not David sent his servants unto thee to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?
Job 12:19
68%
19He leadeth priests away stripped, And overthroweth the mighty.
Job 21:28
68%
28For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? And where is the tent wherein the wicked dwelt?
Hos 10:3
68%
3Surely now shall they say, We have no king; for we fear not Jehovah; and the king, what can he do for us?
Dan 4:30
68%
30The king spake and said, Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for the royal dwelling-place, by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?
Ps 10:16
68%
16Jehovah is King for ever and ever: The nations are perished out of his land.
Ps 10:6
68%
6He saith in his heart, I shall not be moved; To all generations I shall not be in adversity.
Jer 5:10
68%
10Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her branches; for they are not Jehovah's.
Ezek 35:10
68%
10Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas Jehovah was there:
Ps 83:11
68%
11Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb; Yea, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna;
Ps 113:8
68%
8That he may set him with princes, Even with the princes of his people.
Isa 32:1
68%
1Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in justice.