Isaiah 46:2

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

They collapse and bow down together; they cannot rescue the burden, but they themselves go into captivity.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but they themselves have gone into captivity.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    They stoop,{H7164} they bow down{H3766} together;{H3162} they could{H3201} not deliver{H4422} the burden,{H4853} but themselves{H5315} are gone{H1980} into captivity.{H7628}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    They stoop{H7164}{(H8804)}, they bow down{H3766}{(H8804)} together{H3162}; they could{H3201}{(H8804)} not deliver{H4422}{(H8763)} the burden{H4853}, but themselves{H5315} are gone{H1980}{(H8804)} into captivity{H7628}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    They shal syncke downe, and fall together: for they maye not ease them of their burthen, therfore must they go in to captiuyte.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    They are bowed downe, and fallen together: for they coulde not rid them of the burden, and their soule is gone into captiuitie.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    They are sunke downe and fallen together, for they may not ease them of their burthen, therfore must they go into captiuitie.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    They have stooped, they have bowed together, They have not been able to deliver the burden, And themselves into captivity have gone.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    They are bent down, they are falling together: they were not able to keep their images safe, but they themselves have been taken prisoner.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Together they bend low and kneel down; they are unable to rescue the images; they themselves head off into captivity.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 5:21 : 21 The Philistines abandoned their idols there, and David and his men carried them away.
  • Judg 18:17-18 : 17 The five men who had gone to scout the land went inside and took the carved image, the ephod, the household gods, and the cast idol, while the priest stood at the entrance of the gate with the six hundred armed men. 18 When they entered Micah's house and took the carved image, the ephod, the household gods, and the cast idol, the priest said to them, 'What are you doing?'
  • Jer 48:7 : 7 Because you trusted in your works and your treasures, you too will be captured! Chemosh will go into exile with his priests and officials together.
  • Judg 18:24 : 24 Micah replied, 'You’ve taken my gods that I made and my priest and gone away! What else do I have? How can you ask me, “What’s the matter with you?”'
  • Jer 43:12-13 : 12 I will set fire to the temples of the gods of Egypt, and he will burn them and take them captive. He will wrap himself in the land of Egypt as a shepherd wraps himself in his garment, and he will depart from there in peace. 13 He will smash the sacred pillars of the temple of the sun in the land of Egypt, and he will burn the temples of the gods of Egypt with fire.
  • Hos 10:5-6 : 5 The inhabitants of Samaria tremble for the calf idol of Beth-aven. Its people will mourn over it, and so will its idolatrous priests, who rejoiced over its glory, because it will be taken from them. 6 It will also be carried off to Assyria as a tribute for the great king. Ephraim will be disgraced, Israel will be ashamed because of its own counsel.
  • Isa 36:18-19 : 18 Do not let Hezekiah mislead you by saying, ‘The LORD will deliver us.’ Have the gods of any nations ever delivered their lands from the hand of the king of Assyria? 19 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? Have they delivered Samaria from my hand?
  • Isa 37:12 : 12 Did the gods of the nations that my predecessors destroyed—Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Telassar—deliver them?
  • Isa 37:19 : 19 They have thrown their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods but the work of human hands—wood and stone. So they have destroyed them.
  • Isa 44:17 : 17 From the rest he makes a god, his idol, and bows down to it. He worships it and prays to it, saying, 'Save me, for you are my god.'
  • Isa 45:20 : 20 Gather together and come; assemble, you fugitives from the nations. Ignorant are those who carry about idols of wood, who pray to gods that cannot save.

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