Isaiah 52:5

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

And now, what do I have here? declares the LORD. My people have been taken away for nothing, and their rulers mock, declares the LORD. And all day long, my name is constantly blasphemed.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Now therefore, what have I here, saith the LORD, that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them make them to howl, saith the LORD; and my name continually every day is blasphemed.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Now therefore, what have I here, says the LORD, that my people are taken away for nothing? Those who rule over them make them to wail, says the LORD; and my name continually every day is blasphemed.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    Now therefore, what have I here, saith the LORD, that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them make them to howl, saith the LORD; and my name continually every day is blasphemed.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Now therefore, what do I here, saith Jehovah, seeing that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them do howl, saith Jehovah, and my name continually all the day is blasphemed.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Now therefore, what have I here, saith the LORD, that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them make them to howl, saith the LORD; and my name continually every day is blasphemed.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And now what profit is it to me (saieth ye LORDE) yt my people is frely caried awaye, & brought in to heuynes by their rulers, and my name euer still blasphemed? saieth the LORDE.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Nowe therefore what haue I here, saith the Lorde, that my people is taken away for naught, & they that rule ouer them, make them to howle, saith the Lorde? And my Name all the day continually is blasphemed?

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And nowe, what profite is it to me saith the Lorde? that my people is freely caryed away, & brought into heauinesse by their rulers, and my name euer styll blasphemed saith the Lorde.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Now therefore, what have I here, saith the LORD, that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them make them to howl, saith the LORD; and my name continually every day [is] blasphemed.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Now therefore, what do I here, says Yahweh, seeing that my people is taken away for nothing? those who rule over them do howl, says Yahweh, and my name continually all the day is blasphemed.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And now, what -- to Me here, An affirmation of Jehovah, That taken is My people for nought? Its rulers cause howling, -- an affirmation of Jehovah, And continually all the day My name is despised.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Now therefore, what do I here, saith Jehovah, seeing that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them do howl, saith Jehovah, and my name continually all the day is blasphemed.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Now therefore, what do I here, saith Jehovah, seeing that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them do howl, saith Jehovah, and my name continually all the day is blasphemed.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Now then, what have I here? says the Lord, for my people are taken away without cause; they are made waste and give cries of sorrow, says the Lord, and all the day the nations put shame on my name.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    "Now therefore, what do I here," says Yahweh, "seeing that my people are taken away for nothing? those who rule over them mock," says Yahweh, "and my name continually all the day is blasphemed.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    And now, what do we have here?” says the LORD.“Indeed my people have been carried away for nothing, those who rule over them taunt,” says the LORD,“and my name is constantly slandered all day long.

Referenced Verses

  • Rom 2:24 : 24 For as it is written, 'The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.'
  • Exod 1:13-16 : 13 The Egyptians forced the Israelites to work as slaves. 14 They made their lives bitter with harsh labor in brick and mortar and with all kinds of work in the fields; in all their harsh labor, the Egyptians worked them ruthlessly. 15 The king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah, 16 "When you help the Hebrew women give birth and observe them on the birthing stools, if it is a boy, kill him; but if it is a girl, let her live."
  • Exod 2:23-24 : 23 During that long period, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned under their slavery and cried out, and their cry for help because of their slavery rose up to God. 24 God heard their groaning, and He remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
  • Exod 3:7 : 7 The LORD said, 'I have surely seen the affliction of my people in Egypt. I have heard their cry on account of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings.'
  • Judg 18:3 : 3 As they were near Micah's house, they recognized the voice of the young Levite. They turned aside and said to him, 'Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? And what is your purpose here?'
  • Ps 44:12 : 12 You delivered us like sheep to be eaten and have scattered us among the nations.
  • Ps 44:16 : 16 All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face.
  • Ps 74:10 : 10 How long, O God, will the enemy reproach? Will the adversary despise Your name forever?
  • Ps 74:18 : 18 Remember this, O LORD, that the enemy has insulted You, and a foolish people has despised Your name.
  • Ps 74:22-23 : 22 Arise, O God, and defend Your cause; remember how fools insult You all day long. 23 Do not forget the clamor of Your adversaries, the uproar of those who rise against You, which continually ascends.
  • Ps 137:1-2 : 1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down and wept when we remembered Zion. 2 Upon the willows in its midst, we hung our harps.
  • Isa 22:16 : 16 'What right do you have here, and who gave you the right to be here, that you carve out a tomb for yourself here, cutting out a burial site on the height and chiseling your resting place in the rock?'
  • Isa 37:6 : 6 Isaiah said to them, "This is what you are to say to your master: This is what the LORD says: Do not be afraid because of the words you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.
  • Isa 37:28 : 28 But I know your sitting down, your going out and coming in, and your raging against Me.
  • Isa 47:6 : 6 I was angry with My people, I profaned My heritage and gave them into your hand. You showed them no mercy; you made your yoke very heavy on the elderly.
  • Isa 51:20 : 20 Your sons have fainted; they lie at the head of every street like antelopes caught in a net. They are filled with the wrath of the Lord, with the rebuke of your God.
  • Isa 51:23 : 23 I will put it into the hands of your tormentors, who said to you, 'Bow down so we can walk over you.' You made your back like the ground, like a street for them to walk over.
  • Isa 52:3 : 3 For this is what the LORD says: You were sold for nothing, and you will be redeemed without money.
  • Jer 50:17 : 17 Israel is a scattered sheep chased by lions. The first to devour him was the king of Assyria; the last to gnaw at his bones was Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon.
  • Lam 1:21 : 21 People have heard my groaning, but there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that you have done it. Bring the day you have announced, so they may become like me.
  • Lam 2:3 : 3 In his fierce anger, he has cut off every horn of Israel. He has withdrawn his right hand from the presence of the enemy and burned in Jacob like a blazing fire that engulfs everything around it.
  • Lam 5:13-15 : 13 Young men toil at the grinding millstones, and boys stumble under heavy loads of wood. 14 The elders have left the city gate, and the young men have ceased their music. 15 The joy of our hearts has ended; our dancing has turned into mourning.
  • Ezek 20:9 : 9 But I acted for the sake of my name, to keep it from being profaned in the eyes of the nations among whom they lived and where I had made myself known to them by bringing them out of Egypt.
  • Ezek 20:14 : 14 But I acted for the sake of my name, to keep it from being profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.
  • Ezek 36:20-23 : 20 And wherever they went among the nations, they profaned my holy name, for it was said about them, 'These are the LORD's people, yet they had to leave his land.' 21 But I had concern for my holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations where they had gone. 22 Therefore, say to the house of Israel: 'This is what the Lord GOD says: It is not for your sake that I am about to act, house of Israel, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you have gone. 23 I will sanctify my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, the name you have defiled among them. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD, declares the Lord GOD, when I prove myself holy through you in their sight.
  • Zeph 1:10 : 10 On that day—this is the Lord’s declaration—there will be an outcry from the Fish Gate, wailing from the Second District, and a loud crash from the hills.

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