Isaiah 47:11
Therefore evil shall come upon you; you shall not know from where it rises. Trouble shall fall upon you; you shall not be able to put it off. Desolation shall come upon you suddenly, which you shall not know.
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Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts
But disaster will come upon you, and you will not know how to charm it away; calamity will fall upon you that you cannot ward off; and devastation will come upon you suddenly, without warning.
King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
Therefore shall evil{H7451} come{H935} upon thee; thou shalt not know{H3045} the dawning{H7837} thereof: and mischief{H1943} shall fall{H5307} upon thee; thou shalt not be able{H3201} to put it away:{H3722} and desolation{H7722} shall come{H935} upon thee suddenly,{H6597} which thou knowest{H3045} not.
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
Therefore shall evil{H7451} come{H935}{(H8804)} upon thee; thou shalt not know{H3045}{(H8799)} from whence it riseth{H7837}: and mischief{H1943} shall fall{H5307}{(H8799)} upon thee; thou shalt not be able{H3201}{(H8799)} to put it off{H3722}{(H8763)}: and desolation{H7722} shall come{H935}{(H8799)} upon thee suddenly{H6597}, which thou shalt not know{H3045}{(H8799)}.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
Therfore shal trouble come vpo ye, & thou shalt not knowe, from whece it shal arise. Myschefe shal fall vpo ye, which thou shalt not be able to put of. A sodane misery shal come vpon the, or euer thou be awarre.
Geneva Bible (1560)
Therefore shall euill come vpon thee, and thou shalt not knowe the morning thereof: destruction shall fal vpon thee, which thou shalt not be able to put away: destruction shall come vpon thee suddenly, or thou beware.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
Therefore shall trouble come vpon thee, and thou shalt not knowe from whence it shall arise: Mischiefe shall fal vpon thee, which thou shalt not be able to put of, a sodayne vtter destruction shall come vpon thee or euer thou be ware.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, [which] thou shalt not know.
Webster's Bible (1833)
Therefore shall evil come on you; you shall not know the dawning of it: and mischief shall fall on you; you shall not be able to put it away: and desolation shall come on you suddenly, which you don't know.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
And come in on thee hath evil, Thou knowest not its rising, And fall on thee doth mischief, Thou art not able to pacify it, And come on thee suddenly doth desolation, Thou knowest not.
American Standard Version (1901)
Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know the dawning thereof: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it away: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou knowest not.
American Standard Version (1901)
Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know the dawning thereof: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it away: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou knowest not.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
Because of this evil will come on you, which may not be turned away for any price: and trouble will overtake you, from which no money will give salvation: destruction will come on you suddenly, without your knowledge.
World English Bible (2000)
Therefore evil will come on you; you won't know when it dawns: and mischief will fall on you; you will not be able to put it away: and desolation shall come on you suddenly, which you don't know.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
Disaster will overtake you; you will not know how to charm it away. Destruction will fall on you; you will not be able to appease it. Calamity will strike you suddenly, before you recognize it.
Referenced Verses
- 1 Thess 5:3 : 3 For when they say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
- Rev 3:3 : 3 Remember therefore how you have received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore you shall not watch, I will come upon you as a thief, and you shall not know what hour I will come upon you.
- Rev 18:9-9 : 9 And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived luxuriously with her, shall mourn and lament for her, when they see the smoke of her burning, 10 Standing far off for fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour your judgment has come.
- Exod 12:29-30 : 29 And it came to pass at midnight that the LORD struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of livestock. 30 And Pharaoh rose in the night, he and all his servants and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was not a house where there was not one dead.
- Neh 4:11 : 11 And our adversaries said, They shall not know or see anything until we come in among them and kill them, and cause the work to cease.
- Ps 50:22 : 22 Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
- Isa 37:36 : 36 Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and struck down in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead bodies.
- Jer 51:39-42 : 39 In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunk, that they may rejoice and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, says the LORD. 40 I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with goats. 41 How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how has Babylon become an astonishment among the nations! 42 The sea has come up upon Babylon; she is covered with the multitude of its waves.
- Dan 5:25-30 : 25 And this is the writing that was written: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. 26 This is the interpretation of each word: MENE: God has numbered your kingdom, and finished it. 27 TEKEL: You have been weighed in the balances, and found wanting. 28 PERES: Your kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians. 29 Then Belshazzar commanded, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, put a chain of gold around his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom. 30 That very night Belshazzar, king of the Chaldeans, was slain.
- Matt 18:34 : 34 And his lord was angry, and delivered him to the torturers until he should pay all that was due to him.
- Luke 12:59 : 59 I tell you, you shall not depart from there till you have paid the very last penny.
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28 The LORD shall strike you with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart:
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23 And it came to pass after all your wickedness, (woe, woe unto you! says the Lord GOD;)