Isaiah 52:5

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.

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  • 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.

  • 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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Now therefore, what do I here, saith{H5002} Jehovah,{H3068} seeing that my people{H5971} is taken away{H3947} for nought?{H2600} they that rule{H4910} over them do howl,{H3213} saith{H5002} Jehovah,{H3068} and my name{H8034} continually{H8548} all the day{H3117} is blasphemed.{H5006}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Now therefore, what have I here, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}, that my people{H5971} is taken away{H3947}{(H8795)} for nought{H2600}? they that rule{H4910}{(H8802)} over them make them to howl{H3213}{(H8686)}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}; and my name{H8034} continually{H8548} every day{H3117} is blasphemed{H5006}{(H8711)}.

  • 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 the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you, as it is written.
  • Exod 1:13-16 : 13 And the Egyptians made the children of Israel serve with rigor: 14 And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, which they made them serve, was with rigor. 15 And the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah: 16 And he said, When you do the duties of a midwife for the Hebrew women, and see them on the birthstools; if it is a son, then you shall kill him: but if it is a daughter, then she shall live.
  • Exod 2:23-24 : 23 Now it happened, in the process of time, that the king of Egypt died. The children of Israel groaned because of the bondage, and they cried out; and their cry came up to God because of the bondage. 24 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
  • Exod 3:7 : 7 And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows;
  • Judg 18:3 : 3 When they were near the house of Micah, they recognized the voice of the young man, the Levite; and they turned in there and said to him, Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? What do you have here?
  • Ps 44:12 : 12 You sell Your people for nothing and do not increase Your wealth by their price.
  • Ps 44:16 : 16 For the voice of him who reproaches and blasphemes, by reason of the enemy and avenger.
  • Ps 74:10 : 10 O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme Your name forever?
  • Ps 74:18 : 18 Remember this, that the enemy has reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed Your name.
  • Ps 74:22-23 : 22 Arise, O God, plead Your own cause: remember how the foolish man reproaches You daily. 23 Forget not the voice of Your enemies: the tumult of those who rise up against You increases continually.
  • Ps 137:1-2 : 1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yes, we wept when we remembered Zion. 2 We hung our harps upon the willows in the midst of it.
  • Isa 22:16 : 16 What have you here? And whom have you here, that you have hewn a sepulcher here, as he who hews himself a sepulcher on high, who carves a dwelling for himself in a rock?
  • Isa 37:6 : 6 And Isaiah said to them, Thus shall you say to your master, Thus says the LORD, Do not be afraid of the words that you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.
  • Isa 37:28 : 28 But I know your abode, and your going out, and your coming in, and your rage against me.
  • Isa 47:6 : 6 I was angry with My people, I have defiled My inheritance and given them into your hand. You showed them no mercy; upon the elderly you have laid your yoke very heavily.
  • Isa 51:20 : 20 Your sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, like a wild bull in a net: they are full of the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of your God.
  • Isa 51:23 : 23 But I will put it into the hand of those who afflict you; who have said to your soul, 'Bow down, that we may go over:' and you have laid your body like the ground, and like the street, for those who went over.'
  • Isa 52:3 : 3 For thus says the LORD, You have sold yourselves for nothing; and you shall be redeemed without money.
  • Jer 50:17 : 17 Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven them away: first the king of Assyria has devoured him; and last this Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has broken his bones.
  • Lam 1:21 : 21 They have heard that I sigh: there is none to comfort me: all my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that you have done it: you will bring the day that you have promised, and they shall be like me.
  • Lam 2:3 : 3 He has cut off in His fierce anger all the strength of Israel: He has drawn back His right hand from before the enemy, and He burned against Jacob like a flaming fire, which devours all around.
  • Lam 5:13-15 : 13 They took the young men to grind, and the children stumbled under the loads of wood. 14 The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their music. 15 The joy of our heart has ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
  • Ezek 20:9 : 9 But I acted for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, among whom they were, in whose sight I made myself known to them, in bringing them out of the land of Egypt.
  • Ezek 20:14 : 14 But I acted for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.
  • Ezek 36:20-23 : 20 And when they entered among the nations, wherever they went, they profaned my holy name, when they said to them, These are the people of the LORD, and are gone out of his land. 21 But I had pity for my holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations, wherever they went. 22 Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord GOD; I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for my holy name's sake, which you have profaned among the nations, wherever you went. 23 And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in the midst of them; and the nations shall know that I am the LORD, says the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.
  • Zeph 1:10 : 10 And it shall come to pass in that day, says the LORD, that there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and a wailing from the second quarter, and a great crashing from the hills.

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