Isaiah 36:9

How then wilt 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?

How then wilt thou turn away {H7725} the face {H6440} of one {H259} captain {H6346} of the least {H6996} of my master's {H113} servants {H5650}, and put thy trust {H982} on Egypt {H4714} for chariots {H7393} and for horsemen {H6571}?

How then can you repulse even one of my master's lowest-ranked army officers? Yet you are relying on Egypt for chariots and riders!

For how can you repel a single officer among the least of my master’s servants when you depend on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?

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?

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Cross-References

  • Isaiah 10:8 (3 votes)

    For he saith, [Are] not my princes altogether kings?

  • 2 Kings 18:24 (2 votes)

    How then wilt 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?

  • Proverbs 21:31 (2 votes)

    The horse [is] prepared against the day of battle: but safety [is] of the LORD.

  • Isaiah 30:7 (2 votes)

    For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength [is] to sit still.

  • Isaiah 30:16 (2 votes)

    But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.

  • Isaiah 30:17 (2 votes)

    One thousand [shall flee] at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill.

  • Isaiah 36:6 (2 votes)

    Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so [is] Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him.