5They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them, nor be an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.


In Context

2 That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!

3 Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.

4 For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.

5 They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them, nor be an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.

6 The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from where come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches on the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures on the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit them.

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

Isaiah 30:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

30:5They were all ashamed of a people [that] could not profit them, nor be an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

30:5everyone will be put to shame because of a people useless to them, who bring neither help nor advantage, but only shame and disgrace."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

30:5They were all confounded at a people that could not profit them: they were no help, nor to any profit, but to confusion and to reproach.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

30:5They shall all be ashamed because of a people that cannot profit them, that are not a help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

30:5They were all ashamed of a people that did not profit them, nor were a help or profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

30:5They shall all be ashamed of a people that cannot profit them, that are not an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

30:5They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them, nor be a help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

30:5They shall all be ashamed because of a people that can't profit them, that are not a help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

30:5All he made ashamed of a people that profit not, Neither for help, not for profit, But for shame, and also for reproach!