4that thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased, the exactress of gold ceased!


In Context

1 For Jehovah will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in rest in their own land; and the stranger shall be united to them, and they shall be joined to the house of Jacob.

2 And the peoples shall take them and bring them to their place; and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of Jehovah for servants and handmaids; and they shall take them captive whose captives they were, and they shall rule over their oppressors.

3 And it shall come to pass in the day that Jehovah shall give thee rest from thy sorrow and from thy trouble and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve,

4 that thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased, the exactress of gold ceased!

5 Jehovah hath broken the staff of the wicked, the sceptre of the rulers.

6 He that smote the peoples in wrath with a relentless stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted unsparingly.

Isaiah 14:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:4That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

14:4you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has come to an end! How his fury has ended!

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

14:4Thou shalt take up this parable against the king of Babylon, and shalt say: How is the oppressor come to nothing, the tribute hath ceased?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

14:4that thou shalt take up this parable against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

14:4that thou shalt take up this parable against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:4That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:4that you will take up this parable against the king of Babylon, and say, |How the oppressor has ceased! The golden city has ceased!|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

14:4That thou hast taken up this simile Concerning the king of Babylon, and said, How hath the exactor ceased,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:4That you shall take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How has the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!