7For Egypt shall help in vain, and to no purpose; therefore have I named her, Arrogance, that doeth nothing.


In Context

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

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

6 The burden of the beasts of the south: Through a land of trouble and anguish, whence come the lioness and lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they carry their riches upon the shoulders of asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to

7 For Egypt shall help in vain, and to no purpose; therefore have I named her, Arrogance, that doeth nothing.

8 Now go, write it before them on a tablet, and record it in a book, that it may be for the time to come, as a witness for ever,

9 that this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of Jehovah;

Isaiah 30:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

30:7For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength [is] to sit still.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

30:7to Egypt, whose help is utterly useless. Therefore I call her Rahab the Do- Nothing.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

30:7For Egypt shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this: It is pride only, sit still.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

30:7For Egypt helpeth in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I called her Rahab that sitteth still.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

30:7For Egypt helpeth in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I called her Rahab that sitteth still.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

30:7For the Egyptian shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

30:7For Egypt helps in vain, and to no purpose; therefore have I called her Rahab who sits still.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

30:7Yea, Egyptians are vanity, and in vain do help, Therefore I have cried concerning this: 'Their strength is to sit still.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

30:7For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still.