5Woe to the Assyrian, he is the rod and the staff of my anger, and my indignation is in their hands.


In Context

2 To oppress the poor in judgment, and do violence to the cause of the humble of my people: that widows might be their prey, and that they might rob the fatherless.

3 What will you do in the day of visitation, and of the calamity which cometh from afar? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?

4 That you be not bowed down under the bond, and fall with the slain? In all these things his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

5 Woe to the Assyrian, he is the rod and the staff of my anger, and my indignation is in their hands.

6 I will send him to a deceitful nation, and I will give him a charge against the people of my wrath, to take away the spoils, and to lay hold on the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

7 But he shall not take it so, and his heart shall not think so: but his heart shall be set to destroy, and to cut off nations not a few.

Isaiah 10:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:5O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

10:5"Woe to the Assyrian, the rod of my anger, in whose hand is the club of my wrath!

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

10:5Ho Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, the staff in whose hand is mine indignation!

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:5Ah! the Assyrian! the rod of mine anger! and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

10:5Ho Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, the staff in whose hand is mine indignation!

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:5O Assyrian, the rod of my anger, and the staff in their hand is my indignation.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:5Alas Assyrian, the rod of my anger, the staff in whose hand is my indignation!

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

10:5Woe to Asshur, a rod of Mine anger, And a staff in their hand is Mine indignation.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:5O Assyrian, the rod of my anger, and the staff in their hand is my indignation.