5I say, thy counsel and strength for the war are but vain words: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou hast rebelled against me?


In Context

2 And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field.

3 Then came forth unto him Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder.

4 And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, what confidence is this wherein thou trustest?

5 I say, thy counsel and strength for the war are but vain words: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou hast rebelled against me?

6 Behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon 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 on him.

7 But if thou say unto me, We trust in the LORD our God: is not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar?

Isaiah 36:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

36:5I say, [sayest thou,] (but [they are but] vain words) [I have] counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

36:5You say you have strategy and military strength-but you speak only empty words. On whom are you depending, that you rebel against me?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

36:5Or with what counsel or strength dost thou prepare for war? on whom dost thou trust, that thou art revolted from me?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

36:5I say, thy counsel and strength for the war are but vain words: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou hast rebelled against me?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

36:5Thou sayest, but it is a word of the lips, There is counsel and strength for war. Now on whom dost thou rely, that thou hast revolted against me?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

36:5I say, sayest thou (but they are but vain words) I have counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

36:5I say that your counsel and strength for the war are only vain words. Now in whom do you trust, that you have rebelled against me?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

36:5I have said: Only, a word of the lips! counsel and might are for battle: now, on whom hast thou trusted, that thou hast rebelled against me?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

36:5I say, say you, (but they are but vain words) I have counsel and strength for war: now on whom do you trust, that you rebel against me?