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


In Context

4 For in Zoan were his princes, And his messengers reach Hanes.

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

6 The burden of the beasts of the south. Into a land of adversity and distress, Of young lion and of old lion, Whence are viper and flying saraph, They carry on the shoulder of asses their wealth, And on the hump of camels their treasures, Unto a people not profitable.

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

8 No, go in, write it on a tablet with them, And on a book engrave it, And it is for a latter day, for a witness unto the age,

9 That a rebellious people is this, sons — liars, Sons not willing to 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

30:7For Egypt shall help in vain, and to no purpose; therefore have I named her, Arrogance, that doeth nothing.

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 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.