KJV King James Version
As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver [it; and] passing over he will preserve [it].
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Isaiah 31:5
As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver [it; and] passing over he will preserve [it].
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Like birds hovering overhead, so the LORD of Hosts will protect Jerusalem. He will shield it and deliver it; He will pass over it and preserve it.”
WEB World English Bible
As birds hovering, so Yahweh of Armies will protect Jerusalem. He will protect and deliver it. He will pass over and preserve it.”
ASV American Standard Version
As birds hovering, so will Jehovah of hosts protect Jerusalem; he will protect and deliver it, he will pass over and preserve it.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
As birds flying, so doth Jehovah of Hosts Cover over Jerusalem, covering and delivering, Passing over, and causing to escape.’
Surrounding context — Isaiah 31
2 Yet he also [is] wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.
3 Now the Egyptians [are] men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail together.
4 For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, [he] will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof.
5 As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver [it; and] passing over he will preserve [it].
6 Turn ye unto [him from] whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted.
7 For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you [for] a sin.
8 Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be discomfited.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
כְּצִפֳּרִ֣יםH6833 · tsip.porbirdעָפ֔וֹתH5774 · uphto flyכֵּ֗ןH3651 · kenrightיָגֵ֛ןH1598 · ga.nanto defendיְהוָ֥הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDצְבָא֖וֹתH6635 · tsa.vaarmyעַל־H5921 · aluponיְרֽוּשָׁלִָ֑םH3389 · ye.ru.sha.laimJerusalemגָּנ֥וֹןH1598 · ga.nanto defendוְהִצִּ֖ילH5337 · na.tsalto rescueפָּסֹ֥חַH6452 · pa.sachto passוְהִמְלִֽיט׃H4422 · ma.latto escape
Cross-references
Psalm 91:4He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth [shall be thy] shield and buckler.Psalm 37:40And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.Deuteronomy 32:11As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings:Isaiah 38:6And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria: and I will defend this city.Isaiah 37:35For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.Psalm 46:5God [is] in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, [and that] right early.Exodus 19:4Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and [how] I bare you on eagles’ wings, and brought you unto myself.Isaiah 10:14And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs [that are] left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.Exodus 12:27That ye shall say, It [is] the sacrifice of the LORD’S passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped.
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