KJV King James Version
And 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.
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Isaiah 10:14
And 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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
My hand reached as into a nest to seize the wealth of the nations. Like one gathering abandoned eggs, I gathered all the earth. No wing fluttered, no beak opened or chirped.’”
WEB World English Bible
My hand has found the riches of the peoples like a nest, and like one gathers eggs that are abandoned, have I gathered all the earth. There was no one who moved their wing, or that opened their mouth, or chirped.”
ASV American Standard Version
and my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the peoples; and as one gathereth eggs that are forsaken, have I gathered all the earth: and there was none that moved the wing, or that opened the mouth, or chirped.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And my hand as to a nest Getteth to the wealth of the peoples, And as a gathering of forsaken eggs All the earth I—I have gathered, And there hath not been one moving wing, Or opening mouth, or whispering.’
Surrounding context — Isaiah 10
11 Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?
12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, [that] when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.
13 For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done [it], and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant [man]:
14 And 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.
15 Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? [or] shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake [itself] against them that lift it up, [or] as if the staff should lift up [itself, as if it were] no wood.
16 Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire.
17 And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day;
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַתִּמְצָ֨אH4672 · ma.tsato findכַקֵּ֤ן׀H7064 · qennestיָדִי֙H3027 · yadhandלְחֵ֣ילH2428 · cha.yilstrength: soldiersהָֽעַמִּ֔יםH5971 · ampeopleוְכֶאֱסֹף֙H622 · a.saphto gatherבֵּיצִ֣יםH1000 · be.tsaheggעֲזֻב֔וֹתH5800 · a.zavto leave: forsakeכָּל־H3605 · kolallהָאָ֖רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetאֲנִ֣יH589 · a.niIאָסָ֑פְתִּיH622 · a.saphto gatherוְלֹ֤אH3808 · lonotהָיָה֙H1961 · ha.yahto beנֹדֵ֣דH5074 · na.dadto wanderכָּנָ֔ףH3671 · ka.naphwingוּפֹצֶ֥הH6475 · pa.tsahto openפֶ֖הH6310 · pehlipוּמְצַפְצֵֽף׃H6850 · tsa.phaphto whisper
Cross-references
Job 31:25If I rejoiced because my wealth [was] great, and because mine hand had gotten much;Habakkuk 2:5-11Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, [he is] a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and [is] as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:Nahum 2:9Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for [there is] none end of the store [and] glory out of all the pleasant furniture.Isaiah 5:8Woe unto them that join house to house, [that] lay field to field, till [there be] no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!Proverbs 21:6-7The getting of treasures by a lying tongue [is] a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.Obadiah 1:4Though thou exalt [thyself] as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.Hosea 12:7-8[He is] a merchant, the balances of deceit [are] in his hand: he loveth to oppress.Proverbs 18:12Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour [is] humility.Jeremiah 49:16Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, [and] the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD.
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