KJV King James Version
And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men [and] horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.
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Isaiah 22:6
And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men [and] horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Elam takes up a quiver, with chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovers the shield.
WEB World English Bible
Elam carried his quiver, with chariots of men and horsemen; and Kir uncovered the shield.
ASV American Standard Version
And Elam bare the quiver, with chariots of men and horsemen; and Kir uncovered the shield.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Elam hath borne a quiver, In a chariot of men—horsemen, And Kir hath exposed a shield.
Surrounding context — Isaiah 22
3 All thy rulers are fled together, they are bound by the archers: all that are found in thee are bound together, [which] have fled from far.
4 Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.
5 For [it is] a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity by the Lord GOD of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains.
6 And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men [and] horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.
7 And it shall come to pass, [that] thy choicest valleys shall be full of chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate.
8 And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the armour of the house of the forest.
9 Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool.
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2 Kings 16:9And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried [the people of] it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin.Isaiah 21:2A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.Amos 1:5I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden: and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir, saith the LORD.Amos 9:7[Are] ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith the LORD. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?Genesis 10:22The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.Isaiah 15:1The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, [and] brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, [and] brought to silence;Jeremiah 49:35-39Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.
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