KJV King James Version
Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on 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 in him.
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Isaiah 36:6
Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on 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 in him.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
WEB World English Bible
Behold, you trust in the staff of this bruised reed, even in Egypt, which if a man leans on it, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Lo, thou hast trusted on the staff of this broken reed—on Egypt—which a man leaneth on, and it hath gone into his hand, and pierced it—so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all those trusting on him.
Surrounding context — Isaiah 36
3 Then came forth unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah’s son, which was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph’s son, 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, [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?
6 Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on 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 in him.
7 But if thou say to me, We trust in the LORD our God: [is it] not he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar?
8 Now therefore give pledges, I pray thee, to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.
9 How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
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הִנֵּ֣הH2009 · hin.nehbeholdבָטַ֡חְתָּH982 · ba.tachto trustעַל־H5921 · aluponמִשְׁעֶנֶת֩H4938 · mish.e.nahsupportהַקָּנֶ֨הH7070 · qa.nehbranchהָרָצ֤וּץH7533 · ra.tsatsto crushהַזֶּה֙H2088 · zehthisעַל־H5921 · aluponמִצְרַ֔יִםH4714 · mits.ra.yimEgyptאֲשֶׁ֨רH834 · a.sherwhichיִסָּמֵ֥ךְH5564 · sa.makhto supportאִישׁ֙H376 · ishmanעָלָ֔יוH5921 · aluponוּבָ֥אH935 · boto come (in): comeבְכַפּ֖וֹH3709 · kaphpalmוּנְקָבָ֑הּH5344 · na.qavto pierceכֵּ֚ןH3651 · kenrightפַּרְעֹ֣הH6547 · par.ohPharaohמֶֽלֶךְ־H4428 · me.lekhkingמִצְרַ֔יִםH4714 · mits.ra.yimEgyptלְכָֽל־H3605 · kolallהַבֹּטְחִ֖יםH982 · ba.tachto trustעָלָֽיו׃H5921 · alupon
Cross-references
Ezekiel 29:6-7And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I [am] the LORD, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.2 Kings 18:21Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, [even] upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so [is] Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.Jeremiah 37:5-8Then Pharaoh’s army was come forth out of Egypt: and when the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they departed from Jerusalem.Isaiah 31:3Now 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.2 Kings 17:4And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the king of Assyria, as [he had done] year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.Isaiah 20:5-6And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.Isaiah 30:1-7Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:
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