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Brenton's Septuagint

Isaiah 10:19

And they that are left of them shall be a small number, and a child shall write them.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Assyria;   Isaiah;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Assyria;   Trees;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Cedar;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Nation;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Assyria;   Forest;   Nineveh;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Assur;   Cedar;   Shepherd;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Arpad;   Isaiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Isaiah, Book of;   Writing;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Assyria ;   Nineveh ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Assyria;   Cedar;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Assyr'ia, as'shur,;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Trees;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Cedar;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Child;   Education;   Isaiah;   Remnant;  

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
There will be a few trees left standing in the forest—so few that even a child could count them.
New Living Translation
Of all that glorious forest, only a few trees will survive— so few that a child could count them!
Update Bible Version
And the remnant of the trees of his forest shall be few, so that a child may write them.
New Century Version
The trees left standing will be so few that even a child could count them.
New English Translation
There will be so few trees left in his forest, a child will be able to count them.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them.
World English Bible
The remnant of the trees of his forest shall be few, so that a child may write them.
Amplified Bible
And the remaining trees of Assyria's forest will be so few in number That a child could write them down.
English Standard Version
The remnant of the trees of his forest will be so few that a child can write them down.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the relifs of the tree of his forest schulen be noumbrid for fewnesse, and a child schal write hem.
English Revised Version
And the remnant of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them.
Berean Standard Bible
The remaining trees of its forests will be so few that a child could count them.
Contemporary English Version
There will be so few trees that even a young child can count them.
American Standard Version
And the remnant of the trees of his forest shall be few, so that a child may write them.
Bible in Basic English
And the rest of the trees of his wood will be small in number, so that a child may put them down in writing.
Complete Jewish Bible
So few forest trees will remain that a child could list them.
Darby Translation
And the remainder of the trees of his forest shall be few: yea, a child might write them.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the remnant of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them down.
King James Version (1611)
And the rest of the trees of his forrest shall be few, that a child may write them.
New Life Bible
And the rest of his trees will be so few that a child could write them down.
New Revised Standard
The remnant of the trees of his forest will be so few that a child can write them down.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the rest of the trees of his forest shalbe fewe, that a childe may tell them.
George Lamsa Translation
And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be so few that a child may write them down.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, the remnant of his forest-trees, few in number, shall become, - yea, a child, might describe them!
Douay-Rheims Bible
And they that remain of the trees of his forest shall be so few, that they shall easily be numbered, and a child shall write them down.
Revised Standard Version
The remnant of the trees of his forest will be so few that a child can write them down.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The trees also of his wood whiche remayne shalbe of such a number that a chylde may tell them.
Good News Translation
There will be so few trees left that even a child will be able to count them.
Christian Standard Bible®
The remaining trees of its forestwill be so few in numberthat a child could count them.
Hebrew Names Version
The remnant of the trees of his forest shall be few, so that a child may write them.
King James Version
And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them.
Lexham English Bible
And the rest of the trees of his forest will be a small number, and a boy can write them down.
Literal Translation
And the rest of the trees of the forest shall be few, so that a boy might write them.
Young's Literal Translation
And the rest of the trees of his forest [are] few, And a youth doth write them.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The trees also of his felde shalbe of soch a nombre, that a childe maye tell them.
New American Standard Bible
And the rest of the trees of his forest will be so small in number That a child could write them down.
New King James Version
Then the rest of the trees of his forest Will be so few in number That a child may write them.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And the rest of the trees of his forest will be so small in number That a child could write them down.
Legacy Standard Bible
And the rest of the trees of his forest will be so small in numberThat a child could write them down.

Contextual Overview

5 Woe to the Assyrians; the rod of my wrath, and anger are in their hands. 6 I will send my wrath against a sinful nation, and I will charge my people to take plunder and spoil, and to trample the cities, and to make them dust. 7 But he meant not thus, neither did he devise thus in his soul: but his mind shall change, and that to destroy nations not a few. 8 And if they should say to him, Thou alone art ruler; 9 then shall he say, Have I not taken the country above Babylon and Chalanes, where the tower was built? and have I not taken Arabia, and Damascus, and Samaria? 10 As I have taken them, I will also take all the kingdoms: howl, ye idols in Jerusalem, and in Samaria. 11 For as I did to Samaria and her idols, so will I do also to Jerusalem and her idols. 12 And it shall come to pass, when the Lord shall have finished doing all things on Mount Sion and Jerusalem, that I will visit upon the proud heart, even upon the ruler of the Assyrians, and upon the boastful haughtiness of his eyes. 13 For he said, I will act in strength, and in the wisdom of my understanding I will remove the boundaries of nations, and will spoil their strength. 14 And I will shake the inhabited cities: and I will take with my hand all the world as a nest: and I will even take them as eggs that have been left; and there is none that shall escape me, or contradict me.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

few: Heb. number, Isaiah 37:36

Reciprocal: Psalms 29:9 - discovereth Isaiah 21:17 - the mighty Jeremiah 20:2 - the stocks Jeremiah 21:14 - in the Jeremiah 44:28 - a small Ezekiel 12:16 - a few men

Cross-References

Genesis 10:1
Now these are the generations of the sons of Noe, Sem, Cham, Japheth; and sons were born to them after the flood.
Genesis 10:2
The sons of Japheth, Gamer, and Magog, and Madoi, and Jovan, and Elisa, and Thobel, and Mosoch, and Thiras.
Genesis 10:7
And the sons of Chus, Saba, and Evila, and Sabatha, and Rhegma, and Sabathaca. And the sons of Rhegma, Saba, and Dadan.
Genesis 10:8
And Chus begot Nebrod: he began to be a giant upon the earth.
Genesis 10:10
And the beginning of his kingdom was Babylon, and Orech, and Archad, and Chalanne, in the land of Senaar.
Genesis 10:15
And Chanaan begot Sidon his fist-born, and the Chettite,
Genesis 10:17
and the Evite, and the Arukite, and the Asennite,
Genesis 10:18
and the Aradian, and the Samarean, and the Amathite; and after this the tribes of the Chananites were dispersed.
Genesis 10:21
And to Sem himself also were children born, the father of all the sons of Heber, the brother of Japheth the elder.
Genesis 10:24
And Arphaxad begot Cainan, and Cainan begot Sala. And Sala begot Heber.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few,.... Which were left unconsumed, that escaped this destruction, those of the Assyrian army that fled with Sennacherib their king; which, the Rabbins say r, were no more than ten, as Jarchi and Kimchi observe; yea, some say there were but five left who escaped, and name them, Sennacherib and his two sons, Nebuchadnezzar and Nebuzaradan:

that a child may write them; count them, and take down their names; and it may be understood of a military muster, and the sense be, that the army should be reduced to so small a number by this stroke upon them, that there would be no need of an able muster master to take the account of them, a child would be equal to such a task. The Targum is,

"and the rest of his warriors shall fail, that the people shall be a small number, and shall be reckoned a weak kingdom.''

r T. Bab. ib. fol. 95. 2. Praefat. Echa Rabbati, fol. 41. 1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And the rest of the trees ... - Keeping up still the image of a large and once dense forest, to which he had likened the Assyrian army. ‘The rest’ here means that which shall be left after the threatened judgment shall come upon them.

That a child may write them - That a child shall be able to number them, or write their names; that is, they shall be very few. A child can number or count but few; yet the number of those who would be left, would be so very small that even a child could count them with ease. It is probable that a few of the army of Sennacherib escaped (see the note at Isaiah 37:37); and compared with the whole army, the remnant might bear a striking resemblance to the few decaying trees of a once magnificent forest of cedars.


 
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