Isaiah 10:8

Brenton's Septuagint

And if they should say to him, Thou alone art ruler;

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
Assyria says to himself, ‘All of my officers are like kings!

New Living Translation
He will say, ‘Each of my princes will soon be a king.

Update Bible Version
For he says, Are not my princes all of them kings?

New Century Version
The king of Assyria says to himself, ‘All of my commanders are like kings.

New English Translation
Indeed, he says: "Are not my officials all kings?

Webster's Bible Translation
For he saith, [Are] not my princes altogether kings?

World English Bible
For he says, Aren't my princes all of them kings?

Amplified Bible
For Assyria says, "Are not my princes all kings?

English Standard Version
for he says: "Are not my commanders all kings?

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For he schal seie, Whether my princes ben not kyngis to gidere?

English Revised Version
For he saith, Are not my princes all of them kings?

Berean Standard Bible
"Are not all my commanders kings?" he says.

Contemporary English Version
The king of Assyria says: My army commanders are kings!

American Standard Version
For he saith, Are not my princes all of them kings?

Bible in Basic English
For he says, Are not all my captains kings?

Complete Jewish Bible
For [their king] says, ‘Aren't all my commanders kings?

Darby Translation
For he saith, Are not my princes all kings?

JPS Old Testament (1917)
For he saith: 'Are not my princes all of them kings?

King James Version (1611)
For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings?

New Life Bible
For it says, "Are not my princes all kings?

New Revised Standard
For he says: "Are not my commanders all kings?

Geneva Bible (1587)
For he sayeth, Are not my princes altogether Kings?

George Lamsa Translation
For he says, Are not my princes altogether kings?

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For he saith: - Are not, my generals, all alike, kings?

Douay-Rheims Bible
For he shall say:

Revised Standard Version
for he says: "Are not my commanders all kings?

Bishop's Bible (1568)
For he saith, Are not my princes all kynges?

Good News Translation
He boasts, "Every one of my commanders is a king!

Christian Standard Bible®
For he says,“Aren’t all my commanders kings?

Hebrew Names Version
For he says, Aren't my princes all of them kings?

King James Version
For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings?

Lexham English Bible
For he says, "Are not my commanders altogether kings?

Literal Translation
For he says, Are not my commanders all like kings?

Young's Literal Translation
For he saith, `Are not my princes altogether kings?

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
for he saieth: are not my princes all kynges?

New American Standard Bible
For it says, "Are not my officers all kings?

New King James Version
For he says, "Are not my princes altogether kings?

New American Standard Bible (1995)
For it says, "Are not my princes all kings?

Legacy Standard Bible
For it says, "Are not my princes all kings?

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

Isaiah 36:8, 2 Kings 18:24, 2 Kings 19:10, Ezekiel 26:7, Daniel 2:37

Reciprocal: Exodus 15:9 - I will pursue Deuteronomy 8:17 - My power Deuteronomy 32:27 - they should 1 Kings 20:1 - Thirty and two 2 Kings 18:19 - Thus saith 2 Kings 18:28 - the king of Assyria 2 Kings 19:11 - General 1 Chronicles 19:19 - the servants 2 Chronicles 32:4 - kings 2 Chronicles 32:21 - the leaders 2 Chronicles 33:11 - the captains Ezra 7:12 - Artaxerxes Esther 5:11 - the glory Job 24:23 - whereon Psalms 48:4 - General Isaiah 8:7 - the king Isaiah 10:13 - For he saith Isaiah 23:8 - merchants Isaiah 25:5 - shalt bring Isaiah 36:4 - Thus saith Isaiah 36:9 - the least Isaiah 36:13 - Hear Jeremiah 9:23 - neither Ezekiel 28:5 - and thine Ezekiel 31:5 - his height Daniel 4:30 - that Hosea 8:10 - the king James 4:6 - God

Cross-References

Micah 5:6
And they shall tend the Assyrian with a sword, and the land of Nebrod with her trench: and he shall deliver you from the Assyrian, when he shall come upon your land, and when he shall invade your coasts.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For he saith, [are] not my princes altogether kings?] Meaning either the kings which he had conquered, which were become his princes and subjects; or rather, such were the greatness and glory of his nobles, that they were equal in their riches and dominions to kings, and so were able to furnish him with men and money for such an expedition he had in his heart to undertake, even to conquer and subdue all the nations of the earth: and this he said either to his people, boasting of his grandeur; or in his heart, as Kimchi observes, to encourage himself; or rather more openly before others, in order to discourage and inject terror into the nations he meant to destroy, and particularly the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For he saith - This verse, and the subsequent verses to Isaiah 10:11, contain the vaunting of the king of Assyria, and the descriptions of his own confidence of success.

Are not my princes altogether kings? - This is a confident boast of his “own” might and power. His own dominion was so great that even his princes were endowed with the ordinary power and “regalia” of kings. The word “princes,” may here refer either to those of his own family and court - to the satraps and officers of power in his army, or around his throne: or more probably, it may refer to the subordinate governors whom he had set over the provinces which he had conquered. ‘Are they not clothed with royal power and majesty? Are they not of equal splendor with the other monarchs at the earth?’ How great, then, must have been his “own” rank and glory to be placed “over” such illustrious sovereigns! It will be recollected, that a common title which oriental monarchs give themselves, is that of King of kings; see Ezekiel 26:7; Daniel 2:37; Ezra 7:12. The oriental princes are still distinguished for their sounding titles, and particularly for their claiming dominion over all other princes, and the supremacy over all other earthly powers.