Isaiah 13:7

Brenton's Septuagint

Therefore every hand shall become powerless, and every soul of man shall be dismayed.

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
People will lose their courage. Fear will make them weak.

New Living Translation
Every arm is paralyzed with fear. Every heart melts,

Update Bible Version
Therefore all hands shall be feeble, and every heart of common man shall melt:

New Century Version
People will be weak with fear, and their courage will melt away.

New English Translation
For this reason all hands hang limp, every human heart loses its courage.

Webster's Bible Translation
Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt:

World English Bible
Therefore shall all hands be feeble, and every heart of man shall melt:

Amplified Bible
Therefore all hands will fall limp, And every man's heart will melt.

English Standard Version
Therefore all hands will be feeble, and every human heart will melt.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For this thing alle hondis schulen be vnmyyti, and eche herte of man schal faile,

English Revised Version
Therefore shall all hands be feeble, and every heart of man shall melt:

Berean Standard Bible
Therefore all hands will fall limp, and every man's heart will melt.

Contemporary English Version
All people will be terrified. Hands will grow limp; courage will melt away.

American Standard Version
Therefore shall all hands be feeble, and every heart of man shall melt:

Bible in Basic English
For this cause all hands will be feeble, and every heart of man be turned to water;

Complete Jewish Bible
This is why every arm will hang limp and everyone's courage melt away.

Darby Translation
Therefore shall all hands be feeble, and every heart of man shall melt,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Therefore shall all hands be slack, and every heart of man shall melt.

King James Version (1611)
Therefore shall all hands bee faint, and euery mans heart shall melt.

New Life Bible
So all hands will become weak, and every man's heart will melt.

New Revised Standard
Therefore all hands will be feeble, and every human heart will melt,

Geneva Bible (1587)
Therefore shal all hands be weakened, and all mens hearts shall melt,

George Lamsa Translation
Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every mans heart shall melt;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For this cause - All hands, shall hang down, - and Every mortal heart, melt.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every heart of man shall melt,

Revised Standard Version
Therefore all hands will be feeble, and every man's heart will melt,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Therefore shall all handes be letten downe, and all mens heartes shall melt away.

Good News Translation
Everyone's hands will hang limp, and everyone's courage will fail.

Christian Standard Bible®
Therefore everyone’s hands will become weak,and every man will lose heart.

Hebrew Names Version
Therefore shall all hands be feeble, and every heart of man shall melt:

King James Version
Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt:

Lexham English Bible
Therefore all hands will grow slack, and every human heart will melt,

Literal Translation
On account of this all hands shall droop, and every heart of man shall melt;

Young's Literal Translation
Therefore, all hands do fail, And every heart of man doth melt.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then shall all hondes be letten downe, and all mens hertes shal melt awaie,

New American Standard Bible
Therefore all hands will fall limp, And every human heart will melt.

New King James Version
Therefore all hands will be limp, Every man's heart will melt,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Therefore all hands will fall limp, And every man's heart will melt.

Legacy Standard Bible
Therefore all hands will fall limp,And every man's heart will melt.

Contextual Overview

⁶ Howl ye, for the day of the Lord is near, and destruction from God shall arrive. ⁷ Therefore every hand shall become powerless, and every soul of man shall be dismayed. ⁸ The elders shall be troubled, and pangs shall seize them, as of a woman in travail: and they shall mourn one to another, and shall be amazed, and shall change their countenance as a flame. ⁹ For behold! the day of the Lord is coming which cannot be escaped, a day of wrath and anger, to make the world desolate, and to destroy sinners out of it. ¹⁰ For the stars of heaven, and Orion, and all the host of heaven, shall not give their light; and it shall be dark at sunrise, and the moon shall not give her light. ¹¹ And I will command evils for the whole world, and will visit their sins on the ungodly: and I will destroy the pride of transgressors, and will bring low the pride of the haughty. ¹² And they that are left shall be more precious than gold tried in the fire; and a man shall be more precious than the stone that is in Suphir. ¹³ For the heaven shall be enraged, and the earth shall be shaken from her foundation, because of the fierce anger of the Lord of hosts, in the day in which his wrath shall come on. ¹⁴ And they that are left shall be as a fleeing fawn, and as a stray sheep, and there shall be none to gather them: so that a man shall turn back to his people, and a man shall flee to his own land. ¹⁵ For whosoever shall be taken shall be overcome; and they that are gathered together shall fall by the sword.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

shall all: Isaiah 10:3, Isaiah 10:4, Isaiah 37:27, Isaiah 51:20, Jeremiah 50:43, Ezekiel 7:17, Ezekiel 21:7, Nahum 1:6

be faint: or, fall down

every: Isaiah 19:1, Exodus 15:15, Nahum 2:10

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 1:28 - discouraged Joshua 2:11 - our hearts Joshua 7:5 - wherefore 1 Samuel 5:11 - a deadly 2 Samuel 4:1 - his hands 2 Samuel 17:10 - utterly melt Psalms 58:7 - General Psalms 107:26 - their soul Jeremiah 49:23 - fainthearted Jeremiah 51:8 - howl Jeremiah 51:30 - The mighty Lamentations 1:22 - my heart Daniel 5:6 - so that

Cross-References

Genesis 10:19
And the boundaries of the Chananites were from Sidon till one comes to Gerara and Gaza, till one comes to Sodom and Gomorrha, Adama and Seboim, as far as Dasa.

Genesis 12:6
And Abram traversed the land lengthwise as far as the place Sychem, to the high oak, and the Chananites then inhabited the land.

Genesis 13:14
And God said to Abram after Lot was separated from him, Look up with thine eyes, and behold from the place where thou now art northward and southward, and eastward and seaward;

Genesis 13:15
for all the land which thou seest, I will give it to thee and to thy seed for ever.

Genesis 13:18
And Abram having removed his tent, came and dwelt by the oak of Mambre, which was in Chebrom, and he there built an altar to the Lord.

Genesis 21:25
And Abraam reproved Abimelech because of the wells of water, which the servants of Abimelech took away.

Genesis 26:20
And the shepherds of Gerara strove with the shepherds of Isaac, saying that the water was theirs; and they called the name of the well, Injury, for they injured him.

Genesis 34:30
And Jacob said to Symeon and Levi, Ye have made me hateful so that I should be evil to all the inhabitants of the land, both among the Chananites and the Pherezites, and I am few in number; they will gather themselves against me and cut me in pieces, and I shall be utterly destroyed, and my house.

Exodus 2:17
And the shepherds came, and were driving them away; and Moses rose up and rescued them, and drew water for them, and watered their sheep.

Nehemiah 5:9
And I said, The thing which ye do is not good; ye will not so walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the Gentiles our enemies.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Therefore shall all hands be faint,.... Or hang down; that is, the hands of all the Babylonians, the city being taken suddenly and at once, so that they should not be able to lift them up to lay hold on a weapon, and defend themselves:

and every man's heart shall melt; like wax before the fire; be dispirited, and lose all their valour and courage, have neither power nor heart to resist their enemies, and attempt to save themselves.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Therefore shall all hands be faint - This is designed to denote the consternation and alarm of the people. They would be so terrified and alarmed that they would have no courage, no hope, and no power to make resistance. They would abandon their plans of defense, and give themselves up to despair (compare Jeremiah 50:43 : ‘The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble; anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a Women in travail;’ Ezekiel 7:17; Zephaniah 3:16).

And every man’s heart shall melt - Or, shall faint, so that he shall have no courage or strength (compare Deuteronomy 20:8). The fact was, that the destruction of Babylon took place in the night. It came suddenly upon the city, while Belshazzar was at his impious feast; and the alarm was so unexpected and produced such consternation, that no defense was attempted (see Daniel 5:30; compare the notes at Isaiah 45:1).