Isaiah 33:19

Brenton's Septuagint

even the small and great people? with whom he took not counsel, neither did he understand a people of deep speech, so that a despised people should not hear, and there is no understanding to him that hears.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
You will no longer see the barbarians,a people whose speech is difficult to comprehend—who stammer in a language that is not understood.

Hebrew Names Version
You shall not see the fierce people, a people of a deep speech that you can not comprehend, of a strange language that you can not understand.

King James Version
Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.

English Standard Version
You will see no more the insolent people, the people of an obscure speech that you cannot comprehend, stammering in a tongue that you cannot understand.

New American Standard Bible
You will no longer see a fierce people, A people of unintelligible speech which no one comprehends, Of a stammering tongue which no one understands.

New Century Version
No longer will you see those proud people from other countries, whose strange language you couldn't understand.

Amplified Bible
You will no longer see the fierce and insolent people, A people of unintelligible speech which no one comprehends, Of a strange and stammering tongue which no one understands.

World English Bible
You shall not see the fierce people, a people of a deep speech that you can not comprehend, of a strange language that you can not understand.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a darke speache, that thou canst not perceiue, and of a stammering tongue that thou canst not vnderstande.

Legacy Standard Bible
You will no longer see a fierce people,A people of unintelligible speech which no one comprehends,Of a stammering tongue which no one understands.

Berean Standard Bible
You will no longer see the insolent, a people whose speech is unintelligible, who stammer in a language that is not understood.

Contemporary English Version
You will never again have to see the proud people who spoke a strange and foreign language you could not understand.

Complete Jewish Bible
You will not see the intransigent people, that people whose language is so obscure, whose stuttering speech you cannot understand.

Darby Translation
Thou shalt no more see the fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst comprehend, of a stammering tongue that cannot be understood.

George Lamsa Translation
You shall not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech, of a stammering tongue, so that he cannot be understood.

Good News Translation
You will no longer see any arrogant foreigners who speak a language that you can't understand.

Lexham English Bible
You will not see the insolent people, the people whose language is too obscure to understand, whose stammering of tongue cannot be understood.

Literal Translation
You shall not see the fierce people, from hearing a people of a deep lip, of a foreign tongue, that none understands.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
There shalt thou not se a people of a straunge tuge, to haue so diffused a laguage, that it maye not be vnderstonde: nether so straunge a speache, but it shal be perceaued.

American Standard Version
Thou shalt not see the fierce people, a people of a deep speech that thou canst not comprehend, of a strange tongue that thou canst not understand.

Bible in Basic English
Never again will you see the cruel people, a people whose tongue has no sense for you; whose language is strange to you.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Thou shalt not see the fierce people; a people of a deep speech that thou canst not perceive, of a stammering tongue that thou canst not understand.

King James Version (1611)
Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech then thou canst perceiue; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not vnderstand.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
There shalt thou not see a cruel people of a straunge tongue, to haue so diffused a language that it may not be vnderstanded, neither so straunge a speache but it shalbe perceaued.

English Revised Version
Thou shalt not see the fierce people, a people of a deep speech that thou canst not perceive; of a strange tongue that thou canst not understand.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thou schalt not se a puple vnwijs, a puple of hiy word, so that thou maist not vndurstonde the fair speking of his tunge, in which puple is no wisdom.

Update Bible Version
You shall not see the fierce people, a people of a deep speech that you can't comprehend, of a strange tongue that you can't understand.

Webster's Bible Translation
Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, [that thou canst] not understand.

New English Translation
You will no longer see a defiant people whose language you do not comprehend, whose derisive speech you do not understand.

New King James Version
You will not see a fierce people, A people of obscure speech, beyond perception, Of a stammering tongue that you cannot understand.

New Living Translation
You will no longer see these fierce, violent people with their strange, unknown language.

New Life Bible
You will not see people who show no pity, people whose language no one knows, whose strange tongue you cannot understand.

New Revised Standard
No longer will you see the insolent people, the people of an obscure speech that you cannot comprehend, stammering in a language that you cannot understand.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The fierce people, shalt thou not see, - The people of too deep a lip to be understood, of too barbarous a tongue for thee to comprehend.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The shameless people thou shalt not see, the people of profound speech: so that thou canst not understand the eloquence of his tongue, in whom there is no wisdom.

Revised Standard Version
You will see no more the insolent people, the people of an obscure speech which you cannot comprehend, stammering in a tongue which you cannot understand.

Young's Literal Translation
The strong people thou seest not, A people deeper of lip than to be understood, Of a scorned tongue, there is no understanding.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
You will no longer see a fierce people, A people of unintelligible speech which no one comprehends, Of a stammering tongue which no one understands.

Contextual Overview

¹³ They that are afar off shall hear what I have done; they that draw nigh shall know my strength. ¹⁴ The sinners in Sion have departed; trembling shall seize the ungodly. Who will tell you that a fire is kindled? Who will tell you of the eternal place? ¹⁵ He that walks in righteousness, speaking rightly, hating transgression and iniquity, and shaking his hands from gifts, stopping his ears that he should not hear the judgement of blood, shutting his eyes that he should not see injustice. ¹⁶ he shall dwell in a high cave of a strong rock: bread shall be given him, and his water shall be sure. ¹⁷ Ye shall see a king with glory: your eyes shall behold a land from afar. ¹⁸ Your soul shall meditate terror. Where are the scribes? where are the counsellors, where is he that numbers them that are growing up, ¹⁹ even the small and great people? with whom he took not counsel, neither did he understand a people of deep speech, so that a despised people should not hear, and there is no understanding to him that hears. ²⁰ Behold the city of Sion, our refuge: thine eyes shall behold Jerusalem, a rich city, tabernacles which shall not be shaken, neither shall the pins of her tabernacle be moved for ever, neither shall her cords be at all broken: ²¹ for the name of the Lord is great to you: ye shall have a place, even rivers and wide and spacious channels: thou shalt not go this way, neither a vessel with oars go thereby. ²² For my God is great: the Lord our judge shall not pass me by: the Lord is our prince, the Lord is our king; the Lord, he shall save us.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

shalt not: Exodus 14:13, Deuteronomy 28:49, Deuteronomy 28:50, 2 Kings 19:32

deeper: Isaiah 28:11, Jeremiah 5:15, Ezekiel 3:5, Ezekiel 3:6, 1 Corinthians 14:21

stammering: or, ridiculous

Reciprocal: Isaiah 51:13 - where is

Cross-References

Genesis 33:2
And he put the two handmaidens and their children with the first, and Lea and her children behind, and Rachel and Joseph last.

Genesis 33:17
And Jacob departs to his tents; and he made for himself there habitations, and for his cattle he made booths; therefore he called the name of that place, Booths.

Genesis 33:20
And he set up there an alter, and called on the God of Israel.

Joshua 24:32
And the children of Israel brought up the bones of Joseph out of Egypt, and buried them in Sicima, in the portion of the land which Jacob bought of the Amorites who dwelt in Sicima for a hundred ewe-lambs; and he gave it to Joseph for a portion.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thou shalt not see a fierce people,.... A people of a fierce countenance, as in Daniel 8:23 fierce in their looks, furious in their temper, cruel and bloodthirsty in their practices, confirmed and hardened in their sins, whose consciences are seared as with a red hot iron; a character given of the Papists, 1 Timothy 4:2 these shall be no more seen nor feared:

a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; than the people in common could, having their worship and devotion not in their mother tongue, but in the Latin tongue:

of a stammering tongue, [that thou canst] not understand: meaning the same as before, a barbarous language, as everyone is to those who understand it not; so the Syriac and Assyrian languages were to the Jews, 2 Kings 18:26 and so the Roman language to other nations; but now no more to be used in religious worship; nor shall the church of God be any more visited by Turks or Papists, and be in any dread of them more.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thou shalt not see a fierce people - Or, rather, ‘this fierce and boasting people you shall not see.’ They shall not enter the city; but though they are advancing with so much confidence, they shall be suddenly cut, off and destroyed. The word rendered “fierce,” (נועז nô‛âz from נעז yâ‛az), probably means strong, or wicked. Lowth renders it, ‘barbarous people,’ as if it were לועז lô‛ēz. Michaelis also adopts this reading by supposing an error in transcribing, a change of the Hebrew letter נ (n) into the Hebrew letter ל (l). Such a change might have easily occurred, but there is no authority from the manuscripts for making an alteration in the text The word strong, or mighty, agrees well with the connection.

A people of a deeper speech - A people whose language is so deep, that is, so dark, or obscure, that it cannot be understood by you. This refers to the army of the Assyrians, who spoke the Syrian language, which was understood by some of the Jews, but which was unintelligible to the mass (see Isaiah 36:11).

Than thou canst perceive - Than you can understand.

Of a stammering tongue - (see the note at Isaiah 28:11). Margin, ‘Ridiculous;’ a sense which the Hebrew will bear, but the more appropriate meaning is that of a barbarous, or unintelligible foreign language.