Isaiah 10:8

Good News Translation

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

Parallel Translations

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

George Lamsa Translation
For he says, 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?

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

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?

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?

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

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And if they should say to him, Thou alone art ruler;

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Contextual Overview

⁵ The Lord said, "Assyria! I use Assyria like a club to punish those with whom I am angry. ⁶ I sent Assyria to attack a godless nation, people who have made me angry. I sent them to loot and steal and trample the people like dirt in the streets." ⁷ But the Assyrian emperor has his own violent plans in mind. He is determined to destroy many nations. ⁸ He boasts, "Every one of my commanders is a king! ⁹ I conquered the cities of Calno and Carchemish, the cities of Hamath and Arpad. I conquered Samaria and Damascus. ¹⁰ I reached out to punish those kingdoms that worship idols, idols more numerous than those of Jerusalem and Samaria. ¹¹ I have destroyed Samaria and all its idols, and I will do the same to Jerusalem and the images that are worshiped there." ¹² But the Lord says, "When I finish what I am doing on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, I will punish the emperor of Assyria for all his boasting and all his pride." ¹³ The emperor of Assyria boasts, "I have done it all myself. I am strong and wise and clever. I wiped out the boundaries between nations and took the supplies they had stored. Like a bull I have trampled the people who live there. ¹⁴ The nations of the world were like a bird's nest, and I gathered their wealth as easily as gathering eggs. Not a wing fluttered to scare me off; no beak opened to scream at 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
By force of arms they will conquer Assyria, the land of Nimrod, and they will save us from the Assyrians when they invade our territory.

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.