Isaiah 30:31

New Living Translation

At the Lord 's command, the Assyrians will be shattered. He will strike them down with his royal scepter.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Assyria will be shattered by the voice of the Lord.He will strike with a rod.

Hebrew Names Version
For through the voice of the LORD shall the Ashshur be dismayed; with his rod will he strike [him].

King James Version
For through the voice of the Lord shall the Assyrian be beaten down, which smote with a rod.

English Standard Version
The Assyrians will be terror-stricken at the voice of the Lord , when he strikes with his rod.

New American Standard Bible
For at the voice of the LORD Assyria will be terrified, When He strikes with the rod.

New Century Version
Assyria will be afraid when it hears the voice of the Lord , because he will strike Assyria with a rod.

Amplified Bible
For at the voice of the LORD the Assyrians will be terrified, When He strikes [them] with the rod.

World English Bible
For through the voice of Yahweh shall the Assyrian be dismayed; with his rod will he strike [him].

Geneva Bible (1587)
For with the voyce of the Lord shal Asshur be destroyed, which smote with the rod.

Legacy Standard Bible
For at the voice of Yahweh Assyria will be dismayed,When He strikes with the rod.

Berean Standard Bible
For Assyria will be shattered at the voice of the LORD. He will strike with a rod.

Contemporary English Version
When the Assyrians hear the Lord 's voice and see him striking with his iron rod, they will be terrified.

Complete Jewish Bible
For Adonai 's voice will terrify Ashur, as with his scepter he strikes them down.

Darby Translation
For through the voice of Jehovah shall the Assyrian be broken down: he will smite [him] with the rod.

Easy-to-Read Version
Assyria will be frightened by the Lord 's voice and the stick that will beat him.

George Lamsa Translation
For from before the excellency of the LORD shall the Assyrian be defeated and smitten with a rod.

Good News Translation
The Assyrians will be terrified when they hear the Lord 's voice and feel the force of his punishment.

Lexham English Bible
Indeed, Assyria will be shattered by the voice of Yahweh; he strikes with the rod.

Literal Translation
For through the voice of Jehovah, Assyria shall be crushed, the rod with which He strikes.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then shal the Assirian feare also, because of the voyce of the LORDE, which shal smyte him with the rodde.

American Standard Version
For through the voice of Jehovah shall the Assyrian be dismayed; with his rod will he smite him.

Bible in Basic English
For through the voice of the Lord the Assyrian will be broken, and the Lord's rod will be lifted up against him.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
For through the voice of the LORD shall Asshur be dismayed, the rod with which He smote.

King James Version (1611)
For through the voyce of the Lord shall the Assyrian be beaten downe, which smote with a rod.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
For thorowe the voyce of the Lorde shall Assur be destroyed, which smote other men with the rodde.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For by the voice of the Lord the Assyrians shall be overcome, even by the stroke wherewith he shall smite them.

English Revised Version
For through the voice of the LORD shall the Assyrian be broken in pieces, which smote with a rod.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For whi Assur smytun with a yerde schal drede of the vois of the Lord;

Update Bible Version
For through the voice of Yahweh shall the Assyrian be dismayed; with his rod he will smite [him].

Webster's Bible Translation
For through the voice of the LORD shall the Assyrian be beaten down, [who] smote with a rod.

New English Translation
Indeed, the Lord 's shout will shatter Assyria; he will beat them with a club.

New King James Version
For through the voice of the LORD Assyria will be beaten down, As He strikes with the rod.

New Life Bible
The Assyrians will be filled with fear at the voice of the Lord, when He punishes them with His power.

New Revised Standard
The Assyrian will be terror-stricken at the voice of the Lord , when he strikes with his rod.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For at the voice of Yahweh, shall Assyria be crushed, - With his rod, will he smite.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For at the voice of the Lord the Assyrian shall fear being struck with the rod.

Revised Standard Version
The Assyrians will be terror-stricken at the voice of the LORD, when he smites with his rod.

Young's Literal Translation
For from the voice of Jehovah broken down [is] Asshur, With a rod He smiteth.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
For at the voice of the LORD Assyria will be terrified, When He strikes with the rod.

Contextual Overview

²⁷ Look! The Lord is coming from far away, burning with anger, surrounded by thick, rising smoke. His lips are filled with fury; his words consume like fire. ²⁸ His hot breath pours out like a flood up to the neck of his enemies. He will sift out the proud nations for destruction. He will bridle them and lead them away to ruin. ²⁹ But the people of God will sing a song of joy, like the songs at the holy festivals. You will be filled with joy, as when a flutist leads a group of pilgrims to Jerusalem, the mountain of the Lord — to the Rock of Israel. ³⁰ And the Lord will make his majestic voice heard. He will display the strength of his mighty arm. It will descend with devouring flames, with cloudbursts, thunderstorms, and huge hailstones. ³¹ At the Lord 's command, the Assyrians will be shattered. He will strike them down with his royal scepter. ³² And as the Lord strikes them with his rod of punishment, his people will celebrate with tambourines and harps. Lifting his mighty arm, he will fight the Assyrians. ³³ Topheth—the place of burning— has long been ready for the Assyrian king; the pyre is piled high with wood. The breath of the Lord , like fire from a volcano, will set it ablaze.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the voice: Isaiah 30:30, Isaiah 37:32-38

which smote: Isaiah 9:4, Isaiah 10:5, Isaiah 10:15, Isaiah 10:24, Psalms 17:13, Psalms 17:14, Psalms 125:5, Micah 5:5, Micah 5:6

Reciprocal: Proverbs 22:8 - the rod of his anger shall fail

Cross-References

Genesis 30:4
So Rachel gave her servant, Bilhah, to Jacob as a wife, and he slept with her.

Genesis 30:6
Rachel named him Dan, for she said, "God has vindicated me! He has heard my request and given me a son."

Psalms 118:8
It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in people.

Hebrews 13:5
Don't love money; be satisfied with what you have. For God has said, "I will never fail you. I will never abandon you."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For through the voice of the Lord shall the Assyrian be beaten down,.... As anything is by a storm of thunder, lightning, hail, and rain: or "fear", or be "affrighted", as the Vulgate Latin and Arabic versions render it; Sennacherib, the Assyrian monarch, and that part of his army which escaped, though not destroyed by it, were put into the utmost consternation: this shows that the prophecy in the context refers to the overthrow of the Assyrian army by the angel, when besieging Jerusalem in Hezekiah's time; though the Assyrian is sometimes used for any enemy of God's people at other times, particularly antichrist, and especially the eastern antichrist, the Turk:

[which] smote with a rod; other nations, particularly the Jews, whom the Assyrian is expressly said to smite with a rod; and because he was an instrument in God's hand for the chastising of that people, he is called the rod of his anger, Isaiah 10:5 but now he that smote shall be smitten himself; him whom God used as a rod to correct others, he will smite with his rod, for his own correction: for this may be understood of God, and be rendered thus, "with a rod, he", that is, God, "shall smite" the Assyrian, as before; so Aben Ezra and Kimchi. The Targum interprets the "rod" of dominion.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For through the voice of the - Lord By the command of the Lord; that is, his voice going forth in the manner specified in Isaiah 30:30.

Which smote with a rod - Who was accustomed to smite as with a rod; that is, his government was tyrannical and severe. As he had been accustomed to smite in that manner, so he would now meet the proper reward of his oppression of the nations.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Isaiah 30:31. Which smote with a rod - "He that was ready to smite with his staff"] אשור "Post ashshur, forte excidit אשר asher." - SECKER. After אשור ashshur, probably אשר asher, "which," has been omitted.