Isaiah 14:27

Updated Bible Version

For Yahweh of hosts has purposed, and who shall annul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?

Parallel Translations

Legacy Standard Bible
For Yahweh of hosts has counseled, and who can thwart it? And as for His stretched-out hand, who can turn it back?"

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"For the LORD of hosts has planned, and who can frustrate it? And as for His stretched-out hand, who can turn it back?"

Bishop's Bible (1568)
For yf the Lord of hoastes determine a thyng, who is able to disanull it? And if he stretch foorth his hande, who may returne it agayne?

Darby Translation
For Jehovah of hosts hath purposed, and who shall frustrate [it]? And his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?

New King James Version
For the LORD of hosts has purposed, And who will annul it? His hand is stretched out, And who will turn it back?"

Literal Translation
For Jehovah of Hosts has purposed. And who shall reverse it ? And His hand is stretched out. Who shall turn it back?

Easy-to-Read Version
When the Lord All-Powerful makes a plan, no one can change it. When he raises his arm to punish, no one can stop him.

World English Bible
For Yahweh of Hosts has purposed, and who shall annul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?

King James Version (1611)
For the Lord of hostes hath purposed, and who shall disanull it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turne it backe?

King James Version
For the Lord of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For yf the LORDE of hoostes determe a thinge, who wyl dysanulle it? And yf he stretch forth his honde, who wil holde it in agayne?

Amplified Bible
"For the LORD of hosts has decided and planned, and who can annul it? His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?"

American Standard Version
For Jehovah of hosts hath purposed, and who shall annul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?

Bible in Basic English
For it is the purpose of the Lord of armies, and who will make it of no effect? when his hand is stretched out, by whom may it be turned back?

Webster's Bible Translation
For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul [it]? and his hand [is] stretched out, and who shall turn it back?

New English Translation
Indeed, the Lord who commands armies has a plan, and who can possibly frustrate it? His hand is ready to strike, and who can possibly stop it?

Contemporary English Version
I, the Lord All-Powerful, have made these plans. No one can stop me now!

Complete Jewish Bible
Adonai -Tzva'ot has made his decision. Who is there that can stop him? He has stretched out his hand. Who can turn it back?

Geneva Bible (1587)
Because the Lorde of hostes hath determined it, and who shall disanull it? and his hande is stretched out, and who shall turne it away?

George Lamsa Translation
For the LORD of hosts has purposed, and who can disannul it? And his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?

Hebrew Names Version
For the LORD of Hosts has purposed, and who shall annul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?

JPS Old Testament (1917)
For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? And His hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?

New Living Translation
The Lord of Heaven's Armies has spoken— who can change his plans? When his hand is raised, who can stop him?"

New Life Bible
For the Lord of All has planned, and who can keep it from happening? Who can turn His hand back?

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For what the Holy God has purposed, who shall frustrate? and who shall turn back his uplifted hand?

English Revised Version
For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?

Berean Standard Bible
The LORD of Hosts has purposed, and who can thwart Him? His hand is outstretched, so who can turn it back?

New Revised Standard
For the Lord of hosts has planned, and who will annul it? His hand is stretched out, and who will turn it back?

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For, Yahweh of hosts, hath purposed, - And who shall frustrate? And, his, is the hand outstretched, And who shall turn it back?

Douay-Rheims Bible
For the Lord of hosts hath decreed, and who can disannul it? and his hand is stretched out: and who shall turn it away?

Lexham English Bible
For Yahweh of hosts has planned, and who will frustrate it? And his hand is stretched out, and who will turn it back?

English Standard Version
For the Lord of hosts has purposed, and who will annul it? His hand is stretched out, and who will turn it back?

New American Standard Bible
"For the LORD of armies has planned, and who can frustrate it? And as for His stretched-out hand, who can turn it back?"

New Century Version
When the Lord All-Powerful makes a plan, no one can stop it. When the Lord raises his hand to punish people, no one can stop it.

Good News Translation
The Lord Almighty is determined to do this; he has stretched out his arm to punish, and no one can stop him.

Christian Standard Bible®
The Lord of Hosts Himself has planned it; therefore, who can stand in its way? It is His hand that is outstretched, so who can turn it back?

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For whi the Lord of oostis hath demed, and who mai make vnstidfaste? and his hond is stretchid forth, and who schal turne it awei?

Revised Standard Version
For the LORD of hosts has purposed, and who will annul it? His hand is stretched out, and who will turn it back?

Young's Literal Translation
For Jehovah of Hosts hath purposed, And who doth make void? And His hand that is stretched out, Who doth turn it back?'

Contextual Overview

²⁴ Yahweh of hosts has sworn, saying, Surely, as I have thought, so it shall come to pass; and as I have purposed, so it shall stand: ²⁵ that I will break the Assyrian in my land, and on my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulder. ²⁶ This is the purpose that is purposed on the whole earth; and this is the hand that is stretched out on all the nations. ²⁷ For Yahweh of hosts has purposed, and who shall annul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back? ²⁸ In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden. ²⁹ Don't rejoice, O Philistia, all of you, because the rod that smote you is broken; for out of the serpent's root shall come forth an adder, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent. ³⁰ And the first-born of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety; and I will kill your root with famine, and he will slay your remnant. ³¹ Howl, O gate; cry, O city; you are melted away, O Philistia, all of you; for there comes a smoke out of the north, and there is no straggler in his ranks. ³² What then shall one answer the messengers of the nation? That Yahweh has founded Zion, and in her shall the afflicted of his people take refuge.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the Lord: Isaiah 23:9, Isaiah 43:13, Isaiah 46:11, Job 40:8, Jeremiah 4:28, Jeremiah 51:59, Romans 8:28, Romans 8:31

his: Isaiah 9:12, 2 Chronicles 20:6, Job 9:12, Job 23:13, Psalms 33:11, Proverbs 19:21, Proverbs 21:30, Daniel 4:31-35

Reciprocal: Numbers 23:27 - peradventure Job 42:2 - can be withholden from thee Ecclesiastes 7:13 - who Isaiah 5:25 - stretched Isaiah 10:23 - determined Isaiah 19:3 - and I Isaiah 19:17 - because Jeremiah 30:24 - fierce Ezekiel 26:14 - for I Zephaniah 1:4 - stretch Zechariah 6:1 - and the Romans 9:11 - that the Galatians 3:17 - cannot 2 Timothy 1:9 - according to his Hebrews 6:17 - the immutability

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For the Lord of hosts hath purposed,.... What is before declared, the fall of Babylon, and the destruction of the Assyrian, and everything else that comes to pass in this world; there is nothing comes to pass but he has purposed, and everything he has purposed does come to pass:

and who shall disannul [it]? not the most powerful monarch, or most powerful armies, or the most refined councils of men, or the greatest politicians on earth:

and his hand [is] stretched out, and who shall turn it back? or aside, from giving the blow it is designed to give; no power on earth is equal to it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For the Lord of hosts - (see the note at Isaiah 1:9).

Who shall disannul it? - Who has power to defeat his purposes? Difficult as they may be in appearance, and incredible as their fulfillment may seem, yet his purposes are formed in full view of all the circumstances; and there is no power to resist his arm, or to turn him aside from the execution of his designs. By this assurance God designed to comfort his people when they should be in Babylon in a long and dreary captivity (compare Psalms 137:1-9.) And by the same consideration his people may be comforted at all times. His plans shall stand. None can disannul them. No arm has power to resist him. None of the schemes formed against him shall ever prosper. Whatever ills, therefore, may befall his people; however thick, and gloomy, and sad their calamities may be; and however dark his dispensations may appear, yet they may bare the assurance that all his plans are wise, and that they all shall stand. No matter how many, or how mighty may be the foes of the church; no matter how strong their cities, or their ramparts; no matter how numerous their armies, or how self-confident may be their leaders, they have no power to resist God. If their plans are in his way they will be thrown down; if revolutions are necessary among human beings to accomplish His purposes, they will be brought about; if cities and armies need to be destroyed in order that “his” plans may succeed, and his church be safe, they will be demolished, just as the army of Sennacherib was laid pale in death, and as Babylon - the haughtiest of cities - was overthrown. Who can stand against God? and who can resist the execution of his will?