the Week of Proper 20 / Ordinary 25
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Isaiah 3:3
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The commander of fifty and the highly respected man,The counselor and the wise craftsman,And the experienced enchanter.
The captain of fifty and the honorable man, The counselor and the expert artisan, And the skillful enchanter.
The captayne of fiftie & the honorable, the senatour, the cunnyng artificer, and the eloquent oratour.
the captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the clever among artificers, and the one versed in enchantments.
The captain of fifty and the honorable man, The counselor and the skillful artisan, And the expert enchanter.
the commander of fifty and the exalted of face; the counselor and the skilled craftsman; and the expert enchanter.
He will take away the army officers and important officials. He will take away the skilled counselors, the magicians, and those who try to tell the future.
The captaine of fiftie, and the honourable man, and the counseller, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent oratour.
The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.
the worshipful of fiftie yeare olde, and the honorable: the Senatours, and men of vnderstondinge: the masters of craftes and oratours.
The captain of fifty and the man of honor, The counselor and the expert artisan, And the skillful enchanter.
the captain of fifty, and the honorable man, and the counsellor, and the expert artificer, and the skilful enchanter.
The captain of fifty, and the man of high position, and the wise guide, and the wonder-worker, and he who makes use of secret powers.
the captain of fifty, and the honorable man, and the counselor, and the expert artificer, and the expert charmer.
The captain of fifty, and the honorable man, and the counselor, and the skillful artificer, and the eloquent orator.
captains of groups of fifty, the respected citizens, advisers and those skilled in magical arts, and those who know incantations.
officials and advisors, fortunetellers and others who tell the future.
captains of fifty, men of rank and advisers, skillful magicians and expert enchanters.
The captaine of fiftie, and the honourable, and the counseller, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent man.
The captain of fifty and the honorable man and the counsellor and the skilful carpenter and the expert counsellor.
The captain of fifty, The honorable man, The counselor, The skilled craftsman, And the clever enchanter.
The captain of fifty, and the man of rank, and the counsellor, and the cunning charmer, and the skilful enchanter.
army officers and high officials, advisers, skilled sorcerers, and astrologers.
He will take away the captain of fifty, the man of honor, the wise man, the able workman, and the one who uses secret powers.
the captain of fifty also, and the honourable counsellor, and the wise artificer, and the intelligent hearer.
the captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the skilful enchanter.
the commander of fifty and the dignitary, the counselor, the cunning magician, and the clever enchanter.
captain of fifty and dignitary, counselor and skillful magician and expert enchanter.
Captain of fifty, and favourite; And counsellor and skilled artificer, And master of magical formulas;
The captain over fifty, and the honourable in countenance, and the counsellor, and the architect, and the skilful in eloquent speech.
captain of fifty and the honorable men of rank, and counselor and skillful magicians and skillful enchanter.
the captain of fifty and the man of rank, the counselor and the skillful magician and the expert in charms.
The captain of fifty and the esteemed person, The counselor and the expert artisan, And the skillful enchanter.
the military leaders and government leaders, the counselors, the skilled craftsmen, and those who try to tell the future.
their military and civilian leaders, their politicians and everyone who uses magic to control events.
the commander of 50 and the dignitary, the counselor, cunning magician, and necromancer.
a prince ouer fifti men, and a worschipful man in cheer, and a counselour, and a wijs man of principal crafti men, and a prudent man of mystik, ethir goostli, speche.
the captain of fifty and the man of rank, the counselor and the skilful magician and the expert in charms.
Head of fifty, and accepted of faces, And counsellor, and the wise of artificers, And the intelligent of charmers.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
captain: Exodus 18:21, Deuteronomy 1:15, 1 Samuel 8:12
the honourable man: Heb. a man eminent in countenance, Judges 8:18
eloquent orator: or, skilful of speech, Exodus 4:10, Exodus 4:14-16
Reciprocal: Genesis 34:19 - honourable Isaiah 3:14 - the ancients Isaiah 9:14 - will cut Isaiah 29:10 - rulers Lamentations 5:14 - elders Acts 18:24 - an Acts 24:1 - orator
Cross-References
The man said, "The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate."
Yahweh God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" The woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate."
To the woman he said, "I will greatly multiply your pain in childbirth. In pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you."
To Adam he said, "Because you have listened to your wife's voice, and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded you, saying, 'You shall not eat of it,' cursed is the ground for your sake. In toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.
God said to him in the dream, "Yes, I know that in the integrity of your heart you have done this, and I also withheld you from sinning against me. Therefore I didn't allow you to touch her.
[Saying], Don't touch my anointed ones, Do my prophets no harm.
But put forth your hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will renounce you to your face."
But put forth your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce you to your face."
"Have pity on me, have pity on me, you my friends; For the hand of God has touched me.
Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me. It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The captain of fifty,.... A semi-centurion, such an one as in 2 Kings 1:9. So far should there be from being captains of thousands, and of hundreds, that there should not be one of fifty:
and the honourable man; by birth, breeding, and behaviour, through riches and greatness; and one of power and authority among the people, and in their favour and esteem:
and the counsellor; one able to give advice in matters of moment and difficulty, and in controversy between man and man; it suggests that nothing should be done with advice and counsel, with wisdom and discretion, but all tumult and sedition, as the history of these times shows: the Jews b interpret this of one that knows how to intercalate years, and fix the months: and the
cunning artificer: in any kind of metal, old, silver, brass, and iron, and in any sort of wood, and in any kind of manual and mechanical business; which would now be laid aside, shops shuts up, and all trade and business neglected and discouraged, occasioned partly by the siege without, and chiefly by their internal divisions and robberies, and by their zealots and cutthroats, which swarmed among them. The Septuagint render it, "the wise architect", or "masterbuilder"; the same word is used by the apostle in 1 Corinthians 3:10:
and the eloquent orator; who has the tongue of the learned, and can speak a word in season to the distressed; or who is able to plead at the bar the cause of the injured and oppressed, the widow and the fatherless. Aben Ezra interprets it of one that is skilful in enchanting serpents; that charms wisely, as in Psalms 58:5 it may be rendered, "one that understands enchantment" c: with the Septuagint it is a "prudent hearer"; sad is the case of a nation when men of so much usefulness are taken away from them. See 2 Kings 24:15.
b T. Bab. Chagiga & Jarchi, ut supra. (fol. 14. 1. Jarchi in loc.) c נבון לחש "intelligentem incantationis", Vatablus.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The captain of fifty - By this was probably denoted an officer in the army. The idea is, that the commanders of the various divisions of the army should be taken away.
The honourable man - Hebrew פנים נשׂוּא nes'û' pânı̂ym. “The man of elevated countenance.” That is, the man high in office. He was so called from the aspect of dignity which a man in office would assume. In the previous chapter, the phrase is used to denote rather the “pride” which attended such officers, than the dignity of the office itself.
And the counselor - Note, Isaiah 1:26.
The cunning artificer - Hebrew, The man wise in mechanic arts: skilled in architecture, etc.
And the eloquent orator - לחשׁ נבון nebôn lâchash. literally, skilled or learned in whispering, in conjuration, in persuasion. The word לחשׁ lachash denotes properly a whispering, sighing, or calling for help; (Isaiah 26:16, ‘they have poured out a prayer,’ לחשׁ lachash - a secret speech, a feeble sigh for aid.) It is applied to the charm of the serpents - the secret breathing or gentle noise by which the charm is supposed to be effected; Psalms 58:6; Jeremiah 8:17; Ecclesiastes 10:11. In Isaiah 3:20 of this chapter it denotes a charm or amulet worn by females; see the note at that verse. It is also applied to magic, or conjuration - because this was usually done by gentle whispering, or incantation; see the note at Isaiah 8:19. From this use of the word, it comes to denote one that influences another; one who persuades him in any way, as an orator does by argument and entreaty. Ancient orators also probably sometimes used a species of recitative, or measured cadence, not unlike that employed by those who practiced incantations. Jerome says that it means here, ‘a man who is learned, and acquainted with the law, and the prophets.’ Chaldee, ‘The prudent in council.’ It “may” be used in a good sense here; but if so, it is probably the only place where the word is so used in the Old Testament. A prophecy similar to this occurs in Hosea 3:4 : ‘For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim.’
