Isaiah 10:13
For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man:
KJV
Dixit enim : In fortitudine manus meæ feci, et in sapientia mea intellexi ; et abstuli terminos populorum, et principes eorum deprædatus sum, et detraxi quasi potens in sublimi residentes.
Vulgate
εἶπεν γάρ Ἐν τῇ ἰσχύι ποιήσω, καὶ ἐν τῇ σοφίᾳ τῆς συνέσεως ἀφελῶ ὅρια ἐθνῶν, καὶ τὴν ἰσχὺν αὐτῶν προνομεύσω·
LXX
For he hath said, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I have understanding: and I have removed the bounds of the peoples, and have robbed their treasures, and like a valiant man I have brought down them that sit on thrones:
ASV
כִּ֣י אָמַ֗ר בְּ/כֹ֤חַ יָדִ/י֙ עָשִׂ֔יתִי וּ/בְ/חָכְמָתִ֖/י כִּ֣י נְבֻנ֑וֹתִי וְ/אָסִ֣יר גְּבוּלֹ֣ת עַמִּ֗ים ו/עתידתי/הם וַ/עֲתוּדֽוֹתֵי/הֶם֙ שׁוֹשֵׂ֔תִי וְ/אוֹרִ֥יד כַּ/אבִּ֖יר יוֹשְׁבִֽים
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§304And so we see the Holy Spirit, the principal author of Sacred Scripture, often attributing actions to God without mentioning any secondary causes. This is not a "primitive mode of speech", but a profound way of recalling God's primacy and absolute Lordship over history and the world,165 and so of educating his people to trust in him. the prayer of the Psalms is the great school…
Cross-references
- Dan 4:30 — The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?
- Deut 8:17 — And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.
- Ezek 29:3 — Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have mad
- Hab 1:16 — Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous.
- Hos 12:8 — And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.
- Isa 10:6 — I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the street
- Isa 33:3 — At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered.
- Jer 48:14 — How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the war?
- Judg 7:2 — And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.
- Prov 28:11 — The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.
- Ps 37:7 — Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.