Isaiah 30:5
They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them, nor be an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.
KJV
Omnes confusi sunt super populo qui eis prodesse non potuit : non fuerunt in auxilium et in aliquam utilitatem, sed in confusionem et in opprobrium.
Vulgate
μάτην κοπιάσουσιν πρὸς λαὸν ὃς οὐκ ὠφελήσει αὐτοὺς εἰς βοήθειαν ἀλλὰ εἰς αἰσχύνην καὶ ὄνειδος.
LXX
They shall all be ashamed because of a people that cannot profit them, that are not a help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.
ASV
כֹּ֣ל הבאיש הֹבִ֔ישׁ עַל עַ֖ם לֹא יוֹעִ֣ילוּ לָ֑/מוֹ לֹ֤א לְ/עֵ֨זֶר֙ וְ/לֹ֣א לְ/הוֹעִ֔יל כִּ֥י לְ/בֹ֖שֶׁת וְ/גַם לְ/חֶרְפָּֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Isa 20:5 — And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.
- Isa 30:7 — For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still.
- Isa 31:3 — Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and th
- Jer 2:8 — The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not pr
- Jer 2:36 — Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.