Isaiah 46:2
They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity.
KJV
Contabuerunt, et contrita sunt simul ; non potuerunt salvare portantem, et anima eorum in captivitatem ibit.
Vulgate
ἐκλελυμένῳ καὶ πεινῶντι, οὐκ ἰσχύοντι ἅμα, οἳ οὐ δυνήσονται σωθῆναι ἀπὸ πολέμου, αὐτοὶ δὲ αἰχμάλωτοι ἤχθησαν.
LXX
They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity.
ASV
קָרְס֤וּ כָֽרְעוּ֙ יַחְדָּ֔ו לֹ֥א יָכְל֖וּ מַלֵּ֣ט מַשָּׂ֑א וְ/נַפְשָׁ֖/ם בַּ/שְּׁבִ֥י הָלָֽכָה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
ה
h
verb · 95×
הוֹלֵ֣ךְ
hvlk
verb · 507×
י
y
noun · 752×
יַחְדָּ֑ו
ychdv
noun · 141×
יוּכַ֣ל
yvkl
verb · 193×
כָֽרְעוּ֙
kr'v
verb · 36×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מַשָּׂ֖א
msh'
noun · 65×
קֹרֵ֣ס
qrs
verb · 2×
שְּׁבִ֣י
shby
noun · 48×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Proof that God did not appoint the Levitical dispensation for His own sake, or as requiring such service; for He does, in fact, need nothing from men. 1. Moreover, the prophets indicate in the fullest manner that God stood in no need of their slavish obedience, but that it was upon their own account that He enjoined certain observances in the law. And again, that God needed not…
Cross-references
- 2Sam 5:21 — And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them.
- Jer 43:12 — And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and he shall burn them, and carry them away captives: and he shall array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his garme
- Jer 48:7 — For because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou shalt also be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity with his priests and his princes together.
- Judg 18:17 — And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and came in thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood in the entering of t
- Judg 18:24 — And he said, Ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and ye are gone away: and what have I more? and what is this that ye say unto me, What aileth thee?