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Isaiah 10:15

King James Version (KJV)

Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.

Translations

Isaiah 10:15 - Amplified Bible

Shall the ax boast itself against him who chops with it? Or shall the saw magnify itself against him who wields it back and forth? As if a rod should wield those who lift it up, or as if a staff should lift itself up as if it were not wood [but a man of God]!

Isaiah 10:15 - American Standard Version

Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? shall the saw magnify itself against him that wieldeth it? as if a rod should wield them that lift it up, or as if a staff should lift up him that is not wood.

Isaiah 10:15 - Bible in Basic English

Will the axe say high-sounding words against him who is using it, or the blade be full of pride against him who is cutting with it? As if a rod had the power of shaking him who is using it, or as if a stick might take up him who is not wood.

Isaiah 10:15 - Darby Bible

-- Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? shall the saw magnify itself against him that wieldeth it? As if the rod should wield them that lift it up; as if the staff should lift up [him who is] not wood!

Isaiah 10:15 - English Standard Version

Shall the axe boast over him who hews with it, or the saw magnify itself against him who wields it? As if a rod should wield him who lifts it, or as if a staff should lift him who is not wood!

Isaiah 10:15 - King James Version

Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.

Isaiah 10:15 - La Biblia de las Americas

¿Ha de enaltecerse el hacha sobre el que corta con ella?
¿Ha de engrandecerse la sierra sobre el que la maneja?
¡Como si un báculo manejara a los que lo levantan,
como si una vara levantara al que no es madera!

Isaiah 10:15 - The Message

Does an ax take over from the one who swings it?
   Does a saw act more important than the sawyer?
As if a shovel did its shoveling by using a ditch digger!
   As if a hammer used the carpenter to pound nails!
Therefore the Master, God-of-the-Angel-Armies,
   will send a debilitating disease on his robust Assyrian fighters.
Under the canopy of God’s bright glory
   a fierce fire will break out.
Israel’s Light will burst into a conflagration.
   The Holy will explode into a firestorm,
And in one day burn to cinders
   every last Assyrian thornbush.
God will destroy the splendid trees and lush gardens.
   The Assyrian body and soul will waste away to nothing
   like a disease-ridden invalid.
A child could count what’s left of the trees
   on the fingers of his two hands.

Isaiah 10:15 - New American Standard Bible

Is the axe to boast itself over the one who chops with it? Is the saw to exalt itself over the one who wields it? {That would be} like a club wielding those who lift it, {Or} like a rod lifting {him who} is not wood.

Isaiah 10:15 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

¿Ha de enaltecerse el hacha sobre el que corta con ella?
¿Ha de engrandecerse la sierra sobre el que la maneja?
¡Como si un báculo manejara a los que lo levantan,
Como si una vara levantara al que no es madera!

Isaiah 10:15 - World English Bible

Shall the ax boast itself against him who hews therewith? Shall the saw magnify itself against him who wields it? as if a rod should wield those who lift it up, [or] as if a staff should lift up [him who is] not wood.

Isaiah 10:15 - Young's Living Translation

-- Doth the axe glorify itself Against him who is hewing with it? Doth the saw magnify itself Against him who is shaking it? As a rod waving those lifting it up! As a staff lifting up that which is not wood!

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