Isaiah 30:7
5 everyone will be put to shame because of a people useless to them. They cannot be of help; they are good for nothing but shame and reproach.”
6 This is the burden against the beasts of the Negev: Through a land of hardship and distress, of lioness and lion, of viper and flying serpent, they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeys and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people of no profit to them.
Egypt’s help is futile and empty; therefore I have called her Rahab Who Sits Still.
8 Go now, write it on a tablet in their presence and inscribe it on a scroll; it will be for the days to come, a witness forever and ever.
9 These are rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to obey the LORD’s instruction.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Egypt’s help is futile and empty; therefore I have called her Rahab Who Sits Still.
- KJV
- For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still.
- WEB
- For Egypt helps in vain, and to no purpose; therefore I have called her Rahab who sits still.
- ASV
- For Egypt helpeth in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I called her Rahab that sitteth still.
- DARBY
- For Egypt shall help in vain, and to no purpose; therefore have I named her, Arrogance, that doeth nothing.
- BLB
- and [to] Egypt in emptiness and uselessness for helping; therefore I have called to her, Rahab-hem-shebeth.
- ÅB
- Aldri noen gang vil Egypt hjelpe; derfor kaller jeg det: storskryteren som sitter stille.
- OTB
- til Egypt, hvis hjelp er fullstendig forgjeves. Derfor har jeg kalt henne Rahab den Uvirksomme.
- B1930
- Aldri nogen gang vil Egypten hjelpe; derfor kaller jeg det: storskryteren som sitter stille.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 2:22
Put no more trust in man, who has only the breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?
Read in contextIsaiah 31:1–5
Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD.
Read in contextHosea 5:13
When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah his wound, then Ephraim turned to Assyria and sent to the great king. But he cannot cure you or heal your wound.
Read in contextIsaiah 7:4
and say to him: Calm down and be quiet. Do not be afraid or disheartened over these two smoldering stubs of firewood—over the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram and of the son of Remaliah.
Read in contextLamentations 3:26
It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.
Read in contextPsalms 118:8–9
It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man.
Read in contextExodus 14:13
But Moses told the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the LORD’s salvation, which He will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians you see today, you will never see again.
Read in contextIsaiah 28:12
to whom He has said: “This is the place of rest, let the weary rest; this is the place of repose.” But they would not listen.
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