11 translations · Hebrew
Isaiah 8:10
Take counsel together, and it will be brought to nothing; speak the word, and it will not stand: for God is with us.”
Isaiah 8:10 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- Take counsel together, and it will be brought to nothing; speak the word, and it will not stand: for God is with us.”
- KJV King James Version
- Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted; state a proposal, but it will not happen. For God is with us.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- Take counsel together, and it shall be brought to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- Take counsel, and it is broken, || Speak a word, and it does not stand, || Because of Immanuel!”
- FBV Free Bible Version
- You can plan your strategy, but it will be foiled; you can say what you're intending, but it won't happen, for God is with us.”
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- Take counsel, and it is broken, Speak a word, and it doth not stand, Because of Emmanu-El!'
- DBY Darby Translation
- Settle a plan, and it shall come to nought; speak a word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- Take counsel together, and it shall come to naught; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- Take counsel together, and it will be brought to nothing; speak the word, and it will not stand, for God is with us.”
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- Take counsel together, and it shall be defeated: speak a word, and it shall not be done: because God is with us.
The Hebrew words
Each word of the Hebrew text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| עֻ֥צוּ | ‘u·ṣū | Devise | H5779 עוּץ to plan |
| עֵצָ֖ה | ‘ê·ṣāh | a plan | H6098 עֵצָה counsel |
| וְתֻפָ֑ר | wə·ṯu·p̄ār | but it will be thwarted | H6565 פָּרַר to break |
| דַּבְּר֤וּ | dab·bə·rū | state | H1696 דָבַר to speak: speak |
| דָבָר֙ | ḏā·ḇār | a proposal | H1697 דָּבָר word |
| וְלֹ֣א | wə·lō | but it will not | H3808 לֹא not |
| יָק֔וּם | yā·qūm | happen | H6965 קָמָי (Leb)-kamai |
| כִּ֥י | kî | For | H3588 כִּי for |
| עִמָּ֖נוּ | ‘im·mā·nū | is with us | H5973 עִם with |
| אֵֽל׃ס | ’êl | God | H410 אֵל God |
Related verses
- Lamentations 3:37
Who is he who says, and it comes to pass, when the Lord doesn’t command it?
- Romans 8:31
What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
- Job 5:12
He frustrates the plans of the crafty, So that their hands can’t perform their enterprise.
- Proverbs 21:30
There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against Yahweh.
- 2 Samuel 15:31
Someone told David, saying, “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” David said, “Yahweh, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.”
- Psalm 46:11
Yahweh of Armies is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
- Isaiah 7:5–7
Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have plotted evil against you, saying, “Let’s go up against Judah, and tear it apart, and let’s divide it among ourselves, and set up a king within it, even the son of Tabeel.” This is what the Lord Yahweh says: “It shall not stand, neither shall it happen.”
- Psalm 33:10–11
Yahweh brings the counsel of the nations to nothing. He makes the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect. The counsel of Yahweh stands fast forever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
- Isaiah 41:10
Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.
- 2 Chronicles 13:12
Behold, God is with us at our head, and his priests with the trumpets of alarm to sound an alarm against you. Children of Israel, don’t fight against Yahweh, the God of your fathers; for you will not prosper.”
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
8 It will sweep onward into Judah. It will overflow and pass through; it will reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of its wings will fill the width of your land, Immanuel.
9 Make an uproar, you peoples, and be broken in pieces! Listen, all you from far countries: dress for battle, and be shattered! Dress for battle, and be shattered!
10 Take counsel together, and it will be brought to nothing; speak the word, and it will not stand: for God is with us.”
11 For Yahweh spoke thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,
12 “Don’t say, ‘A conspiracy!’ concerning all about which this people say, ‘A conspiracy!’ neither fear their threats, nor be terrorized.
Read all of Isaiah 8 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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