Isaiah 36:5 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁵ Do you think that mere words are strategy and power for war? On whom do you now rely, that you have rebelled against me?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ I say, sayest thou, (but they are but vain words) I have counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ Do you suppose that mere words of the lips can pass for warlike counsel and strength? Now in whom do you trust and on whom do you rely, that you rebel against me? [II Kings 18:7.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ I say, thy counsel and strength for the war are but vain words: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou hast rebelled against me?

Common English Bible

⁵ Do you think that empty words are the same as good strategy and the strength to fight? Who are you trusting that you now rebel against me?

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ And by what counsel or strength would you prepare to rebel? In whom do you have faith, so much so that you would withdraw from me?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ Or with what counsel or strength dost thou prepare for war? On whom dost thou trust, that thou art revolted from me?

Isaiah 36:5 Cross References

2 Kings 18:20

Do you think that mere words are strategy and power for war? On whom do you now rely, that you have rebelled against me?

2 Kings 18:7

And the Lord was with him; wherever he went forth, he prospered. He rebelled against the king of Assyria, and would not serve him.

2 Kings 24:1

In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years; then he turned and rebelled against him.

Jeremiah 52:3

Surely because of the anger of the Lord things came to such a pass in Jerusalem and Judah that he cast them out from his presence. And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

Ezekiel 17:15

But he rebelled against him by sending ambassadors to Egypt, that they might give him horses and a large army. Will he succeed? Can a man escape who does such things? Can he break the covenant and yet escape?