Isaiah 46:2

“They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity.”

King James Version (KJV)

Other Translations for Isaiah 46:2

They stoupe, they bow downe together, they could not deliuer the burden, but themselues are gone into captiuitie.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

They stooped over, they have bowed down together; They could not rescue the burden, But have themselves gone into captivity.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity.
- American Standard Version (1901)

They are bent down, they are falling together: they were not able to keep their images safe, but they themselves have been taken prisoner.
- Basic English Bible

The gods cower; they crouch together, unable to relieve the burden; but they themselves go into captivity.
- Berean Standard Bible Bible

They bend, they are bowed down together; they could not deliver the burden, and themselves are gone into captivity.
- Darby Bible

They are consumed, and are broken together: they could not save him that carried them, and they themselves shall go into captivity.
- Douay-Rheims Bible

They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity.
- English Revised Version

They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity.
- World English Bible

Bible Commentary for Isaiah 46:2

Wesley's Notes for Isaiah 46:2


46:2 They - The Babylonians. Together - The Babylonians and their idols together, neither could help the other. Deliver - The Babylonians could not deliver their idols.


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