Isaiah 13:17 “Behold, I will stir up against them the Medes, who have no regard for…”

Isaiah 13:17

Behold, I will stir up against them the Medes, who have no regard for silver and no desire for gold.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.

World English Bible

Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who will not value silver, and as for gold, they will not delight in it.

American Standard Version

Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who shall not regard silver, and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.

Geneva Bible 1599

Beholde, I will stirre vp the Medes against them, which shall not regarde siluer, nor be desirous of golde.

Darby Translation

Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who do not regard silver, and as for gold, they have no delight in it.

Young's Literal Translation

Lo, I am stirring up against them the Medes, Who silver esteem not, And gold — they delight not in it.

Bible in Basic English

See, I am driving the Medes against them, who put no value on silver and have no pleasure in gold.

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Cross references

“I will”

Jeremiah 51:11 Daniel 5:28–31 Isaiah 41:25 Jeremiah 50:9 Isaiah 13:3–5 Isaiah 21:2

Jeremiah 51:11 · BSB

Sharpen the arrows! Fill the quivers! The LORD has aroused the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because His plan is aimed at Babylon to destroy her, for it is the vengeance of the LORD— vengeance for His temple.

Daniel 5:28–31 · BSB

PERES means that your kingdom has been divided and given over to the Medes and Persians.”

Isaiah 41:25 · BSB

I have raised up one from the north, and he has come— one from the east who calls on My name. He will march over rulers as if they were mortar, like a potter who treads the clay.

Jeremiah 50:9 · BSB

For behold, I stir up and bring against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the land of the north. They will line up against her; from the north she will be captured. Their arrows will be like skilled warriors who…

Isaiah 13:3–5 · BSB

I have commanded My sanctified ones; I have even summoned My warriors to execute My wrath and exult in My triumph.

Isaiah 21:2 · BSB

A dire vision is declared to me: “The traitor still betrays, and the destroyer still destroys. Go up, O Elam! Lay siege, O Media! I will put an end to all her groaning.”

“shall not regard”

Proverbs 6:34 Proverbs 6:35

Proverbs 6:34 · BSB

For jealousy enrages a husband, and he will show no mercy in the day of vengeance.

Proverbs 6:35 · BSB

He will not be appeased by any ransom, or persuaded by lavish gifts.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

16Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses will be looted, and their wives will be ravished.

18Their bows will dash young men to pieces; they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb; they will not look with pity on the children.

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