Isaiah 30:7 “Egypt’s help is futile and empty; therefore I have called her Rahab Wh…”

Isaiah 30:7

Egypt’s help is futile and empty; therefore I have called her Rahab Who Sits Still.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still.

World English Bible

For Egypt helps in vain, and to no purpose; therefore I have called her Rahab who sits still.

American Standard Version

For Egypt helpeth in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I called her Rahab that sitteth still.

Geneva Bible 1599

For the Egyptians are vanitie, and they shall helpe in vaine. Therefore haue I cried vnto her, Their strength is to sit still.

Darby Translation

For Egypt shall help in vain, and to no purpose; therefore have I named her, Arrogance, that doeth nothing.

Young's Literal Translation

Yea, Egyptians [are] vanity, and in vain do help, Therefore I have cried concerning this: 'Their strength [is] to sit still.'

Bible in Basic English

For there is no use or purpose in the help of Egypt: so I have said about her, She is Rahab, who has come to an end.

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Cross references

“the Egyptians”

Isaiah 31:1–5 Jeremiah 37:7

Isaiah 31:1–5 · BSB

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.

Jeremiah 37:7 · BSB

“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says that you are to tell the king of Judah, who sent you to Me: Behold, Pharaoh’s army, which has marched out to help you, will go back to its own land of Egypt.

“Their”

Isaiah 2:22 Isaiah 7:4 Lamentations 3:26 Hosea 5:13 Exodus 14:13 Isaiah 28:12

Isaiah 2:22 · BSB

Put no more trust in man, who has only the breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?

Isaiah 7:4 · BSB

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.

Lamentations 3:26 · BSB

It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.

Hosea 5:13 · BSB

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.

Exodus 14:13 · BSB

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.

Isaiah 28:12 · BSB

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.

Also

Isaiah 51:9

Isaiah 51:9 · BSB

Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the dragon?

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

In context

6This 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.

8Go 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.

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