Isaiah 33:23 “Your ropes are slack; they cannot secure the mast or spread the sail.…”

Isaiah 33:23

Your ropes are slack; they cannot secure the mast or spread the sail. Then an abundance of spoils will be divided, and even the lame will carry off plunder.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey.

World English Bible

Your rigging is untied. They couldn’t strengthen the foot of their mast. They couldn’t spread the sail. Then the prey of a great plunder was divided. The lame took the prey.

American Standard Version

Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not strengthen the foot of their mast, they could not spread the sail: then was the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame took the prey.

Geneva Bible 1599

Thy cordes are loosed: they could not well strengthen their maste, neither coulde they spread the saile: then shall the praye be deuided for a great spoile: yea, the lame shall take away the pray.

Darby Translation

Thy tacklings are loosed; they strengthen not the socket of their mast, they cannot spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey.

Young's Literal Translation

Left have been thy ropes, They strengthen not rightly their mast, They have not spread out a sail, Then apportioned hath been a prey of much spoil, The lame have taken spoil.

Bible in Basic English

Your cords have become loose; they were not able to make strong the support of their sails, the sail was not stretched out: then the blind will take much property, the feeble-footed will make division of the goods of war.

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Cross references

“Thy tacklings are loosed”

Isaiah 33:21 Ezekiel 27:26–34 Acts 27:19 Acts 27:30–32 Acts 27:40 Acts 27:41

Isaiah 33:21 · BSB

But there the Majestic One, our LORD, will be for us a place of rivers and wide canals, where no galley with oars will row, and no majestic vessel will pass.

Ezekiel 27:26–34 · BSB

Your oarsmen have brought you onto the high seas, but the east wind will shatter you in the heart of the sea.

Acts 27:19 · BSB

On the third day, they threw the ship’s tackle overboard with their own hands.

Acts 27:30–32 · BSB

Meanwhile, the sailors attempted to escape from the ship. Pretending to lower anchors from the bow, they let the lifeboat down into the sea.

Acts 27:40 · BSB

Cutting away the anchors, they left them in the sea as they loosened the ropes that held the rudders. Then they hoisted the foresail to the wind and made for the beach.

Acts 27:41 · BSB

But the ship struck a sandbar and ran aground. The bow stuck fast and would not move, and the stern was being broken up by the pounding of the waves.

“then”

Isaiah 33:1 Isaiah 33:4 2 Chronicles 20:25

Isaiah 33:1 · BSB

Woe to you, O destroyer never destroyed, O traitor never betrayed! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed. When you have finished betraying, you will be betrayed.

Isaiah 33:4 · BSB

Your spoil, O nations, is gathered as by locusts; like a swarm of locusts men sweep over it.

2 Chronicles 20:25 · BSB

Then Jehoshaphat and his people went to carry off the plunder, and they found on the bodies an abundance of goods and valuables —more than they could carry away. They were gathering the plunder for three days because the…

“the lame”

2 Kings 7:8 Psalm 68:12 1 Corinthians 1:27 1 Samuel 30:10 1 Samuel 30:22–24

2 Kings 7:8 · BSB

When the lepers reached the edge of the camp, they went into a tent to eat and drink. Then they carried off the silver, gold, and clothing, and went and hid them. On returning, they entered another tent, carried off some…

Psalm 68:12 · BSB

“Kings and their armies flee in haste; she who waits at home divides the plunder.

1 Corinthians 1:27 · BSB

But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.

1 Samuel 30:10 · BSB

because two hundred men were too exhausted to cross the brook. But David and four hundred men continued in pursuit.

1 Samuel 30:22–24 · BSB

but all the wicked and worthless men among those who had gone with David said, “Because they did not go with us, we will not share with them the plunder we recovered, except for each man’s wife and children. They may tak…

Also

2 Kings 7:16

2 Kings 7:16 · BSB

Then the people went out and plundered the camp of the Arameans. It was then that a seah of fine flour sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley sold for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD.

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

In context

22For the LORD is our Judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our King. It is He who will save us.

24And no resident of Zion will say, “I am sick.” The people who dwell there will be forgiven of iniquity.

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