Isaiah 2:15

Myles Coverdale Bible

vpon all costly towres, and vpon all stronge walles,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
against every high tower,against every fortified wall,

Hebrew Names Version
For every lofty tower, For every fortified wall,

King James Version
And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall,

English Standard Version
against every high tower, and against every fortified wall;

New American Standard Bible
Against every high tower, Against every fortified wall,

New Century Version
every tall tower and every high, strong wall,

Amplified Bible
Against every high tower, Against every fortified wall,

World English Bible
For every lofty tower, For every fortified wall,

Geneva Bible (1587)
And vpon euery hie tower, and vpon euery strong wall,

Legacy Standard Bible
Against every lofty tower,Against every fortified wall,

Berean Standard Bible
against every high tower, against every fortified wall,

Contemporary English Version
every strong fortress,

Complete Jewish Bible
for every high tower, for every fortified wall;

Darby Translation
and upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall;

Easy-to-Read Version
or like the tall towers and high walls, but they will be brought down.

George Lamsa Translation
And against every high tower, and against every fenced wall,

Good News Translation
every high tower, and the walls of every fortress.

Lexham English Bible
and against every kind of high tower, and against every kind of fortified wall,

Literal Translation
and against every tall tower; and against every fortified wall;

American Standard Version
and upon every lofty tower, and upon every fortified wall,

Bible in Basic English
And on every high tower, and on every strong wall;

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And upon every lofty tower, and upon every fortified wall;

King James Version (1611)
And vpon euery high tower, and vpon euery fenced wall,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And vpon euery high towre, and vpon euery fenced wall,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and upon every high tower, and upon every high wall,

English Revised Version
and upon every lofty tower, and upon every fenced wall;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and on ech hiy tour, and on ech strong wal;

Update Bible Version
and on every lofty tower, and on every fortified wall,

Webster's Bible Translation
And upon every high tower, and upon every fortified wall,

New English Translation
for every high tower, for every fortified wall,

New King James Version
Upon every high tower, And upon every fortified wall;

New Living Translation
He will break down every high tower and every fortified wall.

New Life Bible
against every high tower, and against every strong wall.

New Revised Standard
against every high tower, and against every fortified wall;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And upon every high tower, - And upon every fortress wall;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And upon every high tower, and every fenced wall.

Revised Standard Version
against every high tower, and against every fortified wall;

Young's Literal Translation
And for every high tower, And for every fenced wall,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Against every high tower, Against every fortified wall,

Contextual Overview

¹⁰ And therfore get ye soone in to some rock, vnd hyde the in the grounde from the sight of the fearful iudge, and from ye glory of his Magestie. ¹¹ Which casteth downe ye high lokes of presumptuous personnes, and bryngeth lowe the pryde of ma, and he only shall be exalted in ye daye. ¹² For the daye of ye LORDE of hostes shal go ouer all pryde & presumpcio, vpon all the that exalte the selues, and shal bringe them all downe? ¹³ vpo all high & stoute Cedre trees of Libanus, and vpon all the okes of Basan, ¹⁴ vpon all high hilles, and vpon all stoute mountaynes, ¹⁵ vpon all costly towres, and vpon all stronge walles, ¹⁶ vpon all shippes of the see, and vpon euery thinge yt is glorious and pleasaunt to loke vpon. ¹⁷ And it shall bringe downe the pryde of man, and laye mans presumptuousnesse full lowe, and the LORDE shal only haue the victory in that daye. ¹⁸ But the Idols shal utterly be roted out. ¹⁹ Men shal crepe in to holes of stone, and in to caues of the earth, from the sight of the fearfull iudge, and from the glory of his magesty: what tyme as he shal make him vp to shake the earth.

Bible Verse Review
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Reciprocal: Isaiah 28:18 - when Isaiah 30:25 - upon every high

Cross-References

Genesis 2:2
and thus in the seuenth daye God ended his worke, which he had made, & rested in the seuenth daye from all his workes which he had made:

Genesis 2:8
The LORDE God also planted a garde of pleasure in Eden, towarde ye east, and set man therin whom he had made.

Job 31:33
Haue I euer done eny wicked dede where thorow I shamed my self before men: Or eny abhominacion, yt I was fayne to hyde it?

Psalms 128:2
For thou shalt eate the laboures of thine owne hondes: o well is the, happie art thou.

Ephesians 4:28
He that hath stollen, let him steale nomore: but let him laboure rather, and do some good with his hondes, that he maye haue to geue vnto him that nedeth.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall. Which may signify everything that serves to support and defend the antichristian hierarchy, particularly the secular powers. The Targum paraphrases it,

"and upon all that dwell in a high tower, and upon all that reside by a fortified wall.''

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Every high tower - Towers, or fortresses, were erected for defense and protection. They were made on the walls of cities, for places of observation (compare the note at Isaiah 21:5), or in places of strength, to be a refuge for an army, and to be a point from which they might sally out to attack their enemies. They were “high” to afford a defense against being scaled by an enemy, and also that from the top they might look abroad for observation; and also to annoy an enemy from the top, when the foe approached the walls of a city.

Every fenced wall - הומה בצוּרה betsûrâh hômâh. The word “fenced,” בצוּרה betsûrâh, is from בצר bâtsar, to make inaccessible, and hence, to fortify. It denotes a wall that is inaccessible, or strongly fortified. Cities were commonly surrounded by high and strong walls to defend them from enemies. The sense is, God would overturn all their strong places of refuge and defense.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Isaiah 2:15. Isaiah 2:13.