Isaiah 13:7

New Living Translation

Every arm is paralyzed with fear. Every heart melts,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Therefore everyone’s hands will become weak,and every man will lose heart.

Hebrew Names Version
Therefore shall all hands be feeble, and every heart of man shall melt:

King James Version
Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt:

English Standard Version
Therefore all hands will be feeble, and every human heart will melt.

New American Standard Bible
Therefore all hands will fall limp, And every human heart will melt.

New Century Version
People will be weak with fear, and their courage will melt away.

Amplified Bible
Therefore all hands will fall limp, And every man's heart will melt.

World English Bible
Therefore shall all hands be feeble, and every heart of man shall melt:

Geneva Bible (1587)
Therefore shal all hands be weakened, and all mens hearts shall melt,

Legacy Standard Bible
Therefore all hands will fall limp,And every man's heart will melt.

Berean Standard Bible
Therefore all hands will fall limp, and every man's heart will melt.

Contemporary English Version
All people will be terrified. Hands will grow limp; courage will melt away.

Complete Jewish Bible
This is why every arm will hang limp and everyone's courage melt away.

Darby Translation
Therefore shall all hands be feeble, and every heart of man shall melt,

Easy-to-Read Version
People will lose their courage. Fear will make them weak.

George Lamsa Translation
Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every mans heart shall melt;

Good News Translation
Everyone's hands will hang limp, and everyone's courage will fail.

Lexham English Bible
Therefore all hands will grow slack, and every human heart will melt,

Literal Translation
On account of this all hands shall droop, and every heart of man shall melt;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then shall all hondes be letten downe, and all mens hertes shal melt awaie,

American Standard Version
Therefore shall all hands be feeble, and every heart of man shall melt:

Bible in Basic English
For this cause all hands will be feeble, and every heart of man be turned to water;

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Therefore shall all hands be slack, and every heart of man shall melt.

King James Version (1611)
Therefore shall all hands bee faint, and euery mans heart shall melt.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Therefore shall all handes be letten downe, and all mens heartes shall melt away.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Therefore every hand shall become powerless, and every soul of man shall be dismayed.

English Revised Version
Therefore shall all hands be feeble, and every heart of man shall melt:

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For this thing alle hondis schulen be vnmyyti, and eche herte of man schal faile,

Update Bible Version
Therefore all hands shall be feeble, and every heart of common man shall melt:

Webster's Bible Translation
Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt:

New English Translation
For this reason all hands hang limp, every human heart loses its courage.

New King James Version
Therefore all hands will be limp, Every man's heart will melt,

New Life Bible
So all hands will become weak, and every man's heart will melt.

New Revised Standard
Therefore all hands will be feeble, and every human heart will melt,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For this cause - All hands, shall hang down, - and Every mortal heart, melt.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every heart of man shall melt,

Revised Standard Version
Therefore all hands will be feeble, and every man's heart will melt,

Young's Literal Translation
Therefore, all hands do fail, And every heart of man doth melt.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Therefore all hands will fall limp, And every man's heart will melt.

Contextual Overview

⁶ Scream in terror, for the day of the Lord has arrived— the time for the Almighty to destroy. ⁷ Every arm is paralyzed with fear. Every heart melts, ⁸ and people are terrified. Pangs of anguish grip them, like those of a woman in labor. They look helplessly at one another, their faces aflame with fear. ⁹ For see, the day of the Lord is coming— the terrible day of his fury and fierce anger. The land will be made desolate, and all the sinners destroyed with it. ¹⁰ The heavens will be black above them; the stars will give no light. The sun will be dark when it rises, and the moon will provide no light. ¹¹ "I, the Lord , will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their sin. I will crush the arrogance of the proud and humble the pride of the mighty. ¹² I will make people scarcer than gold— more rare than the fine gold of Ophir. ¹³ For I will shake the heavens. The earth will move from its place when the Lord of Heaven's Armies displays his wrath in the day of his fierce anger." ¹⁴ Everyone in Babylon will run about like a hunted gazelle, like sheep without a shepherd. They will try to find their own people and flee to their own land. ¹⁵ Anyone who is captured will be cut down— run through with a sword.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

shall all: Isaiah 10:3, Isaiah 10:4, Isaiah 37:27, Isaiah 51:20, Jeremiah 50:43, Ezekiel 7:17, Ezekiel 21:7, Nahum 1:6

be faint: or, fall down

every: Isaiah 19:1, Exodus 15:15, Nahum 2:10

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 1:28 - discouraged Joshua 2:11 - our hearts Joshua 7:5 - wherefore 1 Samuel 5:11 - a deadly 2 Samuel 4:1 - his hands 2 Samuel 17:10 - utterly melt Psalms 58:7 - General Psalms 107:26 - their soul Jeremiah 49:23 - fainthearted Jeremiah 51:8 - howl Jeremiah 51:30 - The mighty Lamentations 1:22 - my heart Daniel 5:6 - so that

Cross-References

Genesis 10:19
and the territory of Canaan extended from Sidon in the north to Gerar and Gaza in the south, and east as far as Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, near Lasha.

Genesis 12:6
Abram traveled through the land as far as Shechem. There he set up camp beside the oak of Moreh. At that time, the area was inhabited by Canaanites.

Genesis 13:14
After Lot had gone, the Lord said to Abram, "Look as far as you can see in every direction—north and south, east and west.

Genesis 13:15
I am giving all this land, as far as you can see, to you and your descendants as a permanent possession.

Genesis 13:18
So Abram moved his camp to Hebron and settled near the oak grove belonging to Mamre. There he built another altar to the Lord .

Genesis 21:25
Then Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well that Abimelech's servants had taken by force from Abraham's servants.

Genesis 26:20
But then the shepherds from Gerar came and claimed the spring. "This is our water," they said, and they argued over it with Isaac's herdsmen. So Isaac named the well Esek (which means "argument").

Genesis 34:30
Afterward Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You have ruined me! You've made me stink among all the people of this land—among all the Canaanites and Perizzites. We are so few that they will join forces and crush us. I will be ruined, and my entire household will be wiped out!"

Exodus 2:17
But some other shepherds came and chased them away. So Moses jumped up and rescued the girls from the shepherds. Then he drew water for their flocks.

Nehemiah 5:9
Then I pressed further, "What you are doing is not right! Should you not walk in the fear of our God in order to avoid being mocked by enemy nations?

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Therefore shall all hands be faint,.... Or hang down; that is, the hands of all the Babylonians, the city being taken suddenly and at once, so that they should not be able to lift them up to lay hold on a weapon, and defend themselves:

and every man's heart shall melt; like wax before the fire; be dispirited, and lose all their valour and courage, have neither power nor heart to resist their enemies, and attempt to save themselves.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Therefore shall all hands be faint - This is designed to denote the consternation and alarm of the people. They would be so terrified and alarmed that they would have no courage, no hope, and no power to make resistance. They would abandon their plans of defense, and give themselves up to despair (compare Jeremiah 50:43 : ‘The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble; anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a Women in travail;’ Ezekiel 7:17; Zephaniah 3:16).

And every man’s heart shall melt - Or, shall faint, so that he shall have no courage or strength (compare Deuteronomy 20:8). The fact was, that the destruction of Babylon took place in the night. It came suddenly upon the city, while Belshazzar was at his impious feast; and the alarm was so unexpected and produced such consternation, that no defense was attempted (see Daniel 5:30; compare the notes at Isaiah 45:1).