Isaiah 10:7

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

But as for him, not so, doth he deem, And in his heart, not so, doth he think, - For, to destroy, is in his heart, And to cut off nations, not a few;

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
But this is not what he intends;this is not what he plans.It is his intent to destroyand to cut off many nations.

Hebrew Names Version
However he doesn't mean so, neither does his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy, and to cut off not a few nations.

King James Version
Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.

English Standard Version
But he does not so intend, and his heart does not so think; but it is in his heart to destroy, and to cut off nations not a few;

New American Standard Bible
Yet it does not so intend, Nor does it plan so in its heart, But rather it is its purpose to destroy And to eliminate many nations.

New Century Version
But Assyria's king doesn't understand that I am using him; he doesn't know he is a tool for me. He only wants to destroy other people and to defeat many nations.

Amplified Bible
Yet it is not Assyria's intention [to do My will], Nor does it plan so in its heart, But instead it is its purpose to destroy And to cut off many nations.

World English Bible
However he doesn't mean so, neither does his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy, and to cut off not a few nations.

Geneva Bible (1587)
But he thinketh not so, neither doeth his heart esteeme it so: but he imagineth to destroy and to cut off not a fewe nations.

Legacy Standard Bible
But it does not intend to act in this way,And it does not think in its heart in this way,Rather, what is in its heart is to destroyAnd to cut off many nations.

Berean Standard Bible
But this is not what he intends; this is not what he plans. His purpose is to destroy and cut off many nations.

Contemporary English Version
He has even bigger plans in mind, because he wants to destroy many nations.

Complete Jewish Bible
That is not what Ashur intends, that is not what they think; rather, they mean to destroy, to cut down nation after nation.

Darby Translation
But he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; for it is in his heart to extirpate and cut off nations not a few.

Easy-to-Read Version
"But Assyria does not understand that I will use him. He does not think of himself as my tool. He only wants to destroy other people. He only plans to destroy many nations.

George Lamsa Translation
But he does not look so, neither does his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and annihilate nations not a few.

Good News Translation
But the Assyrian emperor has his own violent plans in mind. He is determined to destroy many nations.

Lexham English Bible
But he does not think this, and his heart does not plan this. For it is in his heart to destroy and to cut off not a few nations.

Literal Translation
Yet he does not purpose this, nor does his heart think so. For it is in his heart to destroy, and to cut off not a few nations.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Howbeit his meanynge is not so, nether thinketh his harte of this fashion. But he ymagineth only, how he maye ouerthrowe and destroye moch people,

American Standard Version
Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy, and to cut off nations not a few.

Bible in Basic English
But this is not what is in his mind, and this is not his design; but his purpose is destruction, and the cutting off of more and more nations.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy, and to cut off nations not a few.

King James Version (1611)
Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart thinke so, but it is in his heart to destroy, and cut off nations not a few.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Howbeit, his meaning is not so, neither thinketh his heart on this fashion: But he imagineth howe he may roote out and destroy muche people.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
But he meant not thus, neither did he devise thus in his soul: but his mind shall change, and that to destroy nations not a few.

English Revised Version
Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy, and to cut off nations not a few.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe he schal not deme so, and his herte schal not gesse so, but his herte schal be for to al to-breke, and to the sleynge of many folkis.

Update Bible Version
Nevertheless he does not mean so, neither does his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy, and to cut off not a few nations.

Webster's Bible Translation
Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but [it is] in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.

New English Translation
But he does not agree with this, his mind does not reason this way, for his goal is to destroy, and to eliminate many nations.

New King James Version
Yet he does not mean so, Nor does his heart think so; But it is in his heart to destroy, And cut off not a few nations.

New Living Translation
But the king of Assyria will not understand that he is my tool; his mind does not work that way. His plan is simply to destroy, to cut down nation after nation.

New Life Bible
But this is not what is in Assyria's mind. It does not plan this in its heart. It plans to destroy and to cut off many nations.

New Revised Standard
But this is not what he intends, nor does he have this in mind; but it is in his heart to destroy, and to cut off nations not a few.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But he shall not take it so, and his heart shall not think so: but his heart shall be set to destroy, and to cut off nations not a few.

Revised Standard Version
But he does not so intend, and his mind does not so think; but it is in his mind to destroy, and to cut off nations not a few;

Young's Literal Translation
And he -- he thinketh not so, And his heart reckoneth not so, For -- to destroy [is] in his heart, And to cut off nations not a few.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Yet it does not so intend, Nor does it plan so in its heart, But rather it is its purpose to destroy And to cut off many nations.

Contextual Overview

⁵ Alas! for Assyria, the rod of mine anger, - Yea, the very staff in their hand, is, my displeasure: ⁶ Against an irreligious nation, will I send him, Yea against the people with whom I am wroth, will I command him, - To capture spoil And lay hold on prey, And cause them to be trodden down as the mire of the lanes. ⁷ But as for him, not so, doth he deem, And in his heart, not so, doth he think, - For, to destroy, is in his heart, And to cut off nations, not a few; ⁸ For he saith: - Are not, my generals, all alike, kings? ⁹ Is not, Calno, like Carchemish? Is not, Hamath, like Arpad? Is not, Samaria, like Damascus? ¹⁰ As my hand hath reached unto the kingdoms of idols, - whose images did excel them of Jerusalem and Samaria, ¹¹ Shall I not as I have done to Samaria and her idols, so, do to Jerusalem and her images? ¹² Wherefore it shall come to pass - When My Lord shall finish his whole work upon Mount Zion and upon Jerusalem, I will bring punishment - Upon the fruit of the greatness of heart of the king of Assyria. And upon the vainglory of his uplifted eyes, ¹³ For he hath said - By the strength of mine own hand, have I effectually wrought, And by my wisdom - for I have discernment, - That I might remove the bounds of peoples, Yea their treasures, have I plundered That I might lay prostrate as a mighty one the inhabitants; ¹⁴ And my hand hath found as a nest the wealth of the peoples, And as the gathering of eggs that are forsaken, all the earth, have, I, gathered, - And there was none to flap a wing, or open a mouth or chirp.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

he meaneth: Genesis 50:20, Micah 4:11, Micah 4:12, Acts 2:23, Acts 13:27-30

in his heart: Isaiah 36:18-20, Isaiah 37:11-13

Reciprocal: Exodus 21:13 - God 1 Kings 16:7 - because he killed him 2 Kings 19:23 - With the multitude 1 Chronicles 10:14 - he slew 2 Chronicles 32:1 - win them Psalms 9:6 - thou hast Psalms 10:3 - boasteth Psalms 66:7 - let Proverbs 20:24 - how Proverbs 24:8 - General Ecclesiastes 1:16 - communed Isaiah 16:8 - the lords Isaiah 29:8 - as when Isaiah 33:11 - conceive Jeremiah 49:30 - for Jeremiah 50:11 - ye destroyers Jeremiah 51:53 - from Ezekiel 9:1 - Cause Ezekiel 29:20 - served Ezekiel 31:8 - nor any Ezekiel 38:10 - that at Daniel 11:12 - his heart Nahum 1:11 - one Habakkuk 2:5 - who Mark 15:26 - the superscription John 19:24 - They parted Romans 3:7 - why yet Romans 9:19 - Why doth

Cross-References

Genesis 2:11
The name of the one, is Pishon, - the same, is that which surroundeth all the land of Havilah, where is gold;

1 Kings 10:1
And, when, the queen of Sheba, heard the report of Solomon, as pertaining to the Name of Yahweh, she came to prove him, with abstruse questions.

Psalms 72:10
The kings of Tarshish and of the Coastlands, A gift, let them render, The kings of Sheba and Seba, A present, let them bring;

Isaiah 21:13
The oracle on Arabia, - Among the shrubs in Arabia, must ye lodge, Ye caravans of Dedanites.

Ezekiel 27:15
the sons of Dedan were merchants of thine, Many, isles, took the merchandise of thy hand, - Horns of ivory and ebony, gave they back to thee in exchange:

Ezekiel 27:22
The merchants of Sheba and Raamah, They were merchants of thine, - With the chief of all spices and with every kind of precious stone and gold, Took they part in thy traffic:

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so,.... His purposes, intentions, and thoughts, were not as the Lord's; he did not imagine that he was only the rod of his anger, and the staff of his indignation, a minister of his wrath, and the executioner of his vengeance; he thought he was his own lord and master, and acted by his own power, and according to his own will, and was not under the direction and restraints of another; his intention was not to chastise and correct the people of the Jews, but utterly to destroy them, and not them only, but many other nations; as follows:

but [it is] in his heart to destroy and cut off nations, not a few; not the nation of the Jews only, but many others, and so establish an universal monarchy; and what flushed him with hope and expectation of success were the magnificence of his princes, and the conquests he had already made.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Howbeit he meaneth not so - It is not his purpose to be the instrument, in the hand of God, of executing his designs. He has a different plan; a plan of his own which he intends to accomplish.

Neither doth his heart think so - He does not intend or design it. The “heart” here, is put to express “purpose, or will.”

It is “in his heart to cut off nations - Utterly to destroy or to annihilate their political existence.

Not a few - The ambitious purpose of Sennacherib was not confined to Judea. His plan was also to invade and to conquer Egypt; and the destruction of Judea, was only a part of his scheme; Isaiah 20:1-6. This is a most remarkable instance of the supremacy which God asserts over the purposes of wicked people. Sennacherib formed his own plan without compulsion. He devised large purposes of ambition, and intended to devastate kingdoms. And yet God says that he was under his direction, and that his plans would be overruled to further his own purposes. Thus ‘the wrath of man would be made to praise him;’ Psalms 76:10. And from this we may learn

(1) That wicked people form their plans and devices with perfect freedom. They lay their schemes as if there were no superintending providence; and feel, correctly, that they are not under the laws of compulsion, or of fate.

(2) That God presides over their schemes. and suffers them to be formed and executed with reference to his own purposes.

(3) That the plans of wicked people often, though they do not intend it, go to execute the purposes of God. Their schemes result in just what they did not intend - the furtherance of his plans, and the promotion of his glory

(4) That their plans are, nevertheless, wicked and abominable. They are to be judged according to what they are in themselves, and not according to the use which God may make of them by counteracting or overruling them. “Their” intention is evil; and by that they must be judged. That God brings good out of them, is contrary to their design, and a thing for which “they” deserve no credit, and should receive no reward.

(5) The wicked are in the hands of God.

(6) There is a superintending providence; and people cannot defeat the purposes of the Almighty. This extends to princes on their thrones; to the rich, the great, and the mighty, as well as to the poor and the humble - and to the humble as well as to the rich and the great. Over all people is this superintending and controlling providence; and all are subject to the direction of God.

(7) It has often happened, “in fact,” that the plans of wicked people have been made to contribute to the purposes of God. Instances like those of Pharaoh, of Cyrus, and of Sennacherib; of Pontius Pilate, and of the kings and emperors who persecuted the early Christian church, show that they are in the hand of God, and that he can overrule their wrath and wickedness to his glory. The madness of Pharaoh was the occasion of the signal displays of the power of God in Egypt. The wickedness, and weakness, and flexibility of Pilate, was the occasion of the atonement made for the sins of the world. And the church rose, in its primitive brightness and splendor, amid the flames which persecution kindled, and was augmented in numbers, and in moral loveliness and power, just in proportion as the wrath of monarchs raged to destroy it.