Berean Standard Bible
Isaiah 30:5
5everyone will be put to shame because of a people useless to them. They bring neither help nor benefit, but only shame and disgrace.”
Isaiah 30:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them, nor be an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.
- New International Version (NIV)everyone will be put to shame because of a people useless to them, who bring neither help nor advantage, but only shame and disgrace.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)everyone comes to shame through a people that cannot profit them, that brings neither help nor profit, but shame and disgrace."
- New King James Version (NKJV)They were all ashamed of a people who could not benefit them, Or be help or benefit, But a shame and also a reproach.”
Context of Isaiah 30:5
3But Pharaoh’s protection will become your shame, and the refuge of Egypt’s shade your disgrace. 4For though their princes are at Zoan and their envoys have arrived in Hanes, everyone will be put to shame because of a people useless to them. They bring neither help nor benefit, but only shame and disgrace.” 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. 7Egypt’s help is futile and empty; therefore I have called her Rahab Who Sits Still.
Read all of Isaiah 30Isaiah 30:5 word by word
כֹּ֣ל הֹבִ֔ישׁ עַל־עַ֖ם לֹא־יוֹעִ֣ילוּ לָ֑מוֹ לֹ֤א לְעֵ֙זֶר֙ וְלֹ֣א לְהוֹעִ֔יל כִּ֥י לְבֹ֖שֶׁת וְגַם־לְחֶרְפָּֽה׃ סRead the interlinear
- everyoneכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
- will be put to shameבָּאַשׁbâ'ash · to stinkH887
- because ofעַל‛al · uponH5921
- a peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
- uselessלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
- uselessיָעַלya‛al · to gainH3276
- helpעֵ֫זֶר‛êzer · helperH5828
- butכִּיkîy · forH3588
- only shameבֹּ֫שֶׁתbôsheth · shameH1322
- andגַּםgam · alsoH1571
- disgraceחֶרְפָּהcherpâh · reproachH2781
Cross-references for Isaiah 30:5
- Isaiah 30:16“No,” you say, “we will flee on horses.” Therefore you will flee! “We will ride swift horses,” but your pursuers will be faster.
- Isaiah 20:5Those who made Cush their hope and Egypt their boast will be dismayed and ashamed.
- Isaiah 31:1Woe 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 2:36How impulsive you are, constantly changing your ways! You will be disappointed by Egypt just as you were by Assyria.
Commentaries on Isaiah 30:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Were - ashamed - Eight MSS. (one ancient) of Kennicott's, and ten of De Rossi's, read הביש hobish, without א aleph . So the Chaldee and Vulgate. But a shame "But proved even a shame" - Four MSS. (three ancient) after כי ki, add אם im, unless, which seems wanted to complete the phrase in its usual form.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5They were all ashamed - That is, all the legates or ambassadors. When they came into Egypt, they found them either unwilling to enter into an alliance, or unable to render them any aid, and they were ashamed that they had sought their assistance rather than depend on God (compare Jeremiah 2:36).Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-5This prophecy warned Judah not to rely on Egypt. It is the fourth of six woes (see study note on Isaiah 28:1–33:24).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. (Jr 2:36.)Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 30
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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