Isaiah 13:12

Isaiah 13:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
• New International Version (NIV)I will make people scarcer than pure gold, more rare than the gold of Ophir.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I will make people more rare than fine gold, and mankind than the gold of Ophir.
• New King James Version (NKJV)I will make a mortal more rare than fine gold, A man more than the golden wedge of Ophir.

Context of Isaiah 13:12

10For the stars of the heavens and the constellations thereof shall not give their light; the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine. 11And I will punish the world for evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will make the arrogance of the proud to cease, and will bring low the haughtiness of the violent. I will make a man more precious than fine gold, even man than the gold of Ophir. 13Therefore I will make the heavens to shake, and the earth shall be removed out of her place, at the wrath of Jehovah of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger. 14And it shall be as with a chased roe, and as with a flock that no man gathereth together; every one shall turn to his own people, and every one flee into his own land.

Isaiah 13:12 word by word

אוֹקִ֥יר אֱנ֖וֹשׁ מִפָּ֑ז וְאָדָ֖ם מִכֶּ֥תֶם אוֹפִֽיר׃Read the interlinear

Cross-references for Isaiah 13:12

• Isaiah 13:15All that are found shall be thrust through; and every one that is in league [with them] shall fall by the sword.
• Isaiah 4:1And seven women shall take hold of one man in that day, saying, Our own bread will we eat, and with our own garments will we be clothed; only let us be called by thy name; — take away our reproach!
• Isaiah 24:6Therefore doth the curse devour the earth, and they that dwell therein are held guilty; therefore the inhabitants of the earth are consumed, and few men are left.
• Psalms 137:9Happy he that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the rock.

Commentaries on Isaiah 13:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12I will make a man more precious than fine gold-wedge of Ophir - The Medes and Persians will not be satisfied with the spoils of the Babylonians. They seek either to destroy or enslave them; and they will accept no ransom for any man - either for אנוש enosh, the poor man, or for אדם adam, the more honorable person. All must fall by the sword, or go into captivity together; for the Medes, ( Isaiah 13:17;), regard not silver, and delight not in gold.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12I will make a man … - I will so cut off and destroy the men of Babylon, that a single man to defend the city will be more rare and valuable than fine gold. The expression indicates that there would be a great slaughter of the people of Babylon. Than fine gold - Pure, unalloyed gold. The word used here (פז pâz ) is often distinguished from common gold Psalm 19:11; Psalm 119:127; Proverbs 8:19. Than the golden wedge of Ophir - The word (כתם kethem )…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-18Verses 6-18 We have here the terrible desolation of Babylon by the Medes and Persians. Those who in the day of their peace were proud, and haughty, and terrible, are quite dispirited when trouble comes. Their faces shall be scorched with the flame. All comfort and hope shall fail. The stars of heaven shall not give their light, the sun shall be darkened. Such expressions are often employed by the prophets, to describe the convulsions of governments. God…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12Solomon’s imported gold came from Ophir (1 Kings 9:28).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. man ... precious--I will so cut off Babylon's defenders, that a single man shall be as rare and precious as the finest gold.Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 13:12

• Gold
• Ophir

In the dictionaries

• Babylon
• Glory
• Gold
• Haughtiness
• Howl
• Ophir
• Astronomy
• Canon of the Old Testament
• Esther, the Rest of
• Evil

Commentaries on Isaiah 13

• 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