God’s Word Translation
Isaiah 10:8
8They ask, ‘Aren’t all our commanders kings?
Isaiah 10:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings?
- New International Version (NIV)‘Are not my commanders all kings?’ he says.
- English Standard Version (ESV)for he says: "Are not my commanders all kings?
- New King James Version (NKJV)For he says, ‘Are not my princes altogether kings?
Context of Isaiah 10:8
6I send them against a godless nation. In my fury I order them against the people to take their belongings, loot them, and trample on them like mud in the streets. 7But that’s not what they intend to do. Their minds don’t work that way. Their purpose is to destroy and put an end to many nations. They ask, ‘Aren’t all our commanders kings? 9Isn’t Calno like Carchemish? Isn’t Hamath like Arpad? Isn’t Samaria like Damascus?’ 10My power has reached kingdoms which have idols. They had more carved statues than Jerusalem or Samaria.
Read all of Isaiah 10Isaiah 10:8 word by word
כִּ֖י יֹאמַ֑ר הֲלֹ֥א שָׂרַ֛י יַחְדָּ֖ו מְלָכִֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Isaiah 10:8
- Isaiah 36:8“Now, make a deal with my master, the king of Assyria. I’ll give you 2,000 horses if you can put riders on them.
- 2 Kings 18:24How can you defeat my master’s lowest-ranking officers when you trust Egypt for chariots and horses?
- 2 Kings 19:10“Tell King Hezekiah of Judah, ‘Don’t let the god whom you trust deceive you by saying that Jerusalem will not be put under the control of the king of Assyria.
- Ezekiel 26:7“This is what the Almighty Lord says: From the north I’m going to bring King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon against you, Tyre. He is the greatest king. He will bring horses, chariots, war horses, many people, and many troops.
- Daniel 2:37“Your Majesty, you are the greatest king. The God of heaven has given you a kingdom. He has given you power, strength, and honor.
Commentaries on Isaiah 10:8
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8For he saith - This verse, and the subsequent verses to Isaiah 10:11, contain the vaunting of the king of Assyria, and the descriptions of his own confidence of success. Are not my princes altogether kings? - This is a confident boast of his “own” might and power. His own dominion was so great that even his princes were endowed with the ordinary power and “regalia” of kings. The word “princes,” may here refer either to those of his own family and court…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-19Verses 5-19 See what a change sin made. The king of Assyria, in his pride, thought to act by his own will. The tyrants of the world are tools of Providence. God designs to correct his people for their hypocrisy, and bring them nearer to him; but is that Sennacherib's design? No; he designs to gratify his own covetousness and ambition. The Assyrian boasts what great things he has done to other nations, by his own policy and power. He knows not that it is…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-19God announced judgment on Assyria for several reasons: They destroyed other nations without mercy (Isaiah 10:7). They spoke with pride and dishonored God. They boasted about their own power (Isaiah 10:12). They oppressed other peoples and took what did not belong to them (Isaiah 10:13–14). They believed they were acting on their own. They did not recognize that God was using them (Isaiah 10:15).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 8-118-11. Vauntings of the Assyrians. Illustrated by the self-laudatory inscriptions of Assyria deciphered by Hincks. princes ... kings--Eastern satraps and governors of provinces often had the title and diadem of kings. Hence the title, "King of kings," implying the greatness of Him who was over them (Eze 26:7; Ezr 7:12).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 10
- 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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