New King James Version
Isaiah 13:12
12I will make a mortal more rare than fine gold, A man more than the golden wedge of Ophir.
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 Living Translation (NLT)I will make people scarcer than gold— more rare than the fine gold of Ophir.
Context of Isaiah 13:12
10For the stars of heaven and their constellations Will not give their light; The sun will be darkened in its going forth, And the moon will not cause its light to shine. 11“I will punish the world for its evil, And the wicked for their iniquity; I will halt the arrogance of the proud, And will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible. I will make a mortal more rare than fine gold, A man more than the golden wedge of Ophir. 13Therefore I will shake the heavens, And the earth will move out of her place, In the wrath of the Lord of hosts And in the day of His fierce anger. 14It shall be as the hunted gazelle, And as a sheep that no man takes up; Every man will turn to his own people, And everyone will flee to his own land.
Read all of Isaiah 13Isaiah 13:12 word by word
אוֹקִ֥יר אֱנ֖וֹשׁ מִפָּ֑ז וְאָדָ֖ם מִכֶּ֥תֶם אוֹפִֽיר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Isaiah 13:12
- Isaiah 13:15Everyone who is found will be thrust through, And everyone who is captured will fall by the sword.
- Isaiah 4:1And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, “We will eat our own food and wear our own apparel; Only let us be called by your name, To take away our reproach.”
- Isaiah 24:6Therefore the curse has devoured the earth, And those who dwell in it are desolate. Therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, And few men are left.
- Psalms 137:9Happy the one who takes and dashes Your 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
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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
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