Isaiah 44:11

Isaiah 44:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed: and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; yet they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed together.
• New International Version (NIV)People who do that will be put to shame; such craftsmen are only human beings. Let them all come together and take their stand; they will be brought down to terror and shame.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Behold, all his companions shall be put to shame, and the craftsmen are only human. Let them all assemble, let them stand forth. They shall be terrified; they shall be put to shame together.
• New Living Translation (NLT)All who worship idols will be disgraced along with all these craftsmen—mere humans— who claim they can make a god. They may all stand together, but they will stand in terror and shame.

Context of Isaiah 44:11

9Those who make an image, all of them are useless, And their precious things shall not profit; They are their own witnesses; They neither see nor know, that they may be ashamed. 10Who would form a god or mold an image That profits him nothing? Surely all his companions would be ashamed; And the workmen, they are mere men. Let them all be gathered together, Let them stand up; Yet they shall fear, They shall be ashamed together. 12The blacksmith with the tongs works one in the coals, Fashions it with hammers, And works it with the strength of his arms. Even so, he is hungry, and his strength fails; He drinks no water and is faint. 13The craftsman stretches out his rule, He marks one out with chalk; He fashions it with a plane, He marks it out with the compass, And makes it like the figure of a man, According to the beauty of a man, that it may remain in the house.

Isaiah 44:11 word by word

הֵ֤ן כָּל־חֲבֵרָיו֙ יֵבֹ֔שׁוּ וְחָרָשִׁ֥ים הֵ֖מָּה מֵֽאָדָ֑ם יִֽתְקַבְּצ֤וּ כֻלָּם֙ יַֽעֲמֹ֔דוּ יִפְחֲד֖וּ יֵבֹ֥שׁוּ יָֽחַד׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Behold, all his fellowsחָבֵרchâbêr · companionH2270
• shall be ashamedבּוֹשׁbûsh · be ashamedH954
• and the workmenחָרָשׁ, חֲרָשִׁיםchârâsh · artificerH2796
• of menאָדָם'âdâm · manH120
• let them all be gathered togetherקָבַץqâbats · to gatherH6908
• let them stand upעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: standH5975
• they shall fearפָּחַדpâchad · to dreadH6342
• togetherיַ֫חַדyachad · unitednessH3162

Cross-references for Isaiah 44:11

• Isaiah 1:29For they shall be ashamed of the terebinth trees Which you have desired; And you shall be embarrassed because of the gardens Which you have chosen.
• Isaiah 42:17They shall be turned back, They shall be greatly ashamed, Who trust in carved images, Who say to the molded images, ‘You are our gods.’
• Isaiah 45:16They shall be ashamed And also disgraced, all of them; They shall go in confusion together, Who are makers of idols.
• 1 Samuel 5:3And when the people of Ashdod arose early in the morning, there was Dagon, fallen on its face to the earth before the ark of the Lord. So they took Dagon and set it in its place again.
• 1 Samuel 6:4Then they said, “What is the trespass offering which we shall return to Him?” They answered, “Five golden tumors and five golden rats, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines. For the same plague was on all of you and on your lords.
• Psalms 97:7Let all be put to shame who serve carved images, Who boast of idols. Worship Him, all you gods.
• Jeremiah 2:26“As the thief is ashamed when he is found out, So is the house of Israel ashamed; They and their kings and their princes, and their priests and their prophets,
• Jeremiah 10:14Everyone is dull-hearted, without knowledge; Every metalsmith is put to shame by an image; For his molded image is falsehood, And there is no breath in them.
• Jeremiah 51:17Everyone is dull-hearted, without knowledge; Every metalsmith is put to shame by the carved image; For his molded image is falsehood, And there is no breath in them.
• Isaiah 41:5The coastlands saw it and feared, The ends of the earth were afraid; They drew near and came.
• Judges 6:29So they said to one another, “Who has done this thing?” And when they had inquired and asked, they said, “Gideon the son of Joash has done this thing.”
• Judges 16:23Now the lords of the Philistines gathered together to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice. And they said: “Our god has delivered into our hands Samson our enemy!”
• 1 Kings 18:19Now therefore, send and gather all Israel to me on Mount Carmel, the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal, and the four hundred prophets of Asherah, who eat at Jezebel’s table.”
• Daniel 3:1Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was sixty cubits and its width six cubits. He set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.
• Daniel 5:1Belshazzar the king made a great feast for a thousand of his lords, and drank wine in the presence of the thousand.
• Acts 19:24For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Diana, brought no small profit to the craftsmen.

Commentaries on Isaiah 44:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11His fellows - חבריו chaberaiv : but עבדיו abadaiv, his servants or worshippers, is the reading of one of De Rossi's MSS., and of the Chaldee. And the workmen, they are of men "Even the workmen themselves shall blush" - I do not know that any one has ever yet interpreted these words to any tolerably good sense: מאדם המה וחרשים vecharashim hemmah meadam . The Vulgate and our translators, have rendered them very fairly, as they are written and pointed in the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Behold, all his fellows - All that are joined in making, and in worshipping it, are regarded as the fellows, or the companions (חברין chăbērâyn ) of the idol-god (see Hosea 4:17 - Ephraim is joined to idols‘). They and the idols constitute one company or fellowship, intimately allied to each other. Shall be, ashamed - Shall be confounded when they find that their idols cannot aid them. And the workmen - The allusion to the workmen is to show that what…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-20Verses 9-20 Image-making is described, to expose the folly of idolaters. Though a man had used part of a log for fuel, he fell down before an image made of the remainder, praying it to deliver him. Man greatly dishonours God, when he represents him after the image of man. Satan blinds the eyes of unbelievers, causing absurd reasonings in matters of religion. Whether men seek happiness in worldly things, or run into unbelief, superstition, or any false…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-20This passage uses the form of a trial speech to press God’s argument that disgrace comes to all who trust in idols and false gods.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. his fellows--the associates of him who makes an idol; or of the idol (see De 7:26; Psa 115:8; Ho 4:17). they are of men--They are mortal men themselves; what better, then, can the idol be than its maker? gathered together ... stand up--as in a court of justice, to try the issue between God and them (see on Is 41:1; Is 41:21). yet--wrongly inserted in English Version. The issue of the trial shall be, "they shall fear," &c.Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 44:11

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• Idolatry

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Commentaries on Isaiah 44

• 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