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Selected Verse: Isaiah 36:9 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Isa 36:9 |
Strong Concordance |
How then wilt thou turn away [07725] the face [06440] of one [0259] captain [06346] of the least [06996] of my master's [0113] servants [05650], and put thy trust [0982] on Egypt [04714] for chariots [07393] and for horsemen [06571]? |
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King James |
How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen? |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| captain--a governor under a satrap; even he commands more horsemen than this. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
How then wilt thou turn away the face - The most unimportant captain in the army of Assyria commands more horsemen than this, and how can you expect to oppose even him, much more how can you be able to resist all the mighty army of the Assyrians?
One captain of the least - The word 'captain' here (פחת pachat, construct state from פחה pechâh) denotes a prefect or governor of a province less than a satrap, an officer who was under the satrap, and subject to him. It is applied to an officer in the Assyrian empire Kg2 18:24; in the Chaldean empire Jer 51:23; the Persian Est 8:9; Est 9:3; and to the prefects of Judea in the time of Solomon Kg1 10:15. The word is of foreign origin. |
15 Beside that he had of the merchantmen [0582] [08446], and of the traffick [04536] of the spice merchants [07402], and of all the kings [04428] of Arabia [06153], and of the governors [06346] of the country [0776].
3 And all the rulers [08269] of the provinces [04082], and the lieutenants [0323], and the deputies [06346], and officers [06213] [04399] of the king [04428], helped [05375] the Jews [03064]; because the fear [06343] of Mordecai [04782] fell [05307] upon them.
9 Then were the king's [04428] scribes [05608] called [07121] at that time [06256] in the third [07992] month [02320], that is, the month [02320] Sivan [05510], on the three [07969] and twentieth [06242] day thereof; and it was written [03789] according to all that Mordecai [04782] commanded [06680] unto the Jews [03064], and to the lieutenants [0323], and the deputies [06346] and rulers [08269] of the provinces [04082] which are from India [01912] unto Ethiopia [03568], an hundred [03967] twenty [06242] and seven [07651] provinces [04082], unto every province [04082] according to the writing [03791] thereof, and unto every people [05971] after their language [03956], and to the Jews [03064] according to their writing [03791], and according to their language [03956].
23 I will also break in pieces [05310] with thee the shepherd [07462] and his flock [05739]; and with thee will I break in pieces [05310] the husbandman [0406] and his yoke of oxen [06776]; and with thee will I break in pieces [05310] captains [06346] and rulers [05461].
24 How then wilt thou turn away [07725] the face [06440] of one [0259] captain [06346] of the least [06996] of my master's [0113] servants [05650], and put thy trust [0982] on Egypt [04714] for chariots [07393] and for horsemen [06571]?