Loading…

Isaiah 52:4

For thus says the Lord God: k“My people went down at the first into Egypt to sojourn there, and the Assyrian oppressed them for nothing.1

Read more Explain verse



Isaiah 52:4 — The New International Version (NIV)

For this is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“At first my people went down to Egypt to live;

lately, Assyria has oppressed them.

Isaiah 52:4 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

For thus saith the Lord God,

My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there;

And the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.

Isaiah 52:4 — New Living Translation (NLT)

This is what the Sovereign Lord says: “Long ago my people chose to live in Egypt. Now they are oppressed by Assyria.

Isaiah 52:4 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

For thus says the Lord God:

“My people went down at first

Into Egypt to dwell there;

Then the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.

Isaiah 52:4 — New Century Version (NCV)

This is what the Lord God says:

“First my people went down to Egypt to live.

Later Assyria made them slaves.

Isaiah 52:4 — American Standard Version (ASV)

For thus saith the Lord Jehovah, My people went down at the first into Egypt to sojourn there: and the Assyrian hath oppressed them without cause.

Isaiah 52:4 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: My people went down at the first into Egypt to sojourn there, and Assyria oppressed them without cause;

Isaiah 52:4 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

This is what the Almighty Lord says: In the beginning my people went to Egypt to live there as foreigners. Later the Assyrians oppressed them for no reason.

Isaiah 52:4 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

For this is what the Lord God says:

“At first My people went down to Egypt to live there,

then Assyria oppressed them without cause.

Isaiah 52:4 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

For thus says the Lord God: Long ago, my people went down into Egypt to reside there as aliens; the Assyrian, too, has oppressed them without cause.

Isaiah 52:4 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

For thus says the Lord Yahweh:

“My people went down to Egypt in the beginning, to dwell as aliens there, and Assyria oppressed him without cause.

Isaiah 52:4 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

The Lord and King continues,

“Long ago my people went down to Egypt.

They lived there for a while.

Later, Assyria crushed them without any reason.

Isaiah 52:4 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

For thus says the Lord God, “My people went down at the first into Egypt to reside there; then the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.


A service of Logos Bible Software