1 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help,

who rely on horses,

who trust in the multitude of their chariots

and in the great strength of their horsemen,

but do not look to the Holy One of Israel,

or seek help from the Lord.

2 Yet he too is wise and can bring disaster;

he does not take back his words.

He will rise up against that wicked nation,

against those who help evildoers.

3 But the Egyptians are mere mortals and not God;

their horses are flesh and not spirit.

When the Lord stretches out his hand,

those who help will stumble,

those who are helped will fall;

all will perish together.

1 Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help;

And stay on horses,

And trust in chariots, because they are many;

And in horsemen, because they are very strong;

But they look not unto the Holy One of Israel,

Neither seek the Lord!

2 Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil,

And will not call back his words:

But will arise against the house of the evildoers,

And against the help of them that work iniquity.

3 Now the Egyptians are men, and not God;

And their horses flesh, and not spirit.

When the Lord shall stretch out his hand,

Both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down,

And they all shall fail together.

1 What sorrow awaits those who look to Egypt for help,

trusting their horses, chariots, and charioteers

and depending on the strength of human armies

instead of looking to the Lord,

the Holy One of Israel.

2 In his wisdom, the Lord will send great disaster;

he will not change his mind.

He will rise against the wicked

and against their helpers.

3 For these Egyptians are mere humans, not God!

Their horses are puny flesh, not mighty spirits!

When the Lord raises his fist against them,

those who help will stumble,

and those being helped will fall.

They will all fall down and die together.

1 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help,

And rely on horses,

Who trust in chariots because they are many,

And in horsemen because they are very strong,

But who do not look to the Holy One of Israel,

Nor seek the Lord!

2 Yet He also is wise and will bring disaster,

And will not call back His words,

But will arise against the house of evildoers,

And against the help of those who work iniquity.

3 Now the Egyptians are men, and not God;

And their horses are flesh, and not spirit.

When the Lord stretches out His hand,

Both he who helps will fall,

And he who is helped will fall down;

They all will perish together.

1 How terrible it will be for those people who go down to Egypt for help.

They think horses will save them.

They think their many chariots

and strong horsemen will save them.

But they don’t trust God, the Holy One of Israel,

or ask the Lord for help.

2 But he is wise and can bring them disaster.

He does not change his warnings.

He will rise up and fight against the evil people

and against those who try to help evil people.

3 The Egyptians are only people and are not God.

Their horses are only animals and are not spirit.

The Lord will stretch out his arm,

and the one who helps will stumble,

and the people who wanted help will fall.

All of them will be destroyed together.

1 Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help, and rely on horses, and trust in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are very strong, but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek Jehovah! 2 Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words, but will arise against the house of the evil-doers, and against the help of them that work iniquity. 3 Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit: and when Jehovah shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall stumble, and he that is helped shall fall, and they all shall be consumed together.

1 Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help, and depend on horses, and confide in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are very strong; and who look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek Jehovah! 2 But he also is wise, and he bringeth evil, and recalleth not his words; and he will arise against the house of evildoers, and against the help of workers of iniquity. 3 And the Egyptians are men, and not •God, and their horses flesh, and not spirit; and Jehovah shall stretch forth his hand, and he that helpeth shall stumble, and he that is helped shall fall, and they all shall perish together.

1 How horrible it will be for those 

who go to Egypt for help, 

who rely on horses, 

who depend on many chariots, 

who depend on very strong war horses. 

They don’t look to the Holy One of Israel. 

They don’t seek the Lord. 

2 He is wise and can bring about disaster. 

He doesn’t take back his words. 

He rises against wicked people 

and against those who help troublemakers. 

3 The Egyptians are humans, not gods. 

Their horses are flesh and blood, not spirit. 

When the Lord uses his powerful hand, 

the one who gives help will stumble, 

and the one who receives help will fall. 

Both will die together. 

1 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help

and who depend on horses!

They trust in the abundance of chariots

and in the large number of horsemen.

They do not look to the Holy One of Israel

and they do not seek the Lord’s help.

2 But He also is wise and brings disaster.

He does not go back on what He says;

He will rise up against the house of wicked men

and against the allies of evildoers.

3 Egyptians are men, not God;

their horses are flesh, not spirit.

When the Lord raises His hand to strike,

the helper will stumble

and the one who is helped will fall;

both will perish together.

1 Alas for those who go down to Egypt for help

and who rely on horses,

who trust in chariots because they are many

and in horsemen because they are very strong,

but do not look to the Holy One of Israel

or consult the Lord!

2 Yet he too is wise and brings disaster;

he does not call back his words,

but will rise against the house of the evildoers,

and against the helpers of those who work iniquity.

3 The Egyptians are human, and not God;

their horses are flesh, and not spirit.

When the Lord stretches out his hand,

the helper will stumble, and the one helped will fall,

and they will all perish together.

1 Ah! Those who go down to Egypt for help!

They rely on horses

and trust in chariots because they are many,

and in horsemen because they are very numerous,

and they do not look to the holy one of Israel,

and they do not consult Yahweh.

2 And indeed, he is wise, and he brings disaster,

and he does not remove his words,

and he will rise against the house of evildoers

and against the help of workers of iniquity.

3 And the Egyptians are human and not God,

and their horses are flesh and not spirit.

And Yahweh stretches out his hand,

and the helper will stumble,

and the one being helped will fall,

and together all of them will come to an end.

1 How terrible it will be for those who go down to Egypt for help!

How terrible for those who depend on horses!

They trust in how many chariots they have.

They trust in how strong their horsemen are.

But they don’t look to the Holy One of Israel.

They don’t ask the Lord for his help.

2 He too is wise. He can bring horrible trouble.

He does what he says he’ll do.

He’ll rise up against everyone who does what is evil.

He’ll fight against those who help them.

3 The men of Egypt are only human.

They aren’t God.

Their horses are only flesh and blood.

They aren’t spirits.

The Lord will reach out his powerful hand

to punish everyone.

The Egyptians provide help.

But they will be tripped up.

The people of Judah receive the help.

But they will fall down.

All of them will be destroyed.

1 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help

And rely on horses,

And trust in chariots because they are many

And in horsemen because they are very strong,

But they do not look to the Holy One of Israel, nor seek the Lord!

2 Yet He also is wise and will bring disaster

And does not retract His words,

But will arise against the house of evildoers

And against the help of the workers of iniquity.

3 Now the Egyptians are men and not God,

And their horses are flesh and not spirit;

So the Lord will stretch out His hand,

And he who helps will stumble

And he who is helped will fall,

And all of them will come to an end together.