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Isaiah 31:8

j“And the Assyrian shall fall by a sword, not of man;

and a sword, not of man, shall devour him;

and he shall flee from the sword,

and his young men shall be kput to forced labor.

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Isaiah 31:8 — The New International Version (NIV)

“Assyria will fall by no human sword;

a sword, not of mortals, will devour them.

They will flee before the sword

and their young men will be put to forced labor.

Isaiah 31:8 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man;

And the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him:

But he shall flee from the sword,

And his young men shall be discomfited.

Isaiah 31:8 — New Living Translation (NLT)

“The Assyrians will be destroyed,

but not by the swords of men.

The sword of God will strike them,

and they will panic and flee.

The strong young Assyrians

will be taken away as captives.

Isaiah 31:8 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

“Then Assyria shall fall by a sword not of man,

And a sword not of mankind shall devour him.

But he shall flee from the sword,

And his young men shall become forced labor.

Isaiah 31:8 — New Century Version (NCV)

“Assyria will be defeated by a sword, but not the sword of a person;

Assyria will be destroyed, but not by a person’s sword.

Assyria will run away from the sword of God,

but its young men will be caught and made slaves.

Isaiah 31:8 — American Standard Version (ASV)

And the Assyrian shall fall by the sword, not of man; and the sword, not of men, shall devour him; and he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall become subject to taskwork.

Isaiah 31:8 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

And Asshur shall fall by the sword, not of a great man; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: and he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall become tributary;

Isaiah 31:8 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Then Assyrians will be killed with swords not made by human hands. 

Swords not made by human hands will destroy them. 

They will flee from battle, 

and their young men will be made to do forced labor. 

Isaiah 31:8 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Then Assyria will fall,

but not by human sword;

a sword will devour him,

but not one made by man.

He will flee from the sword;

his young men will be put to forced labor.

Isaiah 31:8 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

“Then the Assyrian shall fall by a sword, not of mortals;

and a sword, not of humans, shall devour him;

he shall flee from the sword,

and his young men shall be put to forced labor.

Isaiah 31:8 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

And Assyria shall fall by a sword not of a man,

and a sword not of a human shall devour him;

and he shall flee from the sword,

and his young men shall be put to forced labor.

Isaiah 31:8 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

The Lord says, “The Assyrians will be killed with swords.

But it will not be men who use them.

The swords that kill them will not be used by human beings.

The Assyrians will run away from those swords.

But their young men will be caught

and forced to work hard.

Isaiah 31:8 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

And the Assyrian will fall by a sword not of man,

And a sword not of man will devour him.

So he will not escape the sword,

And his young men will become forced laborers.


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