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Isaiah 54:15

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54:15If anyone dares to26 challenge you, it will not be my doing!

Whoever tries to challenge you will be defeated.27

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Footnotes

  1. 26 The infinitive absolute precedes the finite verb here for emphasis.
  2. 27 Heb “will fall over you.” The expression נָפַל עַל (nafal ’al) can mean “attack,” but here it means “fall over to,” i.e., “surrender to.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

If anyone stirs up strife,

it is not from me;

whoever stirs up strife with you

shall fall because of you.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

If anyone does attack you, it will not be my doing;

whoever attacks you will surrender to you.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

If anyone attacks you,

it is not from me;

whoever attacks you

will fall before you.

NLTNew Living Translation

If any nation comes to fight you,

it is not because I sent them.

Whoever attacks you will go down in defeat.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

If indeed one attacks, it is not from me;

whoever attacks you shall fall because of you.

KJV 1900King James Version

Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me:

Whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake.