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Isaiah 30:17

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A thousand will flee

at the threat of one;

at the threat of fivey

you will all fleez away,

till you are lefta

like a flagstaff on a mountaintop,

like a bannerb on a hill.”

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Cross references

  1. y Lev 26:8
  2. zLev 26:36; Dt 28:25; 2Ki 7:7
  3. a Isa 1:8
  4. b Ps 20:5

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

A thousand shall flee at the threat of one;

at the threat of five you shall flee,

till you are left

like a flagstaff on the top of a mountain,

like a signal on a hill.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

A thousand will flee

at the threat of one;

at the threat of five

you will all flee away,

till you are left

like a flagstaff on a mountaintop,

like a banner on a hill.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

One thousand will flee at the threat of one,

at the threat of five you will flee,

until you remain

like a solitary pole on a mountaintop

or a banner on a hill.

NLTNew Living Translation

One of them will chase a thousand of you.

Five of them will make all of you flee.

You will be left like a lonely flagpole on a hill

or a tattered banner on a distant mountaintop.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

One thousand because of a threat of one,

because of a threat of five you shall flee,

until you are left like a flagstaff on top of a mountain,

and like a signal on a hill.

KJV 1900King James Version

One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one;

At the rebuke of five shall ye flee:

Till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain,

And as an ensign on an hill.