Isaiah 31:8

“The Assyrian will fall by the sword, not of man; and the sword, not of mankind, shall devour him. He will flee from the sword, and his young men will become subject to forced labor.

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WEBBE

“The Assyrian will fall by the sword, not of man; and the sword, not of mankind, shall devour him. He will flee from the sword, and his young men will become subject to forced labour.

BSB

“Then Assyria will fall, but not by the sword of man; a sword will devour them, but not one made by mortals. They will flee before the sword, and their young men will be put to forced labor.

KJV

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.

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.

BBE

Then the Assyrian will come down by the sword, but not of man; the sword, not of men, will be the cause of his destruction: and he will go in flight from the sword, and his young men will be put to forced work.

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וְנָפַל ve·na·fal and it will fall H5307 אַשּׁוּר 'a·shur Assyria H804 בְּחֶרֶב be·che·rev by a sword H2719 לֹא־ lo'- not H3808 אִישׁ 'ish a human H376 וְחֶרֶב ve·che·rev and a sword H2719 לֹא־ lo'- not H3808 אָדָם 'a·dam a human H120 תֹּאכֲלֶנּוּ to·kha·le·nu it will consume it H398 וְנָס ve·nas and it will flee H5127 לוֹ lo (for) itself H9033 מִפְּנֵי־ mi·pe·nei- from before H6440 חֶרֶב che·rev a sword H2719 וּבַחוּרָיו u·va·chu·rav and young men its H970 לָמַס la·mas (into) forced labor H4522 יִהְיוּ yih·yu they will become H1961

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Assyria

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.