al H5921

עַל (al) means “upon” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

עַל Hebrew · H5921 5,771 tagged occurrences in 4,490 verses

Pronunciation guide: al Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H5921A

עַל · al · upon

prep 1) upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against 1a) upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards 1b) above, beyond, over (of excess) 1c) above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence) 1d) upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition) 1e) over (of suspension or extension) 1f) by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity) 1g) down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion) 1h) to (as a dative)

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TBESH · H5921B

[כִּי] עַל [כֵּן] · [ki] al [ken] · as

conj forasmuch as, because that, because, notwithstanding, although

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

properly, the same as H5920 (עַל) used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

KJV glosses: above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.

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How translators render H5921

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
on	762
over	289
against	210
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to	197
for	152
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therefore	74
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above	45
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into	32
it on	32
vvv	31
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concerning	27
that is why	26
near	25
over you	25
beside	24
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along	23
from me	23
on him	22
against it	21
you	21
was in charge of	20
him	19
for him	18
upon him	18
for you	17
them	17
and against	16
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so	16
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on you	15
to you	15
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was over	15
around	13
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me	13
why	13
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facedown	12
men in	12
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us	12
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as	11
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it	8
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here	4
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it pleases	4
of you	4
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past	4
this is why	4
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for it	3
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he was wearing	3
high above	3
i am against	3
i am against you	3
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it into	3
next to	3
next to it	3
nor	3
on account of	3
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my	2
nearby	2
no wonder	2
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overlooking	2
placed on	2
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than	2
the city	2
their	2
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to us	2
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what is on	2
with you	2
you on	2
your	2
a high	1
a message	1
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above you	1
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against you jerusalem	1
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at you in scorn	1
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back upon	1
be entrusted	1
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being responsible for	1
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both	1
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but fully	1
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by me	1
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company	1
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crossing	1
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entrusted with	1
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foes	1
for battle against her	1
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for the people	1
for themselves	1
for this	1
for your honor	1
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from doing	1
from each of them	1
from fighting against	1
from her	1
from her shoulder	1
from here	1
from it	1
from my people	1
from us	1
from which	1
from your neck	1
from yourselves	1
grieving for	1
had	1
had been assigned to	1
had charge	1
had charge of	1
hagar by	1
has aroused	1
he has received money from	1
he has veiled	1
he will reign on	1
he wrote on	1
her husband	1
here because of	1
here by	1
his own	1
his presence	1
his purpose for me	1
in addition to them	1
in addition to these	1
in charge	1
in charge of them	1
in front of it	1
in his grasp	1
in his presence	1
in me	1
in mourning for	1
in my presence	1
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is for me	1
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is on you	1
is ordained for	1
is rewarded for his ways	1
is the basis	1
is to be done at	1
is to remain	1
is upon them	1
is why	1
is with	1
it across	1
it against	1
it for	1
kindly to them	1
led	1
let me supply	1
lies in	1
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like	1
loaded with	1
long as you live in	1
longed for	1
look on you	1
looms over	1
lying	1
lying on	1
manned	1
may be before	1
may you have	1
moreover	1
must wear the robe	1
my people	1
myself	1
near amasa	1
now	1
now tamar was wearing	1
of all	1
of him	1
of him instead	1
of his	1
of its value	1
of its value to it	1
of me	1
of the gatekeepers	1
of the value	1
of them	1
of your body	1
off my people	1
oil into	1
on aaron	1
on account	1
on account of her	1
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on each of	1
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on the altar	1
on the bodies	1
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over her	1
over me is	1
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over the boy again	1
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over whom	1
over you and said	1
part of	1
pot on	1
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regard	1
regulating	1
rest on	1
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ring	1
sackcloth around	1
saul	1
shall extend	1
sheba	1
since	1
so by	1
some	1
songs	1
standing above them	1
standing on	1
still in	1
stood in	1
supporting	1
tenderly to	1
that	1
that are on it	1
that has come upon you	1
that is on them	1
that spirit on	1
that spirit on them	1
that they	1
that was in	1
that you have in	1
the envoys	1
the envoys gladly	1
the load	1
the lord	1
the nursing child	1
the oil on	1
the ropes off	1
the space above	1
the steward	1
their bodies by	1
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then along with	1
there on	1
these officers were in charge of	1
they	1
they turn against	1
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they were responsible for	1
they will attack	1
they will attack us	1
things against	1
this happened because	1
this to	1
though	1
to ahaz	1
to assist	1
to be in charge of	1
to fall into	1
to fight	1
to himself	1
to his people	1
to meet	1
to mount it on	1
to my sorrow	1
to reach	1
to that city	1
to the city	1
to the fire	1
to your	1
to your yoke	1
toward them	1
toward us	1
turned against them	1
turned away from her	1
turns on	1
unanswered	1
up	1
up on	1
upon elisha	1
upon himself	1
upon myself	1
upon yourself	1
upon yourselves	1
was above	1
was beside	1
was lifted up toward	1
was on moses	1
was over them	1
was placed	1
was reclining	1
was under	1
was upon	1
was upon us	1
we are closely	1
we will go against it	1
were above	1
were arranged	1
were assigned to	1
were at	1
were beside	1
were over	1
were responsible for	1
were still covering	1
what you have in	1
when	1
wherever	1
while those facing	1
who supervised	1
who was at	1
will be next to it	1
will be over you	1
will be set against	1
will come against	1
will grow even	1
will he	1
will remain on	1
will turn to	1
with achish	1
with her	1
with me	1
with rehoboam	1
within	1
word throughout	1
written in	1
yet	1
yet he watches over	1
you are wearing	1
you at	1
you concerning	1
you for	1
you in	1
you over	1
you to	1
you would	1
your bags to	1
your doom	1
your downfall	1
your responsibility	1
yourself in	1
yourselves above	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
beside	3
upon	3
above	2
against	2
by	2
in	2
according to	1
after	1
against them touching	1
among	1
and	1
and from	1
as	1
because	1
beyond the time	1
both	1
by reason of	1
for	1
for through	1
from	1
from off	1
from out	1
him according	1
him of	1
how long	1
in that	1
near	1
of them had the charge of	1
off	1
on	1
out	1
over	1
over us	1
than	1
than they	1
them out of	1
thereof from	1
throughout	1
to	1
to him concerning	1
with	1

Verses containing H5921

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Isaiah 1:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is the vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem that Isaiah son of Amoz saw during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
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Isaiah 1:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep rebelling? Your head has a massive wound, and your whole heart is afflicted.
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Isaiah 1:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I hate your New Moons and your appointed feasts. They have become a burden to Me; I am weary of bearing them.
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Isaiah 1:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will turn My hand against you; I will thoroughly purge your dross; I will remove all your impurities.
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Isaiah 2:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is the message that was revealed to Isaiah son of Amoz concerning Judah and Jerusalem:
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Isaiah 2:12 · BSB · 2 occurrences
For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted—it will be humbled—
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Isaiah 2:13 · BSB · 2 occurrences
against all the cedars of Lebanon, lofty and lifted up, against all the oaks of Bashan,
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Isaiah 2:14 · BSB · 2 occurrences
against all the tall mountains, against all the high hills,
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Isaiah 2:15 · BSB · 2 occurrences
against every high tower, against every fortified wall,
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Isaiah 2:16 · BSB · 2 occurrences
against every ship of Tarshish, and against every stately vessel.
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Isaiah 4:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In that day seven women will take hold of one man and say, “We will eat our own bread and provide our own clothes. Just let us be called by your name. Take away our disgrace!”
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Isaiah 4:5 · BSB · 3 occurrences
Then the LORD will create over all of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud of smoke by day and a glowing flame of fire by night. For over all the glory there will be a canopy,
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Isaiah 5:6 · BSB · 2 occurrences
I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and thorns and briers will grow up. I will command the clouds that rain shall not fall on it.”
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Isaiah 5:25 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Therefore the anger of the LORD burns against His people; His hand is raised against them to strike them down. The mountains quake, and the corpses lie like refuse in the streets. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
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Isaiah 5:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In that day they will roar over it, like the roaring of the sea. If one looks over the land, he will see darkness and distress; even the light will be obscured by clouds.
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Isaiah 6:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted; and the train of His robe filled the temple.
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Isaiah 6:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then one of the seraphim flew to me, and in his hand was a glowing coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar.
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Isaiah 6:7 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And with it he touched my mouth and said: “Now that this has touched your lips, your iniquity is removed and your sin is atoned for.”
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Isaiah 7:1 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Now in the days that Ahaz son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, was king of Judah, Rezin king of Aram marched up to wage war against Jerusalem. He was accompanied by Pekah son of Remaliah the king of Israel, but he could not overpower the city.
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Isaiah 7:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When it was reported to the house of David that Aram was in league with Ephraim, the hearts of Ahaz and his people trembled like trees in the forest shaken by the wind.
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Isaiah 7:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For Aram, along with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has plotted your ruin, saying:
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Isaiah 7:17 · BSB · 4 occurrences
The LORD will bring on you and on your people and on the house of your father a time unlike any since the day Ephraim separated from Judah—He will bring the king of Assyria.”
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Isaiah 8:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the LORD said to me, “Take a large scroll and write on it with an ordinary stylus: Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
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Isaiah 8:7 · BSB · 3 occurrences
the Lord will surely bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates—the king of Assyria and all his pomp. It will overflow its channels and overrun its banks.
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Isaiah 9:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.
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Source alternate reference: 9.1
Isaiah 9:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
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Source alternate reference: 9.5
Isaiah 9:7 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.
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Source alternate reference: 9.6
Isaiah 9:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The LORD has raised up the foes of Rezin against him and joined his enemies together.
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Source alternate reference: 9.10
Isaiah 9:17 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Therefore the Lord takes no pleasure in their young men; He has no compassion on their fatherless and widows. For every one of them is godless and wicked, and every mouth speaks folly. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
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Source alternate reference: 9.16
Isaiah 9:20 · BSB · 2 occurrences
They carve out what is on the right, but they are still hungry; they eat what is on the left, but they are still not satisfied. Each one devours the flesh of his own offspring.
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Source alternate reference: 9.19
Isaiah 9:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Manasseh devours Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasseh; together they turn against Judah. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
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Source alternate reference: 9.20
Isaiah 10:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
What will you do on the day of reckoning when devastation comes from afar? To whom will you flee for help? Where will you leave your wealth?
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Isaiah 10:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will send him against a godless nation; I will dispatch him against a people destined for My rage, to take spoils and seize plunder, and to trample them down like clay in the streets.
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Isaiah 10:12 · BSB · 2 occurrences
So when the Lord has completed all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for the fruit of his arrogant heart and the proud look in his eyes.
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Isaiah 10:15 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Does an axe raise itself above the one who swings it? Does a saw boast over him who saws with it? It would be like a rod waving the one who lifts it, or a staff lifting him who is not wood!
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Isaiah 10:20 · BSB · 2 occurrences
On that day the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no longer depend on him who struck them, but they will truly rely on the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.
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Isaiah 10:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD of Hosts says: “O My people who dwell in Zion, do not fear Assyria, who strikes you with a rod and lifts his staff against you as the Egyptians did.
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Isaiah 10:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For in just a little while My fury against you will subside, and My anger will turn to their destruction.”
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Isaiah 10:26 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And the LORD of Hosts will brandish a whip against them, as when He struck Midian at the rock of Oreb. He will raise His staff over the sea, as He did in Egypt.
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Isaiah 10:27 · BSB · 2 occurrences
On that day the burden will be lifted from your shoulders, and the yoke from your neck. The yoke will be broken because your neck will be too large.
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Isaiah 10:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Assyria has entered Aiath and passed through Migron, storing their supplies at Michmash.
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Isaiah 11:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him—the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the LORD.
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Isaiah 11:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences
The infant will play by the cobra’s den, and the toddler will reach into the viper’s nest.
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Isaiah 11:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The LORD will devote to destruction the gulf of the Sea of Egypt; with a scorching wind He will sweep His hand over the Euphrates. He will split it into seven streams for men to cross with dry sandals.
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Isaiah 13:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Raise a banner on a barren hilltop; call aloud to them. Wave your hand, that they may enter the gates of the nobles.
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Isaiah 13:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore all hands will fall limp, and every man’s heart will melt.
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Isaiah 13:11 · BSB · 2 occurrences
I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity. I will end the haughtiness of the arrogant and lay low the pride of the ruthless.
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Isaiah 13:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will be shaken from its place at the wrath of the LORD of Hosts on the day of His burning anger.
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Isaiah 13:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Behold, I will stir up against them the Medes, who have no regard for silver and no desire for gold.
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Isaiah 13:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Their bows will dash young men to pieces; they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb; they will not look with pity on the children.
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