Isaiah 14:6
World English Bible (WEB)
who struck the peoples in wrath with a continual stroke, who ruled the nations in anger, with a persecution that no one restrained.
In context
4 that you will take up this parable against the king of Babylon, and say, “How the oppressor has ceased! The golden city has ceased!”
5 The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers,
6 who struck the peoples in wrath with a continual stroke, who ruled the nations in anger, with a persecution that no one restrained.
7 The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet. They break out in song.
8 Yes, the cypress trees rejoice with you, with the cedars of Lebanon, saying, “Since you are humbled, no lumberjack has come up against us.”
Isaiah 14:6 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- who struck the peoples in wrath with a continual stroke, who ruled the nations in anger, with a persecution that no one restrained.
- KJV King James Version
- He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- It struck the peoples in anger with unceasing blows; it subdued the nations in rage with relentless persecution.
- ASV American Standard Version
- that smote the peoples in wrath with a continual stroke, that ruled the nations in anger, with a persecution that none restrained.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- He who is smiting peoples in wrath, A smiting without intermission, He who is ruling in anger nations, Pursuing without restraint!
- DBY Darby Translation
- He that smote the peoples in wrath with a relentless stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted unsparingly.
- WBS Webster Bible
- He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth.