Isaiah 27:7

Translations

King James Version (KJV)

Has he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him? or is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him?

American King James Version (AKJV)

Has he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him? or is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him?

American Standard Version (ASV)

Hath he smitten them as he smote those that smote them? or are they slain according to the slaughter of them that were slain by them?

Basic English Translation (BBE)

Is his punishment like the punishment of those who overcame him? or are his dead as great in number as those he put to the sword?

Webster's Revision

Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him? or is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him?

World English Bible

Has he struck them as he struck those who struck them? Or are they killed like those who killed them were killed?

English Revised Version (ERV)

Hath he smitten him as he smote those that smote him? or is he slain according to the slaughter of them that were slain by him?

Barnes's Isaiah 27:7 Bible Commentary

Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote them? - Has God punished his people in the same manner and to the same extent as he has their enemies? It is implied by this question that he had not. He had indeed punished them for their sins, but he had I not destroyed them. Their enemies he had utterly destroyed.

According to the slaughter of those that are slain by him - Hebrew, 'According to the slaying of his slain.' That is, not as our translation would seem to imply, that their enemies had been slain "BY" them; but that they were 'their slain,' inasmuch as they had been slain on their account, or to promote their release and return to their own land. It was not true that their enemies had been slain "by" them; but it was true that they had been slain on their account, or in order to secure their return to their own country.

Wesley's Isaiah 27:7 Bible Commentary

27:7 Hath he - He hath not dealt so severely with his people, as he hath dealt with their enemies, whom he hath utterly destroyed.Of them - Of those who were slain by God on the behalf of Israel.