Isaiah 13:15
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined to them shall fall by the sword.
American King James Version (AKJV)
Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined to them shall fall by the sword.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is taken shall fall by the sword.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
Everyone who is overtaken will have a spear put through him, and everyone who goes in flight will be put to the sword.
Webster's Revision
Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined to them shall fall by the sword.
World English Bible
Everyone who is found will be thrust through. Everyone who is captured will fall by the sword.
English Revised Version (ERV)
Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is taken shall fall by the sword.
Clarke's Isaiah 13:15 Bible Commentary
Every one that is found "Every one that is overtaken" - That is, none shall escape from the slaughter; neither they who flee singly, dispersed and in confusion; nor they who endeavor to make their retreat in a more regular manner, by forming compact bodies: they shall all be equally cut off by the sword of the enemy. The Septuagint have understood it in this sense, which they have well expressed: -
Ὁς γαρ αν ἁλῳ ἡττηθησεται,
Και οἱτινες συνηγμενοι εισι πεσουνται μαχαιρα.
"Whosoever is caught shall be overthrown,
And all that are collected together shall fall by the sword."
Where, for ἡττηθησεται, MS. Pachom has εκκενθησεται, et οἱ Γ Cod. Marchal. in margine, et MS. 1. D. 2: εκκεντηθησεται, which seems to be right, being properly expressive of the Hebrew.
Barnes's Isaiah 13:15 Bible Commentary
Every one that is found - In Babylon, or that is overtaken in fleeing from it. This is a description of the capture of the city, and of the slaughter that would ensue, when the invaders would spare neither age nor sex.
Every one that is joined unto them - Their allies and friends. There shall be a vast, indiscriminate slaughter of all that are found in the city, and of those that attempt to flee from it. Lowth renders this, 'And all that are collected in a body;' but the true sense is given in our translation. The Chaldee renders it, 'And every one who enters into fortified cities shall be slain with the sword.'
Wesley's Isaiah 13:15 Bible Commentary
13:15 Found - In Babylon, at the taking of it.