# Isaiah 30.5 **Book:** [Isaiah](/codex/isaiah/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 3. Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the refuge in the shadow of Egypt your confusion. 4. For their princes are at Zoan, and their ambassadors are come to Hanes. > > **5. They shall all be ashamed because of a people that cannot profit them, that are not a help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.** > > 6. The burden of the beasts of the South. Through the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the lioness and the lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the humps of camels, to a people that shall not profit them. 7. For Egypt helpeth in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I called her Rahab that sitteth still. (Isaiah 30:3-7, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 3. Therefore the strength of Pharaoh will be your shame, and the refuge in the shadow of Egypt your confusion. 4. For their princes are at Zoan, and their ambassadors have come to Hanes. > > **5. They shall all be ashamed because of a people that can’t profit them, that are not a help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.”** > > 6. The burden of the animals of the South. Through the land of trouble and anguish, of the lioness and the lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they carry their riches on the shoulders of young donkeys, and their treasures on the humps of camels, to an unprofitable people. 7. For Egypt helps in vain, and to no purpose; therefore I have called her Rahab who sits still. (Isaiah 30:3-7, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 3. Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion. 4. For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes. > > **5. They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them, nor be an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.** > > 6. The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit them. 7. For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still. concerning: or, to her (Isaiah 30:3-7, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 3. And the strength of Pharaoh Hath been to you for shame, And the trust in the shadow of Egypt confusion, 4. For in Zoan were his princes, And his messengers reach Hanes. > > **5. All he made ashamed of a people that profit not, Neither for help, not for profit, But for shame, and also for reproach!** > > 6. The burden of the beasts of the south. Into a land of adversity and distress, Of young lion and of old lion, Whence [are] viper and flying saraph, They carry on the shoulder of asses their wealth, And on the hump of camels their treasures, Unto a people not profitable. 7. Yea, Egyptians [are] vanity, and in vain do help, Therefore I have cried concerning this: 'Their strength [is] to sit still.' (Isaiah 30:3-7, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ ## Quoted in **Lexicon:** - [H5828 - ezer](/codex/h5828-ezer/) ## Notes _Your annotations._ ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.