New International Version (NIV)
5“And now what do I have here?” declares the Lord.
“For my people have been taken away for nothing,
and those who rule them mock,”
declares the Lord.
“And all day long
my name is constantly blasphemed.
Isaiah 52:5
Isaiah 52:5 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.
New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)
5And now, what do I have here,” declares the Lord, “seeing that My people have been taken away without reason?” Again the Lord declares, “Those who rule over them howl, and My name is continually reviled all day long.
Amplified Bible (AMP)
5But now, what do I have here,” declares the Lord, “seeing that My people have been taken away without reason? Those who rule over them howl [with taunting and mockery of salvation],” declares the Lord, “and My name is continually blasphemed all day long. [Rom 2:24]
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
5And now what have I here?
declares the Lord.
For My people have been taken without cause;
those who rule them taunt,
declares the Lord,
and My name is blasphemed continually
all day long.
American Standard Version (ASV)
5Now therefore, what do I here, saith Jehovah, seeing that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them do howl, saith Jehovah, and my name continually all the day is blasphemed.
Geneva Bible (GNV)
5Nowe therefore what haue I here, saith the Lord, that my people is taken away for naught, and they that rule ouer them, make them to howle, saith the Lord? and my Name all the day continually is blasphemed?
World English Bible, American English Edition, without Strong's Numbers (WEBUS)
5“Now therefore, what do I do here,” says Yahweh,
“seeing that my people are taken away for nothing?
Those who rule over them mock,” says Yahweh,
“and my name is blasphemed continually all day long.
New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)
5“Now look at what has happened to them,” announces the Lord.
“Once again my people have been taken away.
And no one paid anything for them.
Those who rule over them brag about it,”
announces the Lord.
“All day long without stopping,
people speak evil things against my name.
EasyEnglish Bible 2024 (EASY)
5But now, what is happening?
An enemy has taken my people away as slaves,
for no good reason.
Their leaders boast loudly,
and they insult me all the time.
Literal Standard Version (LSV)
5And now, what [have] I here,” || A declaration of YHWH, || “That My people are taken for nothing? Its rulers cause howling,” || A declaration of YHWH, || “And My Name is continually despised all the day.