Isaiah 15:8

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“For their outcry echoes to the border of Moab. Their wailing reaches Eglaim; it is heard in Beer-elim.”

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BSBPD

“For their outcry echoes to the border of Moab. Their wailing reaches Eglaim; it is heard in Beer-elim.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beer–elim.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the wailing thereof unto Eglaim, and the wailing thereof unto Beer-elim.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“For gone round hath the cry the border of Moab, Unto Eglaim <FI>is<Fi> its howling, And to Beer-Elim <FI>is<Fi> its howling.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 15:8 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Numbers 21:16From there they went on to Beer, the well where the LORD said to Moses, “Gather the people so that I may give them water.”
  2. Isaiah 15:2Dibon goes up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails over Nebo, as well as over Medeba. Every head is shaved, every beard is cut off.
  3. Jeremiah 48:20Moab is put to shame, for it has been shattered. Wail and cry out! Declare by the Arnon that Moab is destroyed.
  4. Jeremiah 48:31Therefore I will wail for Moab; I will cry out for all of Moab; I will moan for the men of Kir-heres.
  5. Ezekiel 47:10Fishermen will stand by the shore; from En-gedi to En-eglaim they will spread their nets to catch fish of many kinds, like the fish of the Great Sea.

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