Isaiah 16:2
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Like fluttering birds pushed out of the nest, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon:”
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“Like fluttering birds pushed out of the nest, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon:”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.”
King James Version · Public Domain“For it shall be that, as wandering birds, as a scattered nest, so shall the daughters of Moab be at the fords of the Arnon.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And it hath come to pass, As a wandering bird, a nest cast out, Are daughters of Moab, <FI>at<Fi> fords of Arnon.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Isaiah 16:2 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 21:13From there they moved on and camped on the other side of the Arnon, in the wilderness that extends into the Amorite territory. Now the Arnon is the border between the Moabites and the Amorites.
- Deuteronomy 2:36From Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the valley, even as far as Gilead, not one city had walls too high for us. The LORD our God gave us all of them.
- Deuteronomy 3:8At that time we took from the two kings of the Amorites the land across the Jordan, from the Arnon Valley as far as Mount Hermon—
- Deuteronomy 3:12So at that time we took possession of this land. To the Reubenites and Gadites I gave the land beyond Aroer along the Arnon Valley, and half the hill country of Gilead, along with its cities.
- Joshua 13:16The territory from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, to the whole plateau beyond Medeba,
- Judges 11:18Then Israel traveled through the wilderness and bypassed the lands of Edom and Moab. They came to the east side of the land of Moab and camped on the other side of the Arnon. But they did not enter the territory of Moab, since the Arnon was its border.
- Proverbs 27:8Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who wanders from his home.
- Isaiah 13:14Like a hunted gazelle, like a sheep without a shepherd, each will return to his own people, each will flee to his native land.
- Jeremiah 48:20Moab is put to shame, for it has been shattered. Wail and cry out! Declare by the Arnon that Moab is destroyed.
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