Isaiah 19:6
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will trickle and dry up; the reeds and rushes will wither.”
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“The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will trickle and dry up; the reeds and rushes will wither.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And the rivers shall become foul; the streams of Egypt shall be diminished and dried up; the reeds and flags shall wither away.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And they have turned away the flowings, Weak and dried up have been brooks of the bulwark, Reed and flag have withered.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Isaiah 19:6 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 2:3But when she could no longer hide him, she got him a papyrus basket and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in the basket and set it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.
- Exodus 7:18The fish in the Nile will die, the river will stink, and the Egyptians will be unable to drink its water.’”
- 2 Kings 19:24I have dug wells and drunk foreign waters. With the soles of my feet I have dried up all the streams of Egypt.”
- Job 8:11Does papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Do reeds flourish without water?
- Job 8:12While the shoots are still uncut, they dry up quicker than grass.
- Isaiah 15:6The waters of Nimrim are dried up, and the grass is withered; the vegetation is gone, and the greenery is no more.
- Isaiah 18:2which sends couriers by sea, in papyrus vessels on the waters. Go, swift messengers, to a people tall and smooth-skinned, to a people widely feared, to a powerful nation of strange speech, whose land is divided by rivers.
- Isaiah 37:25I have dug wells and drunk foreign waters. With the soles of my feet I have dried up all the streams of Egypt.”
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