Isaiah 19:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Then the fishermen will mourn, all who cast a hook into the Nile will lament, and those who spread nets on the waters will pine away.”
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“Then the fishermen will mourn, all who cast a hook into the Nile will lament, and those who spread nets on the waters will pine away.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into the brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And the fishers shall lament, and all they that cast angle into the Nile shall mourn, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And lamented have the fishers, And mourned have all casting angle into a brook, And those spreading nets on the face of the waters have languished.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Isaiah 19:8 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 7:21The fish in the Nile died, and the river smelled so bad that the Egyptians could not drink its water. And there was blood throughout the land of Egypt.
- Numbers 11:5We remember the fish we ate freely in Egypt, along with the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic.
- 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.
- Habakkuk 1:15The foe pulls all of them up with a hook; he catches them in his dragnet, and gathers them in his fishing net; so he rejoices gladly.
- Habakkuk 1:17Will he, therefore, empty his net and continue to slay nations without mercy?
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