Isaiah 18:1
Isaiah chapter 18 · verse 1 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Ah, the land of the rustling of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia;
KJV
King James Version · 1611Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Ah, the land of the rustling of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia;
Context
v.1This passage
v.2that sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of papyrus upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth, to a people terrible from their beginning onward, a nation that meteth out and treadeth down, whose land the rivers divide!
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 61:4
I will dwell in thy tabernacle for ever: I will take refuge in the covert of thy wings. [Selah
- Psalms 36:7
How precious is thy lovingkindness, O God! And the children of men take refuge under the shadow of thy wings.
- Isaiah 20:3
And Jehovah said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and a wonder concerning Egypt and concerning Ethiopia;
- Psalms 91:4
He will cover thee with his pinions, And under his wings shalt thou take refuge: His truth is a shield and a buckler.
- Ezekiel 30:9
In that day shall messengers go forth from before me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid; and there shall be anguish upon them, as in the day of Egypt; for, lo, it cometh.
- Zephaniah 3:10
From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering.