Isaiah 18:1
What does Isaiah 18:1 mean?
A plain-English look at Isaiah 18:1 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
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;
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Ho! land of the sounding of wings, on the other side of the rivers of Ethiopia:
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Ho, land shadowed <FI>with<Fi> wings, That <FI>is<Fi> beyond the rivers of Cush,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Woe to the land, the winged cymbal, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia,
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Ha! land shadowing with wings, which art beyond the rivers of Cush,
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.
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