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Isaiah 19:10

What does Isaiah 19:10 mean?

A plain-English look at Isaiah 19:10 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And the pillars of Egypt shall be broken in pieces; all they that work for hire shall be grieved in soul.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And they shall be broken in the purposes thereof, all that make sluices and ponds for fish.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And the pillars of Egypt shall be broken in pieces; all they that work for hire shall be grieved in soul.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And the makers of twisted thread will be crushed, and those who ... will be sad in heart.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And its foundations have been smitten, All making wages <FI>are<Fi> afflicted in soul.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And its watery places shall be dry, all they shall mourn that made pools to take fishes.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And her pillars shall be broken in pieces, and all workers for hire shall be sad of soul.

Context

v.9Moreover they that work in combed flax, and they that weave white cloth, shall be confounded.

v.10This passage

v.11The princes of Zoan are utterly foolish; the counsel of the wisest counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Deuteronomy 11:10

    For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs;

  • Exodus 7:19

    And Jehovah said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thy hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, over their streams, and over their pools, and over all their ponds of water, that they may become blood; and there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.

  • Exodus 8:5

    And Jehovah said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thy hand with thy rod over the rivers, over the streams, and over the pools, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt.

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