Isaiah 19:15
What does Isaiah 19:15 mean?
A plain-English look at Isaiah 19:15 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Neither shall there be for Egypt any work, which head or tail, palm-branch or rush, may do.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or rush, may do.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Neither shall there be for Egypt any work, which head or tail, palm-branch or rush, may do.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And in Egypt there will be no work for any man, head or tail, high or low, to do.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And there is no work to Egypt, That head or tail, branch or reed, may do.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And there shall be no work for Egypt, to make head or tail, him that bendeth down, or that holdeth back.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail, palm-branch or rush, may do.
Context
v.14Jehovah hath mingled a spirit of perverseness in the midst of her; and they have caused Egypt to go astray in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit.
v.15This passage
v.16In that day shall the Egyptians be like unto women; and they shall tremble and fear because of the shaking of the hand of Jehovah of hosts, which he shaketh over them.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Haggai 1:11
And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the grain, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labor of the hands.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:11
and that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your hands, even as we charged you;
- Proverbs 14:23
In all labor there is profit; But the talk of the lipstendethonly to penury.
- Psalms 128:2
For thou shalt eat the labor of thy hands: Happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.
- Isaiah 9:14
Therefore Jehovah will cut off from Israel head and tail, palm-branch and rush, in one day.
- Habakkuk 3:17
For though the fig-tree shall not flourish, Neither shall fruit be in the vines; The labor of the olive shall fail, And the fields shall yield no food; The flock shall be cut off from the fold, And there shall be no herd in the stalls:
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