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Isaiah 19:5

What does Isaiah 19:5 mean?

A plain-English look at Isaiah 19:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and become dry.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and become dry.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And the waters of the sea will be cut off, and the river will become dry and waste:

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And failed have waters from the sea, And a river is wasted and dried up.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And the water of the sea shall be dried up, and the river shall be wasted and dry.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up;

Context

v.4And I will give over the Egyptians into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.

v.5This passage

v.6And the rivers shall become foul; the streams of Egypt shall be diminished and dried up; the reeds and flags shall wither away.

Cross references

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

  • Zechariah 10:11

    And he will pass through the sea of affliction, and will smite the waves in the sea, and all the depths of the Nile shall dry up; and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart.

  • Jeremiah 51:36

    Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her fountain dry.

  • Ezekiel 30:12

    And I will make the rivers dry, and will sell the land into the hand of evil men; and I will make the land desolate, and all that is therein, by the hand of strangers: I, Jehovah, have spoken it.

  • Zechariah 14:18

    And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, neither shall it be upon them; there shall be the plague wherewith Jehovah will smite the nations that go not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.

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