Isaiah 21:5
What does Isaiah 21:5 mean?
A plain-English look at Isaiah 21:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000They prepare the table, they set the watch, they eat, they drink: rise up, ye princes, anoint the shield.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901They prepare the table, they set the watch, they eat, they drink: rise up, ye princes, anoint the shield.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949They make ready the table, they put down the covers, they take food and drink. Up! you captains; put oil on your breastplates.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Arrange the table, watch in the watch-tower, Eat, drink, rise, ye heads, anoint the shield,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Prepare the table, behold in the watchtower them that eat and drink: arise, ye princes, take up the shield.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Prepare the table, appoint the watch; eat, drink: arise, ye princes, anoint the shield.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Daniel 5:1
Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.
- Isaiah 45:1
Thus saith Jehovah to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him, and I will loose the loins of kings; to open the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut:
- Jeremiah 51:39
When they are heated, I will make their feast, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith Jehovah.
- 1 Corinthians 15:32
If after the manner of men I fought with beasts at Ephesus, what doth it profit me? If the dead are not raised, let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die.
- Isaiah 13:17
Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who shall not regard silver, and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.
- Jeremiah 51:57
And I will make drunk her princes and her wise men, her governors and her deputies, and her mighty men; and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is Jehovah of hosts.
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