Isaiah 19:6 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.”

Isaiah 19:6 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Isaiah 19:6 in 6 Bible Translations

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Isaiah 19:6 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“The rivers will become foul. The streams of Egypt will be diminished and dried up. The reeds and flags will wither away.”

Isaiah 19:6 — World English Bible

Isaiah 19:6 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

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

Isaiah 19:6 — American Standard Version

Isaiah 19:6 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And they have turned away the flowings, Weak and dried up have been brooks of the bulwark, Reed and flag have withered.”

Isaiah 19:6 — Young's Literal Translation

Isaiah 19:6 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“and the rivers shall stink, and the streams of Egypt shall be diminished and drain away: the reeds and sedges shall wither. ”

Isaiah 19:6 — Darby Translation

Isaiah 19:6 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“And the riuers shall goe farre away: the riuers of defence shalbe emptied and dryed vp: the reedes and flagges shall be cut downe.”

Isaiah 19:6 — Geneva Bible

Isaiah 19:6 in Context — Isaiah 19

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

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

6 And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.

7 The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and every thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and be no more.

8 The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into the brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish.

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What Does Isaiah 19:6 Mean?

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