Isaiah 19:6
New English Translation
6 The canals[a] will stink;[b]
the streams of Egypt will trickle and then dry up;
the bulrushes and reeds will decay,
Footnotes
- Isaiah 19:6 tn Heb “rivers” (so KJV, ASV); NAB, CEV “streams”; TEV “channels.”
- Isaiah 19:6 tn The verb form appears as a Hiphil in the Qumran scroll 1QIsaa; the form in MT may be a so-called “mixed form,” reflecting the Hebrew Hiphil stem and the functionally corresponding Aramaic Aphel stem. See HALOT 276 s.v. I זנח.
Isaiah 19:6
King James Version
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.
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Isaiah 19:6
New King James Version
6 The rivers will turn foul;
The brooks (A)of defense will be emptied and dried up;
The reeds and rushes will wither.
Isaiah 19:6
English Standard Version
6 and its canals will become foul,
and the branches of Egypt's Nile will diminish and dry up,
reeds and rushes will rot away.
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