Isaiah 19:3-5

King James Version

³And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.

⁴And 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.

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

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Isaiah 19:3-5

New King James Version

³The spirit of Egypt will fail in its midst;
I will destroy their counsel,
And they will ^(A)consult the idols and the charmers,
The mediums and the sorcerers.
⁴And the Egyptians I will give
^(B)Into the hand of a cruel master,
And a fierce king will rule over them,”
Says the Lord, the Lord of hosts.

⁵^(C)The waters will fail from the sea,
And the river will be wasted and dried up.

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Isaiah 19:3-5

English Standard Version

³and the spirit of the Egyptians within them will be emptied out,
    and I will confound^[a] their ^(A)counsel;
and they will inquire of the idols and the sorcerers,
    and ^(B)the mediums and the necromancers;
⁴and I will give over the Egyptians
    into the hand of ^(C)a hard master,
and a fierce king will rule over them,
    declares the Lord God of hosts.

⁵And the waters of the sea will be dried up,
and the river will be dry and parched,

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Footnotes

Isaiah 19:3 Or I will swallow up

Isaiah 19:3-5

New International Version

³The Egyptians will lose heart,^(A)
    and I will bring their plans^(B) to nothing;^(C)
they will consult the idols and the spirits of the dead,
    the mediums and the spiritists.^(D)
⁴I will hand the Egyptians over
    to the power of a cruel master,
and a fierce king^(E) will rule over them,”
    declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.