Isaiah 18:2

New King James Version

²Which sends ambassadors by sea,
Even in vessels of reed on the waters, saying,
“Go, swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth of skin,
To a people terrible from their beginning onward,
A nation powerful and treading down,
Whose land the rivers divide.”

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Isaiah 18:2

King James Version

²That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled!

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Isaiah 18:2

New American Standard Bible

²Which sends messengers by the sea,
Even in ^(A)papyrus vessels on the surface of the waters.
Go, swift messengers, to a nation ^[a]^(B)tall and smooth,
To a people ^(C)feared ^[b]far and wide,
A powerful and oppressive nation
Whose land the rivers divide.

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Footnotes

Isaiah 18:2 Lit drawn out
Isaiah 18:2 Lit from it and beyond

Isaiah 18:2

New International Version

²which sends envoys^(A) by sea
in papyrus^(B) boats over the water.

Go, swift messengers,
to a people tall and smooth-skinned,^(C)
to a people feared far and wide,
an aggressive^(D) nation of strange speech,
whose land is divided by rivers.^(E)

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Isaiah 18:2

English Standard Version

²which ^(A)sends ambassadors by the sea,
    in vessels of papyrus on the waters!
Go, you swift messengers,
    to a nation ^(B)tall and smooth,
to a people feared near and far,
    a nation ^(C)mighty and conquering,
    whose land the rivers divide.