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The Burden against Egypt

Isaiah 19:10

In 11 translations

BSB
The workers in cloth will be dejected, and all the hired workers will be sick at heart.Or Its pillars
KJV
And they shall be broken in the purposes thereof, all that make sluices and ponds for fish.purposes: Heb. foundationsfor fish: Heb. of living things
WEB
The pillars will be broken in pieces. All those who work for hire will be grieved in soul.
ASV
And the pillars of Egypt shall be broken in pieces; all they that work for hire shall be grieved in soul.
LSV
And its foundations have been struck, || All making wages [are] afflicted in soul.
YLT
And its foundations have been smitten, All making wages [are] afflicted in soul.
DBY
And her pillars shall be broken in pieces, and all workers for hire shall be sad of soul.
DRC
And its watery places shall be dry, all they shall mourn that made pools to take fishes.
GNV
For their nettes shalbe broken, and all they, that make pondes, shalbe heauie in heart.
JPS
And her foundations shall be crushed, all they that make dams shall be grieved in soul.
LXXE
And they that work at them shall be in pain, and all that make beer shall be grieved, and be pained in their souls.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְהָי֥וּ שָׁתֹתֶ֖יהָ מְדֻכָּאִ֑ים כָּל־עֹ֥שֵׂי שֶׂ֖כֶר אַגְמֵי־נָֽפֶשׁ׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἔσονται οἱ ἐργαζόμενοι αὐτὰ ἐν ὀδύνῃ, καὶ πάντες οἱ ποιοῦντες τὸν ζῦθον λυπηθήσονται, καὶ τὰς ψυχὰς πονέσουσι.

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  • Exodus 8:5And the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers and canals and ponds, and cause the frogs to come up onto the land of Egypt.’”
  • Deuteronomy 11:10For the land that you are entering to possess is not like the land of Egypt, from which you have come, where you sowed your seed and irrigated on foot, like a vegetable garden.
  • Exodus 7:19And the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt—over their rivers and canals and ponds and reservoirs—that they may become blood.’ There will be blood…

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