Isaiah 19:15

In 11 translations

BSB

There is nothing Egypt can do— head or tail, palm or reed.

KJV

Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or rush, may do.

WEB

Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which head or tail, palm branch or rush, may do.

ASV

Neither shall there be for Egypt any work, which head or tail, palm-branch or rush, may do.

LSV

And there is no work to Egypt, || That head or tail, branch or reed, may do.

YLT

And there is no work to Egypt, That head or tail, branch or reed, may do.

DBY

Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail, palm-branch or rush, may do.

DRC

And there shall be no work for Egypt, to make head or tail, him that bendeth down, or that holdeth back.

GNV

Neither shall there be any worke in Egypt, which the head may doe, nor the tayle, ye branch nor the rush.

JPS

Neither shall there be for Egypt any work, which head or tail, palm-branch or rush, may do.

LXXE

And there shall be no work to the Egyptians, which shall make head or tail, or beginning or end.

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WLC

וְלֹֽא־יִהְיֶ֥ה לְמִצְרַ֖יִם מַֽעֲשֶׂ֑ה אֲשֶׁ֧ר יַעֲשֶׂ֛ה רֹ֥אשׁ וְזָנָ֖ב כִּפָּ֥ה וְאַגְמֽוֹן׃

LXX-Br

καὶ οὐκ ἔσται τοῖς Αἰγυπτίοις ἔργον ὃ ποιήσει κεφαλὴν καὶ οὐρὰν, καὶ ἀρχὴν καὶ τέλος.

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• Isaiah 9:14–15So the LORD will cut off Israel’s head and tail, both palm branch and reed in a single day. The head is the elder and honorable man, and the tail is the prophet who teaches lies.
• Habakkuk 3:17Though the fig tree does not bud and no fruit is on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the sheep are cut off from the fold and no cattle are in the stalls,
• 1 Thessalonians 4:11–12and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you. Then you will behave properly toward outsiders, without being dependent on anyone.
• Proverbs 14:23There is profit in all labor, but mere talk leads only to poverty.
• Psalms 128:2For when you eat the fruit of your labor, blessings and prosperity will be yours.
• Haggai 1:11I have summoned a drought on the fields and on the mountains, on the grain, new wine, and oil, and on whatever the ground yields, on man and beast, and on all the labor of your hands.”

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