Isaiah 21:15

In 11 translations

BSB

For they flee from the sword— the sword that is drawn— from the bow that is bent, and from the stress of battle.

KJV

For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.from the swords: or, for fear, etc: Heb. from the face, etc

WEB

For they fled away from the swords, from the drawn sword, from the bent bow, and from the heat of battle.

ASV

For they fled away from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.

LSV

For they fled from the face of destructions, || From the face of an outstretched sword, || And from the face of a trodden bow, || And from the face of the grievousness of battle.

YLT

For from the face of destructions they fled, From the face of a stretched-out sword, And from the face of a trodden bow, And from the face of the grievousness of battle.

DBY

For they flee from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.

DRC

For they are fled from before the swords, from the sword that hung over them, from the bent bow, from the face of a grievous battle.

GNV

For they flee from the drawen swords, euen from the drawen sword, and from the bent bowe, and from the grieuousnesse of warre.

JPS

For they fled away from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.

LXXE

meet the fugitives with bread, because of the multitude of the slain, and because of the multitude of them that lose their way, and because of the multitude of swords, and because of the multitude of bent bows, and because of the multitude of them that have fallen in war.

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WLC

כִּֽי־מִפְּנֵ֥י חֲרָב֖וֹת נָדָ֑דוּ מִפְּנֵ֣י ׀ חֶ֣רֶב נְטוּשָׁ֗ה וּמִפְּנֵי֙ קֶ֣שֶׁת דְּרוּכָ֔ה וּמִפְּנֵ֖י כֹּ֥בֶד מִלְחָמָֽה׃

LXX-Br

διὰ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν πεφονευμένων, καὶ διὰ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν πλανωμένων, καὶ διὰ τὸ πλῆθος τῆς μαχαίρας, καὶ διὰ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν τοξευμάτων τῶν διατεταμένων, καὶ διὰ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν πεπτωκότων ἐν τῷ πολέμῳ.

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• Job 6:19–20The caravans of Tema look for water; the travelers of Sheba hope to find it. They are confounded because they had hoped; their arrival brings disappointment.
• Isaiah 13:14Like a hunted gazelle, like a sheep without a shepherd, each will return to his own people, each will flee to his native land.

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