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Isaiah 19:6
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KJ21
And they shall turn the rivers far away, and the brooks of defense shall be emptied and dried up; the reeds and flags shall wither.
ASV
And the rivers shall become foul; the streams of Egypt shall be diminished and dried up; the reeds and flags shall wither away.
AMP
The canals will become foul-smelling, The streams of Egypt will thin out and dry up, The reeds and the rushes will rot away.
AMPC
And the rivers shall become foul, the streams and canals of Egypt shall be diminished and dried up, the reeds and the rushes shall wither and rot away.
BRG
And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.
CSB
The channels will stink; they will dwindle, and Egypt’s canals will be parched. Reed and rush will wilt.
CSBA
The channels will stink; they will dwindle, and Egypt’s canals will be parched. Reed and rush will wilt.
CEB
The rivers will stink; the streams will shrink and dry; reeds and rushes will decay.
CJB
The rivers will become foul, the canals of Egypt’s Nile will dwindle and dry up, the reeds and rushes will wither.
CEV
Its streams will stink, Egypt will have no water, and the reeds and tall grass will dry up.
DARBY
and the rivers shall stink, and the streams of Egypt shall be diminished and drain away: the reeds and sedges shall wither.
DRA
And the rivers shall fail: the streams of the banks shall be diminished, and be dried up. The reed and the bulrush shall wither away.
ERV
All the rivers will smell very bad. The canals in Egypt will be dry, and the water will be gone. All the water plants will rot.
EASY
The streams will have a bad smell. All the streams and rivers will slowly become dry. The reeds and the river grasses will die.
EHV
The rivers and canals will stink. The streams in the Nile delta will run low and dry up. Reeds and rushes will wither away.
ESV
and its canals will become foul, and the branches of Egypt's Nile will diminish and dry up, reeds and rushes will rot away.
ESVUK
and its canals will become foul, and the branches of Egypt's Nile will diminish and dry up, reeds and rushes will rot away.
EXB
The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will decrease and dry up. All the ·water plants [L reeds and bulrushes] will rot;
GNV
And the rivers shall go far away: the rivers of defense shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall be cut down.
GW
The canals will stink. Egypt’s streams will be emptied and dried up. The reeds and cattails will wither.
GNT
The channels of the river will stink as they slowly go dry. Reeds and rushes will wither,
HCSB
The channels will stink; they will dwindle, and Egypt’s canals will be parched. Reed and rush will die.
ICB
The canals will stink. The streams of Egypt will decrease and dry up. All the water plants will rot.
ISV
The canals will stink, and the tributaries of Egypt will dwindle and dry up. Reeds and rushes will wither away.
JUB
And they shall turn the rivers far away, and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up; the reeds and flags shall wither.
KJV
And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.
AKJV
And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.
LSB
The rivers will emit a stench, The streams of Egypt will thin out and dry up; The reeds and rushes will rot away.
LEB
And the rivers will become foul-smelling; the branches of the Nile of Egypt will become little and dry up; reed and rush will wither.
TLB
their channels fouled with rotting reeds.
MSG
The River Nile will dry up, the riverbed baked dry in the sun. The canals will become stagnant and stink, every stream touching the Nile dry up. River vegetation will rot away the banks of the Nile-baked clay, The riverbed hard and smooth, river grasses dried up and gone with the wind. Fishermen will complain that the fishing’s been ruined. Textile workers will be out of work, all weavers and workers in linen and cotton and wool Dispirited, depressed in their forced idleness— everyone who works for a living, jobless.
MEV
The canals shall emit a stench; the streams of Egypt shall diminish and dry up; the reeds and rushes shall wither.
NOG
The canals will stink. Egypt’s streams will be emptied and dried up. The reeds and cattails will wither.
NABRE
Its streams shall become foul, and the canals of Egypt shall dwindle and parch. Reeds and rushes shall wither away,
NASB
The canals will emit a stench, The streams of Egypt will thin out and dry up; The reeds and rushes will rot away.
NASB1995
The canals will emit a stench, The streams of Egypt will thin out and dry up; The reeds and rushes will rot away.
NCB
Its canals will emit a terrible stench, and its branches will diminish and dry up; reeds and rushes will wither away.
NCV
The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will decrease and dry up. All the water plants will rot;
NET
The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will trickle and then dry up; the bulrushes and reeds will decay,
NIRV
Its canals will stink. And the streams of Egypt will get smaller and smaller until they dry up. The tall grass that grows along the river will dry up.
NIV
The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will dwindle and dry up. The reeds and rushes will wither,
NIVUK
The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will dwindle and dry up. The reeds and rushes will wither,
NKJV
The rivers will turn foul; The brooks of defense will be emptied and dried up; The reeds and rushes will wither.
NLV
Manmade rivers will smell bad. The small rivers of Egypt will dry up. And the plants by the rivers will waste away.
NLT
The canals of the Nile will dry up, and the streams of Egypt will stink with rotting reeds and rushes.
NRSVA
its canals will become foul, and the branches of Egypt’s Nile will diminish and dry up; reeds and rushes will rot away.
NRSVACE
its canals will become foul, and the branches of Egypt’s Nile will diminish and dry up; reeds and rushes will rot away.
NRSVCE
its canals will become foul, and the branches of Egypt’s Nile will diminish and dry up, reeds and rushes will rot away.
NRSVUE
its canals will become foul, and the branches of Egypt’s Nile will diminish and dry up. Reeds and rushes will rot away,
OJB
And the neharot (streams, canals) shall turn foul; and the moats shall be emptied and dried up; the reeds and rushes shall wither.
RGT
And the rivers shall go far away. The rivers of defense shall be emptied and dried up. The reeds and flags shall be cut down.
RSV
and its canals will become foul, and the branches of Egypt’s Nile will diminish and dry up, reeds and rushes will rot away.
RSVCE
and its canals will become foul, and the branches of Egypt’s Nile will diminish and dry up, reeds and rushes will rot away.
TLV
Then the channels will stink. The streams of Egypt will dwindle and dry up. Reeds and rushes will rot.
VOICE
Egypt’s waterways and everything that lives in them will dry up and die— saltwater and fresh, standing pools and running streams will all evaporate. All the reeds and rushes along the river’s edge will wither and die and rot away. All the crops sown by the Nile will turn brittle and dry, to be blown away—completely away—by sultry winds.
WEB
The rivers will become foul. The streams of Egypt will be diminished and dried up. The reeds and flags will wither away.
WYC
And the floods shall fail, and the strands of the fields shall be made thin, and shall be dried; a reed and spire shall fade (away). (And the rivers shall fail, and the streams of the fields shall be made shallow, and shall be dried up; the reed and the bulrush shall fade away.)
YLT
And they have turned away the flowings, Weak and dried up have been brooks of the bulwark, Reed and flag have withered.
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