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Isaiah 21:4
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KJ21
My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me; the night of my pleasure hath He turned into fear unto me.
ASV
My heart fluttereth, horror hath affrighted me; the twilight that I desired hath been turned into trembling unto me.
AMP
My mind reels, horror overwhelms me; The twilight I longed for has been turned into fear and trembling for me.
AMPC
My mind reels and wanders, horror terrifies me. [In my mind’s eye I am at the feast of Belshazzar. I see the defilement of the golden vessels taken from God’s temple, I watch the handwriting appear on the wall—I know that Babylon’s great king is to be slain.] The twilight I looked forward to with pleasure has been turned into fear and trembling for me.
BRG
My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.
CSB
My heart staggers; horror terrifies me. He has turned my last glimmer of hope into sheer terror.
CSBA
My heart staggers; horror terrifies me. He has turned my last glimmer of hope into sheer terror.
CEB
My heart pounds; convulsions overpower me. He has turned my evening of pleasure into dread—
CJB
My mind reels, shuddering assails me. The twilight I longed for terrifies me.
CEV
My head spins; I'm horrified! Early evening, my favorite time, has become a nightmare.
DARBY
My heart panteth, horror affrighteth me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into trembling unto me.
DRA
My heart failed, darkness amazed me: Babylon my beloved is become a wonder to me.
ERV
I am worried and shaking with fear. My pleasant evening has become a nightmare.
EASY
It confuses my mind. I shake with fear. I wanted a quiet evening, but instead there is terror.
EHV
My heart pounds! I am shaking with fear. The twilight that I longed for is making me quake with terror.
ESV
My heart staggers; horror has appalled me; the twilight I longed for has been turned for me into trembling.
ESVUK
My heart staggers; horror has appalled me; the twilight I longed for has been turned for me into trembling.
EXB
·I am worried [My heart reels/falters/wanders], and I am shaking with fear. ·My pleasant evening [L The twilight/evening I longed for] has become a night of ·fear [trembling].
GNV
Mine heart failed: fearfulness troubled me: the night of my pleasures hath he turned into fear unto me.
GW
I’m confused. I’m shaking with terror. The twilight hours I longed for make me tremble.
GNT
My head is spinning, and I am trembling with fear. I had been longing for evening to come, but it has brought me nothing but terror.
HCSB
My heart staggers; horror terrifies me. He has turned my last glimmer of hope into sheer terror.
ICB
I am worried, and I am shaking with fear. My pleasant evening has become a night of fear.
ISV
And as for my heart, horror has terrified me; the twilight I longed for has started to make me tremble.
JUB
My heart panted; the horror frightened me; the night of my pleasure he has turned into fear unto me.
KJV
My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.
AKJV
My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.
LSB
My heart reels; horror terrorizes me; The twilight I longed for has been turned for me into trembling.
LEB
My mind staggers; fear terrifies me; the twilight I desired brought me fear.
TLB
My mind reels; my heart races; I am gripped by awful fear. All rest at night—so pleasant once—is gone; I lie awake, trembling.
MSG
A Message concerning the desert at the sea: As tempests drive through the Negev Desert, coming out of the desert, that terror-filled place, A hard vision is given me: The betrayer betrayed, the plunderer plundered. Attack, Elam! Lay siege, Media! Persians, attack! Attack, Babylon! I’ll put an end to all the moaning and groaning. Because of this news I’m doubled up in pain, writhing in pain like a woman having a baby, Baffled by what I hear, undone by what I see. Absolutely stunned, horror-stricken, I had hoped for a relaxed evening, but it has turned into a nightmare.
MEV
My heart panted, fearfulness overwhelmed me; the night for which I longed has turned into trembling for me.
NOG
I’m confused. I’m shaking with terror. The twilight hours I longed for make me tremble.
NABRE
My mind reels, shuddering assails me; The twilight I yearned for he has turned into dread.
NASB
My mind reels, horror overwhelms me; The twilight I longed for has been turned into trembling for me.
NASB1995
My mind reels, horror overwhelms me; The twilight I longed for has been turned for me into trembling.
NCB
My mind reels, and I am overcome with dread; the twilight I yearned for has become horrifying to me.
NCV
I am worried, and I am shaking with fear. My pleasant evening has become a night of fear.
NET
My heart palpitates, I shake in fear; the twilight I desired has brought me terror.
NIRV
My heart grows weak. Fear makes me tremble. I longed for evening to come. But it brought me horror instead of rest.
NIV
My heart falters, fear makes me tremble; the twilight I longed for has become a horror to me.
NIVUK
My heart falters, fear makes me tremble; the twilight I longed for has become a horror to me.
NKJV
My heart wavered, fearfulness frightened me; The night for which I longed He turned into fear for me.
NLV
My mind turns. Fear has come over me. The evening I have waited so long for has been turned into a time of shaking with fear.
NLT
My mind reels and my heart races. I longed for evening to come, but now I am terrified of the dark.
NRSVA
My mind reels, horror has appalled me; the twilight I longed for has been turned for me into trembling.
NRSVACE
My mind reels, horror has appalled me; the twilight I longed for has been turned for me into trembling.
NRSVCE
My mind reels, horror has appalled me; the twilight I longed for has been turned for me into trembling.
NRSVUE
My mind reels; horror has appalled me; the twilight I longed for has been turned for me into trembling.
OJB
My lev panted, fearfulness seized upon me; the neshef (twilight) of my longing hath become unto me as kharadah (shuddering horror).
RGT
My heart failed. Fearfulness troubled me. He has turned the night of my pleasures into fear for me.
RSV
My mind reels, horror has appalled me; the twilight I longed for has been turned for me into trembling.
RSVCE
My mind reels, horror has appalled me; the twilight I longed for has been turned for me into trembling.
TLV
My heart is bewildered, terror overwhelms me. The twilight I longed for has been turned into trembling.
VOICE
My heart skips a beat; my mind is buzzing, terribly unsettled. Horror and trembling rattle the serenity of the evening I longed for.
WEB
My heart flutters. Horror has frightened me. The twilight that I desired has been turned into trembling for me.
WYC
Mine heart faded, darknesses astonied me; Babylon, my darling, is set to me into (a) miracle. (My heart faded, the darkness astonished me; the night that I longed for, now hath become what I fear.)
YLT
Wandered hath my heart, trembling hath terrified me, The twilight of my desire He hath made a fear to me,
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