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Isaiah 21:6
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KJ21
For thus hath the Lord said unto me: “Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.”
ASV
For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman; let him declare what he seeth:
AMP
This is what the Lord says to me, “Go, station the lookout, let him report what he sees.
AMPC
For thus has the Lord said to me: Go, set [yourself as] a watchman, let him declare what he sees.
BRG
For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.
CSB
For the Lord has said to me, “Go, post a lookout; let him report what he sees.
CSBA
For the Lord has said to me, ‘Go, post a lookout; let him report what he sees.
CEB
The Lord said this to me: “Go, post a lookout to report what he sees.
CJB
For this is what Adonai said to me: “Go, post a watchman to report what he sees!
CEV
The Lord said to me, “Send guards to find out what's going on.
DARBY
For thus hath the Lord said unto me: Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.
DRA
For thus hath the Lord said to me: Go, and set a watchman: and whatsoever he shall see, let him tell.
ERV
The Lord said to me, “Go find someone to guard this city. He must report whatever he sees.
EASY
This is what the Lord God has said to me: ‘Go! Put someone on the city wall to watch. Tell him to report what he sees.
EHV
Yes, this is what the Lord said to me: Go, post a watchman. Have him declare what he sees.
ESV
For thus the Lord said to me: “Go, set a watchman; let him announce what he sees.
ESVUK
For thus the Lord said to me: “Go, set a watchman; let him announce what he sees.
EXB
The Lord said to me, “Go, place a ·lookout [guard; watchman] for the city and have him report what he sees.
GNV
For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, to tell what he seeth.
GW
This is what the Lord says to me: Post a watchman. Have him report whatever he sees.
GNT
Then the Lord said to me, “Go and post a sentry, and tell him to report what he sees.
HCSB
For the Lord has said to me, “Go, post a lookout; let him report what he sees.
ICB
The Lord said to me, “Go. Have a man be a lookout for the city. Have him report what he sees.
ISV
For this is what the Lord told me: “Go post a lookout. Have him report what he sees.
JUB
For thus has the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman who shall declare what he sees.
KJV
For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.
AKJV
For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.
LSB
For thus the Lord says to me, “Go, station the lookout, let him declare what he sees.
LEB
For the Lord said this to me: “Go, set a watchman in position. He must announce what he sees.
TLB
Meanwhile (in my vision) the Lord had told me, “Put a watchman on the city wall to shout out what he sees. When he sees riders in pairs on donkeys and camels, tell him, ‘This is it!’”
MSG
The Master told me, “Go, post a lookout. Have him report whatever he spots. When he sees horses and wagons in battle formation, lines of donkeys and columns of camels, Tell him to keep his ear to the ground, note every whisper, every rumor.” Just then, the lookout shouted, “I’m at my post, Master, Sticking to my post day after day and all through the night! I watched them come, the horses and wagons in battle formation. I heard them call out the war news in headlines: ‘Babylon fallen! Fallen! And all its precious god-idols smashed to pieces on the ground.’”
MEV
For thus the Lord has said to me: “Go, station a watchman; let him declare what he sees.
NOG
This is what Adonay says to me: Post a watchman. Have him report whatever he sees.
NABRE
For thus my Lord said to me: Go, station a watchman, let him tell what he sees.
NASB
For this is what the Lord says to me: “Go, station the lookout, have him report what he sees.
NASB1995
For thus the Lord says to me, “Go, station the lookout, let him report what he sees.
NCB
For this is what the Lord has said to me: Go forth and post a lookout; let him report what he sees.
NCV
The Lord said to me, “Go, place a lookout for the city and have him report what he sees.
NET
For this is what the Lord has told me: “Go, post a guard! He must report what he sees.
NIRV
The Lord said to me, “Go. Put a guard on duty on Jerusalem’s walls. Have him report what he sees.
NIV
This is what the Lord says to me: “Go, post a lookout and have him report what he sees.
NIVUK
This is what the Lord says to me: ‘Go, post a lookout and let him report what he sees.
NKJV
For thus has the Lord said to me: “Go, set a watchman, Let him declare what he sees.”
NLV
For the Lord says to me, “Go, set a man to keep watch. Let him tell what he sees.
NLT
Meanwhile, the Lord said to me, “Put a watchman on the city wall. Let him shout out what he sees.
NRSVA
For thus the Lord said to me: ‘Go, post a lookout, let him announce what he sees.
NRSVACE
For thus the Lord said to me: ‘Go, post a lookout, let him announce what he sees.
NRSVCE
For thus the Lord said to me: “Go, post a lookout, let him announce what he sees.
NRSVUE
For thus the Lord said to me: “Go, post a lookout; let him announce what he sees.
OJB
For thus hath Adonoi said unto me, Go, post the metzapeh (watchman), let him report what he seeth.
RGT
For thus has the LORD said to me, “Go. Set a watchman to tell what he sees.”
RSV
For thus the Lord said to me: “Go, set a watchman, let him announce what he sees.
RSVCE
For thus the Lord said to me: “Go, set a watchman, let him announce what he sees.
TLV
For Adonai has said to me. “Go, post a watchman— let him declare what he sees!
VOICE
Because the Eternal has told me, Eternal One: Get someone to keep an eye on things. Have him report whatever he sees.
WEB
For the Lord said to me, “Go, set a watchman. Let him declare what he sees.
WYC
For why the Lord said these things to me, Go thou, and set a looker; and tell he, whatever thing he seeth. (For the Lord said to me, Go thou, and set a lookout; and let him tell thee, whatever he seeth.)
YLT
For thus said the Lord unto me: `Go, station the watchman, That which he seeth let him declare.'
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