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Isaiah 21:8

8 3Then he cried, “A lion, my Lord!

I stand continually on the hwatchtower in the daytime;

I have sat at my post every night.

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Isaiah 21:8 — The New International Version (NIV)

And the lookout shouted,

“Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower;

every night I stay at my post.

Isaiah 21:8 — English Standard Version (ESV)

Then he who saw cried out:

“Upon a watchtower I stand, O Lord,

continually by day,

and at my post I am stationed

whole nights.

Isaiah 21:8 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

And he cried, A lion:

My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime,

And I am set in my ward whole nights:

Isaiah 21:8 — New Living Translation (NLT)

Then the watchman called out,

“Day after day I have stood on the watchtower, my lord.

Night after night I have remained at my post.

Isaiah 21:8 — New Century Version (NCV)

Then the lookout called out,

“My master, each day I stand in the watchtower watching;

every night I have been on guard.

Isaiah 21:8 — American Standard Version (ASV)

And he cried as a lion: O Lord, I stand continually upon the watch-tower in the day-time, and am set in my ward whole nights;

Isaiah 21:8 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

And he cried as a lion, Lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights.

Isaiah 21:8 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

The watchmancalled, 

“Sir, I stand on the watchtower every day. 

Every night, I stand guard at my post. 

Isaiah 21:8 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Then the lookout reported,

“Lord, I stand on the watchtower all day,

and I stay at my post all night.

Isaiah 21:8 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Then the watcher called out:

“Upon a watchtower I stand, O Lord,

continually by day,

and at my post I am stationed

throughout the night.

Isaiah 21:8 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

Then the watchman called,

“Lord, I am standing on the watchtower continually by day,

and I am standing at my post throughout the night.

Isaiah 21:8 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

“My master!” the guard shouts back.

“Day after day I stand here on the lookout tower.

Every night I stay here on duty.

Isaiah 21:8 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

Then the lookout called,

“O Lord, I stand continually by day on the watchtower,

And I am stationed every night at my guard post.


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