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Isaiah 19:8–9

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8Then the fishermen will mourn.

All those who cast hooks into the Nile will lament,

and those who spread nets on the water will shrivel up.

9Those who work with flax will be dismayed; g

the combers and weavers will turn pale. h

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Footnotes

  1. h19:9 , ; reads weavers of white cloth

Cross references

  1. g19:9 Pr 7:16; Ezk 27:7

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The fishermen will mourn and lament,

all who cast a hook in the Nile;

and they will languish

who spread nets on the water.

The workers in combed flax will be in despair,

and the weavers of white cotton.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The fishermen will groan and lament,

all who cast hooks into the Nile;

those who throw nets on the water

will pine away.

Those who work with combed flax will despair,

the weavers of fine linen will lose hope.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Then the fishermen will mourn.

All those who cast hooks into the Nile will lament,

and those who spread nets on the water will give up.

Those who work with flax will be dismayed;

those combing it and weaving linen will turn pale.

NLTNew Living Translation

The fishermen will lament for lack of work.

Those who cast hooks into the Nile will groan,

and those who use nets will lose heart.

There will be no flax for the harvesters,

no thread for the weavers.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And the fishers will mourn,

and all of those who cast fishhooks in the Nile will lament,

and those who spread out fishing nets on the surface of the water will languish.

And the workers of combed flax will be ashamed,

and those who weave white linen.

KJV 1900King James Version

The fishers also shall mourn,

And all they that cast angle into the brooks shall lament,

And they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish.

Moreover they that work in fine flax,

And they that weave networks, shall be confounded.