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Isaiah 46:1

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Babylon’s Idols

46Bel bows down;

Nebo is stooping.

Their idols are ona animalsb and onc cattle;

your cargod is carried as a burden one weary animals.

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Footnotes

  1. aLiterally “to”
  2. bHebrew “animal”
  3. cLiterally “to”
  4. dLiterally “things that are carried”
  5. eLiterally “to”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Bel bows down; Nebo stoops;

their idols are on beasts and livestock;

these things you carry are borne

as burdens on weary beasts.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Bel bows down, Nebo stoops low;

their idols are borne by beasts of burden.

The images that are carried about are burdensome,

a burden for the weary.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Bel crouches; Nebo cowers.

Idols depicting them are consigned to beasts and cattle.

The images you carry are loaded,

as a burden for the weary animal.

NLTNew Living Translation

Bel and Nebo, the gods of Babylon,

bow as they are lowered to the ground.

They are being hauled away on ox carts.

The poor beasts stagger under the weight.

KJV 1900King James Version

Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth,

Their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle:

Your carriages were heavy loaden;

They are a burden to the weary beast.