6And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defense shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.


In Context

3 And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the middle thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.

4 And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, said the Lord, the LORD of hosts.

5 And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up.

6 And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defense shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.

7 The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and every thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and be no more.

8 The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into the brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets on the waters shall languish.

Isaiah 19:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:6And they shall turn the rivers far away; [and] the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

19:6The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will dwindle and dry up. The reeds and rushes will wither,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

19:6And the rivers shall fail: the streams of the banks shall be diminished, and be dried up. The reed and the bulrush shall wither away.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

19:6And the rivers shall become foul; the streams of Egypt shall be diminished and dried up; the reeds and flags shall wither away.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:6and the rivers shall stink, and the streams of Egypt shall be diminished and drain away: the reeds and sedges shall wither.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

19:6And the rivers shall stink; the streams of Egypt shall be minished and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither away.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:6And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defense shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:6The rivers will become foul. The streams of Egypt will be diminished and dried up. The reeds and flags will wither away.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

19:6And they have turned away the flowings, Weak and dried up have been brooks of the bulwark, Reed and flag have withered.