6For thus has the LORD said to me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he sees.


In Context

3 Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold on me, as the pangs of a woman that travails: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.

4 My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure has he turned into fear to me.

5 Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, you princes, and anoint the shield.

6 For thus has the LORD said to me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he sees.

7 And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels; and he listened diligently with much heed:

8 And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually on the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights:

Isaiah 21:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:6For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

21:6This is what the Lord says to me: "Go, post a lookout and have him report what he sees.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

21:6For thus hath the Lord said to me: Go, and set a watchman: and whatsoever he shall see, let him tell.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:6For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman: let him declare what he seeth:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:6For thus hath the Lord said unto me: Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:6For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman; let him declare what he seeth:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:6For thus hath the Lord said to me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:6For the Lord said to me, |Go, set a watchman. Let him declare what he sees.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:6For thus said the Lord unto me: 'Go, station the watchman, That which he seeth let him declare.'