5They prepare the table, they set the watch, they eat, they drink: rise up, ye princes, anoint the shield.


In Context

2 A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous man dealeth treacherously, and the destroyer destroyeth. Go up, O Elam; besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.

3 Therefore are my loins filled with anguish; pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman in travail: I am pained so that I cannot hear; I am dismayed so that I cannot see.

4 My heart fluttereth, horror hath affrighted me; the twilight that I desired hath been turned into trembling unto me.

5 They prepare the table, they set the watch, they eat, they drink: rise up, ye princes, anoint the shield.

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

7 and when he seeth a troop, horsemen in pairs, a troop of asses, a troop of camels, he shall hearken diligently with much heed.

Isaiah 21:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:5Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, [and] anoint the shield.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

21:5They set the tables, they spread the rugs, they eat, they drink! Get up, you officers, oil the shields!

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

21:5Prepare the table, behold in the watchtower them that eat and drink: arise, ye princes, take up the shield.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:5Prepare the table, appoint the watch; eat, drink: arise, ye princes, anoint the shield.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:5They prepare the table, they set the watch, they eat, they drink: rise up, ye princes, anoint the shield.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:5Prepare the table, watch in the watch-tower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:5They prepare the table. They set the watch. They eat. They drink. Rise up, you princes, oil the shield!

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:5Arrange the table, watch in the watch-tower, Eat, drink, rise, ye heads, anoint the shield,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:5Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, you princes, and anoint the shield.