2Take the millstones, and grind meal; remove thy veil, strip off the train, uncover the leg, pass through the rivers.


In Context

1 Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon; sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.

2 Take the millstones, and grind meal; remove thy veil, strip off the train, uncover the leg, pass through the rivers.

3 Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and will spare no man.

4 Our Redeemer, Jehovah of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 47:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

47:2Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

47:2Take millstones and grind flour; take off your veil. Lift up your skirts, bare your legs, and wade through the streams.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

47:2Take a millstone and grind meal: uncover thy shame, strip thy shoulder, make bare thy legs, pass over the rivers.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

47:2Take the millstones, and grind meal; remove thy veil, lift up the train, uncover the leg, pass over rivers:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

47:2Take the millstones, and grind meal: remove thy veil, strip off the train, uncover the leg, pass through the rivers.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

47:2Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

47:2Take the millstones, and grind meal; remove your veil, strip off the train, uncover the leg, pass through the rivers.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

47:2Take millstones, and grind flour, Remove thy veil, draw up the skirt, Uncover the leg, pass over the floods.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

47:2Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover your locks, make bore the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.