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


In Context

2 A grievous vision is declared unto me: the treacherous dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, Elam! besiege, Media! All the sighing thereof have I made to cease.

3 Therefore are my loins filled with pain; anguish hath taken hold upon me, as the anguish of a woman in travail: I am bowed down so as not to hear, I am dismayed so as not to see.

4 My heart panteth, horror affrighteth me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into trembling unto me.

5 Prepare the table, appoint the watch; eat, drink: arise, 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 he saw chariots, horsemen by pairs, a chariot with asses, a chariot with camels; and he hearkened 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 American Standard 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 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.