15And there shall be no work for Egypt, to make head or tail, him that bendeth down, or that holdeth back.


In Context

12 Where are now thy wise men? let them tell thee, and shew what the Lord of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt.

13 The princes of Tanis are become fools, the princes of Memphis are gone astray, they have deceived Egypt, the stay of the people thereof.

14 The Lord hath mingled in the midst thereof the spirit of giddiness: and they have caused Egypt to err in all its works, as a drunken man staggereth and vomiteth.

15 And there shall be no work for Egypt, to make head or tail, him that bendeth down, or that holdeth back.

16 In that day Egypt shall be like unto women, and they shall be amazed, and afraid, because of the moving of the hand of the Lord of hosts, which he shall move over it.

17 And the land of Juda shall be a terror to Egypt: every one that shall remember it shall tremble because of the counsel of the Lord of hosts, which he hath determined concerning it.

Isaiah 19:15 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:15Neither shall there be [any] work for Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or rush, may do.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

19:15There is nothing Egypt can do- head or tail, palm branch or reed.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

19:15Neither shall there be for Egypt any work, which head or tail, palm-branch or rush, may do.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:15Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail, palm-branch or rush, may do.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

19:15Neither shall there be for Egypt any work, which head or tail, palm branch or rush, may do.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:15Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or rush, may perform.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:15Neither shall there be for Egypt any work, which head or tail, palm branch or rush, may do.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

19:15And there is no work to Egypt, That head or tail, branch or reed, may do.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:15Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or rush, may do.