2For it shall be that, as wandering birds, as a scattered nest, so shall the daughters of Moab be at the fords of Arnon.


In Context

1 Send ye the lambs for the ruler of the land from Sela which is toward the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.

2 For it shall be that, as wandering birds, as a scattered nest, so shall the daughters of Moab be at the fords of Arnon.

3 Give counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday: hide the outcasts; bewray not the wanderer.

4 Let mine outcasts dwell with thee; as for Moab, be thou a covert to him from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is brought to nought, spoiling ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.

Isaiah 16:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:2For it shall be, [that,] as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

16:2Like fluttering birds pushed from the nest, so are the women of Moab at the fords of the Arnon.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

16:2And it shall come to pass, that as a bird fleeing away, and as young ones flying out of the nest, so shall the daughters of Moab be in the passage of Arnon.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:2For it shall be that, as wandering birds, as a scattered nest, so shall the daughters of Moab be at the fords of the Arnon.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:2And it shall be that as a wandering bird, as a scattered nest, so shall the daughters of Moab be at the fords of the Arnon.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:2For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:2For it will be that as wandering birds, as a scattered nest, so will the daughters of Moab be at the fords of the Arnon.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

16:2And it hath come to pass, As a wandering bird, a nest cast out, Are daughters of Moab, at fords of Arnon.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:2For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.