6The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will dwindle and dry up. The reeds and rushes will wither,


In Context

3 The Egyptians will lose heart, and I will bring their plans to nothing; they will consult the idols and the spirits of the dead, the mediums and the spiritists.

4 I will hand the Egyptians over to the power of a cruel master, and a fierce king will rule over them," declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.

5 The waters of the river will dry up, and the riverbed will be parched and dry.

6 The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will dwindle and dry up. The reeds and rushes will wither,

7 also the plants along the Nile, at the mouth of the river. Every sown field along the Nile will become parched, will blow away and be no more.

8 The fishermen will groan and lament, all who cast hooks into the Nile; those who throw nets on the water will pine away.

Isaiah 19:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:6And they shall turn the rivers far away; [and] the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

19:6And the rivers shall fail: the streams of the banks shall be diminished, and be dried up. The reed and the bulrush shall wither away.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

19:6And the rivers shall become foul; the streams of Egypt shall be diminished and dried up; the reeds and flags shall wither away.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:6and the rivers shall stink, and the streams of Egypt shall be diminished and drain away: the reeds and sedges shall wither.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

19:6And the rivers shall stink; the streams of Egypt shall be minished and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither away.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:6And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defense shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:6The rivers will become foul. The streams of Egypt will be diminished and dried up. The reeds and flags will wither away.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

19:6And they have turned away the flowings, Weak and dried up have been brooks of the bulwark, Reed and flag have withered.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:6And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defense shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.