9Those who work with combed flax will despair, the weavers of fine linen will lose hope.


In Context

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.

9 Those who work with combed flax will despair, the weavers of fine linen will lose hope.

10 The workers in cloth will be dejected, and all the wage earners will be sick at heart.

11 The officials of Zoan are nothing but fools; the wise counselors of Pharaoh give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, "I am one of the wise men, a disciple of the ancient kings"?

Isaiah 19:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:9Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weave networks, shall be confounded.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

19:9They shall be confounded that wrought in flax, combing and weaving fine linen.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

19:9Moreover they that work in combed flax, and they that weave white cloth, shall be confounded.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:9And they that work in fine flax, and they that weave white stuffs shall be ashamed.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

19:9Moreover they that work in combed flax, and they that weave white cloth, shall be ashamed.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:9Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weave net-works shall be confounded.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:9Moreover those who work in combed flax, and those who weave white cloth, will be confounded.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

19:9And ashamed have been makers of fine flax, And weavers of net-works.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:9Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weave networks, shall be confounded.