4My heart falters, fear makes me tremble; the twilight I longed for has become a horror to me.


In Context

1 An oracle concerning the Desert by the Sea: Like whirlwinds sweeping through the southland, an invader comes from the desert, from a land of terror.

2 A dire vision has been shown to me: The traitor betrays, the looter takes loot. Elam, attack! Media, lay siege! I will bring to an end all the groaning she caused.

3 At this my body is racked with pain, pangs seize me, like those of a woman in labor; I am staggered by what I hear, I am bewildered by what I see.

4 My heart falters, fear makes me tremble; the twilight I longed for has become a horror to me.

5 They set the tables, they spread the rugs, they eat, they drink! Get up, you officers, oil the shields!

6 This is what the Lord says to me: "Go, post a lookout and have him report what he sees.

Isaiah 21:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:4My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

21:4My heart failed, darkness amazed me: Babylon my beloved is become a wonder to me.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:4My heart fluttereth, horror hath affrighted me; the twilight that I desired hath been turned into trembling unto me.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:4My heart panteth, horror affrighteth me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into trembling unto me.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:4My heart panteth, horror hath affrighted me: the twilight that I desired hath been turned into trembling unto me.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:4My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear to me.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:4My heart flutters. Horror has frightened me. The twilight that I desired has been turned into trembling for me.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:4Wandered hath my heart, trembling hath terrified me, The twilight of my desire He hath made a fear to me,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:4My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure has he turned into fear to me.