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


In Context

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.

7 When he sees chariots with teams of horses, riders on donkeys or riders on camels, let him be alert, fully alert."

8 And the lookout shouted, "Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower; every night I stay at my post.

Isaiah 21:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:6For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

21:6For thus hath the Lord said to me: Go, and set a watchman: and whatsoever he shall see, let him tell.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:6For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman: let him declare what he seeth:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:6For thus hath the Lord said unto me: Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:6For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman; let him declare what he seeth:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:6For thus hath the Lord said to me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:6For the Lord said to me, |Go, set a watchman. Let him declare what he sees.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:6For thus said the Lord unto me: 'Go, station the watchman, That which he seeth let him declare.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:6For thus has the LORD said to me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he sees.