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


In Context

3 The spirit of Egypt will fail in its midst. I will destroy its counsel. They will seek the idols, the charmers, those who have familiar spirits, and the wizards.

4 I will give over the Egyptians into the hand of a cruel lord. A fierce king will rule over them,| says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies.

5 The waters will fail from the sea, and the river will be wasted and become dry.

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

7 The meadows by the Nile, by the brink of the Nile, and all the sown fields of the Nile, will become dry, be driven away, and be no more.

8 The fishermen will lament, and all those who fish in the Nile will mourn, and those who spread nets on the waters will languish.

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

19:6The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will dwindle and dry up. The reeds and rushes will 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 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.