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


In Context

3 Therefore my thighs are filled with anguish. Pains have taken hold on me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am in so much pain that I can't hear. I so am dismayed that I can't see.

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

5 They prepare the table. They set the watch. They eat. They drink. Rise up, you princes, oil the shield!

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

7 When he sees a troop, horsemen in pairs, a troop of donkeys, a troop of camels, he shall listen diligently with great attentiveness.|

8 He cried like a lion: |Lord, I stand continually on the watchtower in the daytime, and 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

21:6This is what the Lord says to me: "Go, post a lookout and have him report what he sees.

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 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.