6For, the waters of Nimrim are desolations, For, withered hath been the hay, Finished hath been the tender grass, A green thing there hath not been.


In Context

3 In its out-places they girded on sackcloth, On its pinnacles, and in its broad places, Every one howleth — going down with weeping.

4 And cry doth Heshbon and Elealeh, Unto Jahaz heard hath been their voice, Therefore the armed ones of Moab do shout, His life hath been grievous to him.

5 My heart is toward Moab, Cry do her fugitives unto Zoar, a heifer of the third year, For — the ascent of Luhith — With weeping he goeth up in it, For, in the way of Horonaim, A cry of destruction they wake up.

6 For, the waters of Nimrim are desolations, For, withered hath been the hay, Finished hath been the tender grass, A green thing there hath not been.

7 Therefore the abundance he made, and their store, Unto the brook of the willows they carry.

8 For gone round hath the cry the border of Moab, Unto Eglaim is its howling, And to Beer-Elim is its howling.

Isaiah 15:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:6For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

15:6The waters of Nimrim are dried up and the grass is withered; the vegetation is gone and nothing green is left.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

15:6For the waters of Nemrim shall be desolate, for the grass is withered away, the spring is faded, all the greenness is perished.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

15:6For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate; for the grass is withered away, the tender grass faileth, there is no green thing.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:6For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate; for the herbage is withered away, the grass hath failed, there is no green thing.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

15:6For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the grass is withered away, the tender grass faileth, there is no green thing.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:6For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the herb is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:6For the waters of Nimrim will be desolate; for the grass has withered away, the tender grass fails, there is no green thing.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:6For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass fails, there is no green thing.