8And he crieth — a lion, 'On a watch-tower my lord, I am standing continually by day, And on my ward I am stationed whole nights.


In Context

5 Arrange the table, watch in the watch-tower, Eat, drink, rise, ye heads, anoint the shield,

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

7 And he hath seen a chariot — a couple of horsemen, The rider of an ass, the rider of a camel, And he hath given attention — He hath increased attention!

8 And he crieth — a lion, 'On a watch-tower my lord, I am standing continually by day, And on my ward I am stationed whole nights.

9 And lo, this, the chariot of a man is coming, A couple of horsemen.' And he answereth and saith: 'Fallen, fallen hath Babylon, And all the graven images of her gods He hath broken to the earth.

10 O my threshing, and the son of my floor, That which I heard from Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, I have declared to you!'

Isaiah 21:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:8And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

21:8And the lookout shouted, "Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower; every night I stay at my post.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

21:8And a lion cried out: I am upon the watchtower of the Lord, standing continually by day: and I am upon my ward, standing whole nights.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:8And he cried as a lion: O Lord, I stand continually upon the watch-tower in the day-time, and am set in my ward whole nights;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:8And he cried as a lion, Lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:8And he cried as a lion: O Lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the day-time, and am set in my ward whole nights:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:8And he cried, a lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watch-tower in the day time, and I am set in my ward whole nights.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:8He cried like a lion: |Lord, I stand continually on the watchtower in the daytime, and every night I stay at my post.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:8And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually on the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights: