Isaiah 19:10 “The workers in cloth will be dejected, and all the hired workers will…”

Isaiah 19:10

The workers in cloth will be dejected, and all the hired workers will be sick at heart.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And they shall be broken in the purposes thereof, all that make sluices and ponds for fish.

World English Bible

The pillars will be broken in pieces. All those who work for hire will be grieved in soul.

American Standard Version

And the pillars of Egypt shall be broken in pieces; all they that work for hire shall be grieved in soul.

Geneva Bible 1599

For their nettes shalbe broken, and all they, that make pondes, shalbe heauie in heart.

Darby Translation

And her pillars shall be broken in pieces, and all workers for hire shall be sad of soul.

Young's Literal Translation

And its foundations have been smitten, All making wages [are] afflicted in soul.

Bible in Basic English

And the makers of twisted thread will be crushed, and those who ... will be sad in heart.

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Cross references

“make”

Exodus 7:19 Exodus 8:5 Deuteronomy 11:10

Exodus 7:19 · BSB

And the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt—over their rivers and canals and ponds and all the reservoirs—that they may become blood.’ There will be blood…

Exodus 8:5 · BSB

And the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers and canals and ponds, and cause the frogs to come up onto the land of Egypt.’”

Deuteronomy 11:10 · BSB

For the land that you are entering to possess is not like the land of Egypt, from which you have come, where you sowed your seed and irrigated on foot, like a vegetable garden.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

9The workers in flax will be dismayed, and the weavers of fine linen will turn pale.

11The princes of Zoan are mere fools; Pharaoh’s wise counselors give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the wise, a son of eastern kings”?

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