Isaiah 19:7 “The bulrushes by the Nile, by the mouth of the river, and all the fiel…”

Isaiah 19:7

The bulrushes by the Nile, by the mouth of the river, and all the fields sown along the Nile, will wither, blow away, and be no more.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and every thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and be no more.

World English Bible

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.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

The grasse in the riuer, and at the head of the riuers, and all that groweth by the riuer, shall wither, and be driuen away, and be no more.

Darby Translation

The meadows by the Nile, on the banks of the Nile, and everything sown by the Nile, shall be dried up, be driven away, and be no [more].

Young's Literal Translation

Exposed things by the brook, by the edge of the brook, And every sown thing of the brook, hath withered, It hath been driven away, and is not.

Bible in Basic English

The grass-lands by the Nile, and everything planted by the Nile, will become dry, or taken away by the wind, and will come to an end.

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Cross references

“every”

Isaiah 32:20 Jeremiah 14:4 Ezekiel 19:13 Joel 1:17 Joel 1:18

Isaiah 32:20 · BSB

Blessed are those who sow beside abundant waters, who let the ox and donkey range freely.

Jeremiah 14:4 · BSB

The ground is cracked because no rain has fallen on the land. The farmers are ashamed; they cover their heads.

Ezekiel 19:13 · BSB

Now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land.

Joel 1:17 · BSB

The seeds lie shriveled beneath the clods; the storehouses are in ruins; the granaries are broken down, for the grain has withered away.

Joel 1:18 · BSB

How the cattle groan! The herds wander in confusion because they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep are suffering.

Also

Isaiah 23:3

Isaiah 23:3 · BSB

On the great waters came the grain of Shihor; the harvest of the Nile was the revenue of Tyre; she was the merchant of the nations.

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

In context

6The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will trickle and dry up; the reeds and rushes will wither.

8Then the fishermen will mourn, all who cast a hook into the Nile will lament, and those who spread nets on the waters will pine away.

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