Isaiah 21:15

For they flee from the sword— the sword that is drawn— from the bow that is bent, and from the stress of battle.

Berean Standard Bible
Other translations

King James Version

For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.

World English Bible

For they fled away from the swords, from the drawn sword, from the bent bow, and from the heat of battle.

American Standard Version

For they fled away from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.

Geneva Bible 1599

For they flee from the drawen swords, euen from the drawen sword, and from the bent bowe, and from the grieuousnesse of warre.

Darby Translation

For they flee from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.

Young's Literal Translation

For from the face of destructions they fled, From the face of a stretched-out sword, And from the face of a trodden bow, And from the face of the grievousness of battle.

Bible in Basic English

For they are in flight from the sharp sword, and the bent bow, and from the trouble of war.

In context

14Bring water for the thirsty, O dwellers of Tema; meet the refugees with food.

16For this is what the Lord says to me: “Within one year, as a hired worker would count it, all the glory of Kedar will be gone.

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