Isaiah 21:4 “My heart falters; fear makes me tremble. The twilight I desired has tu…”

Isaiah 21:4

My heart falters; fear makes me tremble. The twilight I desired has turned to horror.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.

World English Bible

My heart flutters. Horror has frightened me. The twilight that I desired has been turned into trembling for me.

American Standard Version

My heart fluttereth, horror hath affrighted me; the twilight that I desired hath been turned into trembling unto me.

Geneva Bible 1599

Mine heart failed: fearefulnesse troubled me: the night of my pleasures hath he turned into feare vnto me.

Darby Translation

My heart panteth, horror affrighteth me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into trembling unto me.

Young's Literal Translation

Wandered hath my heart, trembling hath terrified me, The twilight of my desire He hath made a fear to me,

Bible in Basic English

My mind is wandering, fear has overcome me: the evening of my desire has been turned into shaking for me.

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Cross references

“the night”

Luke 21:34–36 Isaiah 5:11–14 1 Samuel 25:36–38 Esther 5:12 Esther 7:6–10 Job 21:11–13

Luke 21:34–36 · BSB

But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.

Isaiah 5:11–14 · BSB

Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine.

1 Samuel 25:36–38 · BSB

When Abigail returned to Nabal, there he was in the house, holding a feast fit for a king, in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing until morning light.

Esther 5:12 · BSB

“What is more,” Haman added, “Queen Esther invited no one but me to join the king at the banquet she prepared, and I am invited back tomorrow along with the king.

Esther 7:6–10 · BSB

Esther replied, “The adversary and enemy is this wicked man—Haman!” And Haman stood in terror before the king and queen.

Job 21:11–13 · BSB

They send forth their little ones like a flock; their children skip about,

Also

Deuteronomy 28:67

Deuteronomy 28:67 · BSB

In the morning you will say, ‘If only it were evening!’ and in the evening you will say, ‘If only it were morning!’—because of the dread in your hearts of the terrifying sights you will see.

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

In context

3Therefore my body is filled with anguish. Pain grips me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am bewildered to hear, I am dismayed to see.

5They prepare a table, they lay out a carpet, they eat, they drink! Rise up, O princes, oil the shields!

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