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Isaiah 30:6-8
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Isaiah 30:6-8
New International Version
6 A prophecy(A) concerning the animals of the Negev:(B)
Through a land of hardship and distress,(C)
of lions(D) and lionesses,
of adders and darting snakes,(E)
the envoys carry their riches on donkeys’(F) backs,
their treasures(G) on the humps of camels,
to that unprofitable nation,
7 to Egypt, whose help is utterly useless.(H)
Therefore I call her
Rahab(I) the Do-Nothing.
Isaiah 30:6-8
King James Version
Isaiah 30:6-8
King James Version
6 The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit them.
7 For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still.
8 Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever:
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Isaiah 30:6-8
English Standard Version
Isaiah 30:6-8
English Standard Version
6 An (A)oracle on (B)the beasts of (C)the Negeb.
Through a land of trouble and anguish,
from where come the lioness and the lion,
the adder and the (D)flying fiery serpent,
they carry their riches on the backs of donkeys,
and their treasures on the humps of camels,
to a people that cannot profit them.
7 Egypt's (E)help is worthless and empty;
therefore I have called her
(F)“Rahab who sits still.”
A Rebellious People
8 And now, go, (G)write it before them on a tablet
and inscribe it in a book,
that it may be for the time to come
as a witness forever.[a]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 30:8 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Syriac, Targum, Vulgate, and Greek versions; Masoretic Text forever and ever
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