Verse List for ISA 16:2

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OET (OET-RV) Then just like birds flutter away from a nest that’s disturbed, ⇔ so too the Moav women will head to the fords at the Arnon river.

OET-LV And_it _was like_a _bird fluttering a _nest sent _away they _will _be the _daughters _of Mōʼāⱱ the_fords of_ʼArnōn.

ULT And it will happen, like a wandering bird scattered, from a nest, ⇔  thus the daughters of Moab will be at the fords of the Arnon.

UST At that time, the women of Moab will look like fluttering birds that someone has chased from their nests ⇔  as they try to wade to safety across the shallow places of the Arnon River.

BSB & MSB Like fluttering birds ⇔  pushed out of the nest, ⇔ so are the daughters of Moab ⇔  at the fords of the Arnon:

OEB No OEB ISA book available

WEBBE & WMBB For it will be that as wandering birds, as a scattered nest, so will the daughters of Moab be at the fords of the Arnon.

NET At the fords of the Arnon ⇔ the Moabite women are like a bird ⇔ that flies about when forced from its nest.

LSV And it has come to pass,
As a wandering bird, cast out of a nest,
Are daughters of Moab, [at] fords of Arnon.

FBV The Moabite women at the fords of the Arnon[fn] are like birds fluttering around when their nest is destroyed.

T4T The women of Moab will be left alone at the ◄fords of/places where people can walk across► the Arnon River; ⇔  they will be like [SIM] birds that have been pushed out of their nests.

LEB ¶  And this shall be:
• like a bird fleeing from a thrust away nest
• shall be the daughters of Moab at the fords of Arnon.

BBE For the daughters of Moab will be like wandering birds, like a place from which the young birds have gone in flight, at the ways across the Arnon.

Moff No Moff ISA book available

JPS For it shall be that, as wandering birds, as a scattered nest, so shall the daughters of Moab be at the fords of Arnon.

ASV For it shall be that, as wandering birds, as a scattered nest, so shall the daughters of Moab be at the fords of the Arnon.

DRA And it shall come to pass, that as a bird fleeing away, and as young ones flying out of the nest, so shall the daughters of Moab be in the passage of Arnon.

YLT And it hath come to pass, As a wandering bird, a nest cast out, Are daughters of Moab, [at] fords of Arnon.

Drby And it shall be [that] as a wandering bird, [as] a scattered nest, so shall the daughters of Moab be at the fords of the Arnon.

RV For it shall be that, as wandering birds, as a scattered nest, so shall the daughters of Moab be at the fords of Arnon.

SLT And it shall be as the bird fleeing, the nest cast out, the daughters of Moab shall be from the passages to Arnon.

Wbstr For it shall be, that , as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.

KJB-1769 For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.[fn]

KJB-1611 [fn]For it shalbe that as a wandering bird cast out of the nest: so the daughters of Moab shalbe at the fordes of Arnon.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

Bshps For as for the daughters of Moab they shalbe as a trembling birde that is put out of her neste: for they shall cary them vnto Arnon.
(For as for the daughters of Moab they shall be as a trembling bird that is put out of her nest: for they shall carry them unto Arnon.)

Gnva For it shall be as a birde that flieth, and a nest forsaken: the daughters of Moab shall be at the foordes of Arnon.
(For it shall be as a bird that flieth/flies, and a nest forsaken: the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.)

Cvdl (For as for the doughters of Moab, they were as it had bene a trymblinge byrde, yt is put out of hir nest, by the fery of Arnon) which messaunger sayde:
((For as for the daughters of Moab, they were as it had been a trembling bird, it is put out of her nest, by the ferry of Arnon) which messenger said:)

Wycl And it schal be as a foule fleynge, and briddis fleynge awei fro the nest, so schulen be the douytris of Moab in the passyng ouer of Arnon.
(And it shall be as a fowl/bird fleeing, and birds fleeing away from the nest, so should be the daughters of Moab in the passing over of Arnon.)

Luth Aber wie ein Vogel dahinfleugt, der aus dem Nest getrieben wird, so werden sein die Töchter Moabs, wenn sie vor Arnon vorüberziehen.
(But as/like a bird flies_by, the/of_the out_of to_him nest(n) driven becomes, so become be the daughters Moabs, when they/she/them before/in_front_of Arnon pass_by.)

ClVg Et erit: sicut avis fugiens, et pulli de nido avolantes, sic erunt filiæ Moab in transcensu Arnon.[fn]
(And will_be: like bird fleeing, and chickens from/about nest flying_away, so they_will_be daughters Moab in/into/on fords Arnon.)

UHB וְ⁠הָיָ֥ה כְ⁠עוֹף־נוֹדֵ֖ד קֵ֣ן מְשֻׁלָּ֑ח תִּֽהְיֶ֨ינָה֙ בְּנ֣וֹת מוֹאָ֔ב מַעְבָּרֹ֖ת לְ⁠אַרְנֽוֹן׃ ‡

BrLXX Ἔσῃ γὰρ ὡς πετεινοῦ ἀνιπταμένου νοσσὸς ἀφῃρημένος, ἔσῃ θυγάτηρ Μωὰβ, ἔπειτα δέ Ἀρνῶν πλείονα

BrTr For thou shalt be as a young bird taken away from a bird that has flown: even thou shalt be so, daughter of Moab: and then do thou, O Arnon,