ISA 19:15 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative.
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ULT And there is no action that one could do for Egypt,
⇔ head or tail, palm branch or reed.

UST There is no one in Egypt, rich or poor, important or unimportant, who will be able to help them.

BSB There is nothing Egypt can do—
⇔ head or tail, palm or reed.

OEB ⇔ Thus head, tail, palm-branch and rush,
⇔ will nothing accomplish for Egypt.

WEBBE Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which head or tail, palm branch or rush, may do.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Egypt will not be able to do a thing,
⇔ head or tail, shoots and stalk.

LSV And there is no work to Egypt,
That head or tail, branch or reed, may do.

FBV Nobody in Egypt can do anything, whoever they are—head or tail, palm tree or reed.[fn]

19:15 See 9:14. The palm tree was valued, reeds not so much.

T4T There is no one in Egypt, rich or poor, important or unimportant, who will be able to help them.

LEB • [fn] head or tail, palm branch or reed.
¶

?:? Literally “not it will be for Egypt a deed which he can do”

BBE And in Egypt there will be no work for any man, head or tail, high or low, to do.

Moff No Moff ISA book available

JPS Neither shall there be for Egypt any work, which head or tail, palm-branch or rush, may do.

ASV Neither shall there be for Egypt any work, which head or tail, palm-branch or rush, may do.

DRA And there shall be no work for Egypt, to make head or tail, him that bendeth down, or that holdeth back.

YLT And there is no work to Egypt, That head or tail, branch or reed, may do.

Drby Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail, palm-branch or rush, may do.

RV Neither shall there be for Egypt any work, which head or tail, palm branch or rush, may do.

Wbstr Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or rush, may perform.

KJB-1769 Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or rush, may do.

KJB-1611 Neither shall there be any worke for Egypt, which the head or taile, branch or rush may doe.
(Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or taile, branch or rush may do.)

Bshps Neither shall the head or tayle, the braunche or reede, be able to do any worke in Egypt.
(Neither shall the head or tayle, the branche or reede, be able to do any work in Egypt.)

Gnva Neither shall there be any worke in Egypt, which the head may doe, nor the tayle, ye branch nor the rush.
(Neither shall there be any work in Egypt, which the head may doe, nor the tayle, ye/you_all branch nor the rush. )

Cvdl For Egipte shal lacke good councel, so yt they shal not knowe what to do, nether beginnynge nor ende, nether vpon the lode nor water.
(For Egypt shall lacke good council/counsel, so it they shall not know what to do, neither beginning nor end, neither upon the land nor water.)

Wyc And werk schal not be to Egipt, that it make an heed and tail bowynge and refreynynge.
(And work shall not be to Egypt, that it make an heed and tail bowynge and refreynynge.)

Luth Und Ägypten wird nichts haben das Haupt oder Schwanz, Ast oder Stumpf zeuge.
(And Egypt becomes nothing have the head or Schwanz, Ast or Stumpf zeuge.)

ClVg Et non erit Ægypto opus quod faciat caput et caudam, incurvantem et refrenantem.[fn]
(And not/no will_be Ægypto opus that let_him_do caput and caudam, incurvantem and refrenantem. )

19.15 Refrenantem. HAYMO. in Isa. Pro eo quod Hieronymus debuit transferre, etc., usque ad alii præ lascivia quid faciant, nesciunt.

19.15 Refrenantem. HAYMO. in Isa. Pro eo that Hieronymus debuit transferre, etc., until to alii præ lascivia quid faciant, nesciunt.

BrTr And there shall be no work to the Egyptians, which shall make head or tail, or beginning or end.

BrLXX καὶ οὐκ ἔσται τοῖς Αἰγυπτίοις ἔργον ὃ ποιήσει κεφαλὴν καὶ οὐρὰν, καὶ ἀρχὴν καὶ τέλος.
(kai ouk estai tois Aiguptiois ergon ho poiaʸsei kefalaʸn kai ouran, kai arⱪaʸn kai telos. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) whether head or tail

(Some words not found in UHB: and=not will_belong for,Egypt anything which/who he/it_made/did head and,tail palm_branch and,reed )

The “head,” the part of an animal a person would want to be, represents the leader. The “tail” is the opposite and represents people who follow. Alternate translation: “whether leader or follower”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) palm branch or reed

(Some words not found in UHB: and=not will_belong for,Egypt anything which/who he/it_made/did head and,tail palm_branch and,reed )

The “palm branch” grows high on the tree and represents people who are wealthy and important. The “reed” grows in shallow water and represents people who are poor and unimportant. See how you translated similar phrases in Isaiah 9:14. Alternate translation: “whether they are important or unimportant” or “whether rich or poor”

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