aThe night for which I longed He turned into fear for me.
Set a watchman in the tower,
Eat and drink.
Arise, you princes,
Anoint the shield!
A chariot of donkeys, and a chariot of camels,
And he listened earnestly with great care.
I stand continually on the awatchtower in the daytime;
I have sat at my post every night.
Then he answered and said,
a“Babylon is fallen, is fallen!
And ball the carved images of her gods
He has broken to the ground.”
That which I have heard from the Lord of hosts,
The God of Israel,
I have declared to you.
Proclamation Against Edom
He calls to me out of bSeir,
“Watchman, what of the night?
Watchman, what of the night?”
| << Isaiah 21:5 | Isaiah 21:7 >> |
American Standard Version
For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman: let him declare what he seeth:
Amplified® Bible
For thus has the Lord said to me: Go, set [yourself as] a watchman, let him declare what he sees.
Contemporary English Version
The LORD said to me, "Send guards to find out what's going on.
Darby English Version
For thus hath the Lord said unto me: Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.
Good News Bible
Then the Lord said to me, "Go and post a sentry, and tell him to report what he sees.
King James Version
For thus hath the LORD said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.
New American Standard Bible
For thus the Lord says to me, "Go, station the lookout, let him report what he sees.
New International Version
This is what the Lord says to me:
"Go, post a lookout
and have him report what he sees.
New King James Version
For thus has the Lord said to me:
“ Go, set a watchman,
Let him declare what he sees.”
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
For thus the Lord says to me, "Go, station the lookout, let him report what he sees.
Revised Standard Version
For thus the Lord said to me: "Go, set a watchman, let him announce what he sees.
Young's Literal Translation
For thus said the Lord unto me: `Go, station the watchman, That which he seeth let him declare.'
| << Isaiah 21:5 | Isaiah 21:7 >> |
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