Isaiah 19:15
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Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or rush, may do.There is nothing Egypt can do— head or tail, palm or reed.
In other translations
Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or rush, may do.There is nothing Egypt can do— head or tail, palm or reed.
Hebrew words
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Isaiah 9:14-1514 Therefore the Lord will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day. 15 The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.14 So the LORD will cut off Israel’s head and tail, both palm branch and reed in a single day. 15 The head is the elder and honorable man, and the tail is the prophet who teaches lies.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:11-1211 And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; 12 That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.11 and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you. 12 Then you will behave properly toward outsiders, without being dependent on anyone.
- Psalm 128:2For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.For when you eat the fruit of your labor, blessings and prosperity will be yours.
- Habakkuk 3:17Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:Though the fig tree does not bud and no fruit is on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the sheep are cut off from the fold and no cattle are in the stalls,
- Proverbs 14:23In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.There is profit in all labor, but mere talk leads only to poverty.
- Haggai 1:11And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands.I have summoned a drought on the fields and on the mountains, on the grain, new wine, and oil, and on whatever the ground yields, on man and beast, and on all the labor of your hands.”
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People and places
Places: Egypt