Isaiah 19:8
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The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into the brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish.Then the fishermen will mourn, all who cast a hook into the Nile will lament, and those who spread nets on the waters will pine away.
In other translations
The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into the brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish.Then the fishermen will mourn, all who cast a hook into the Nile will lament, and those who spread nets on the waters will pine away.
Hebrew words
וְאָנוּve'anuand they will lamentH578הַדַּיָּגִיםhadaiyagimthe fishermenH1771וְאָבְלוּve'aveluand they will mournH56כָּל־kol-allH3605מַשְׁלִיכֵיmashlikhei[those who] castH7993בַיְאוֹרvay'orin the RiverH2975חַכָּהchakaha fish hookH2443וּפֹרְשֵׂיuforeseiand [those who] spread outH6566מִכְמֹרֶתmikhmoret<of> a fishing netH4365עַל־'al-onH5921פְּנֵי־penei-[the] surface ofH6440מַיִםmayim[the] watersH4325אֻמְלָלוּ׃'umlaluthey will languishH535
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Habakkuk 1:15They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad.The foe pulls all of them up with a hook; he catches them in his dragnet, and gathers them in his fishing net; so he rejoices gladly.
- Ezekiel 47:10And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it from En–gedi even unto En–eglaim; they shall be a place to spread forth nets; their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many.Fishermen will stand by the shore; from En-gedi to En-eglaim they will spread their nets to catch fish of many kinds, like the fish of the Great Sea.
- Numbers 11:5We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick:We remember the fish we ate freely in Egypt, along with the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic.
- Exodus 7:21And the fish that was in the river died; and the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river; and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt.The fish in the Nile died, and the river smelled so bad that the Egyptians could not drink its water. And there was blood throughout the land of Egypt.
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Places: Nile