Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
The Nimrim waters are desolate; the grass is withered, its vegetation gone; there is no foliage left.
New American Standard Bible
Surely the grass is withered, the tender grass
There is
King James Version
For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.
Holman Bible
the grass is withered, the foliage is gone,
and the vegetation has vanished.
A Conservative Version
For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate, for the grass is withered away. The tender grass fails. There is no green thing.
American Standard Version
For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate; for the grass is withered away, the tender grass faileth, there is no green thing.
Amplified
For the waters of Nimrim are desolate.
Indeed the grass is withered, the new growth dies;
There is no green thing.
Bible in Basic English
The waters of Nimrim will become dry: for the grass is burned up, the young grass is coming to an end, every green thing is dead.
Darby Translation
For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate; for the herbage is withered away, the grass hath failed, there is no green thing.
Julia Smith Translation
For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolation; for the grass dried up, the herbage failed; there was no green.
King James 2000
For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the green grass has withered away, the grass fails, there is no green thing.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For the waters of Nimrim are wastelands; for [the] grass has withered, [the] vegetation has vanished, [there is] no greenness.
Modern King James verseion
For the waters of Nimrim are desolation; for the hay has dried up and the grass fails, there is no green thing.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The waters of Nimrim were dried up, the grass was withered, and the herbs destroyed, and the green things gone.
NET Bible
For the waters of Nimrim are gone; the grass is dried up, the vegetation has disappeared, and there are no plants.
New Heart English Bible
For the waters of Nimrim will be desolate; for the grass has withered away, the tender grass fails, there is no green thing.
The Emphasized Bible
For, the waters of Nimrim, shall become desolation, - For grass, hath dried up, Herbage hath failed, Green thing, hath not sprung up!
Webster
For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the herb is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.
World English Bible
For the waters of Nimrim will be desolate; for the grass has withered away, the tender grass fails, there is no green thing.
Youngs Literal Translation
For, the waters of Nimrim are desolations, For, withered hath been the hay, Finished hath been the tender grass, A green thing there hath not been.
Interlinear
Mayim
Yabesh
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 15:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Oracle Of Judgment On Moab
5 My heart cries out over Moab; her fugitives flee as far as Zoar, as far as Eglath-shelishiyah. For at the ascent to Luhith they go up weeping; on the road to Horonaim they raise a cry of destruction. 6 The Nimrim waters are desolate; the grass is withered, its vegetation gone; there is no foliage left. 7 Therefore the wealth they have acquired and what they have stored up they carry them away over the Arab Wadi.
Cross References
Numbers 32:36
Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran as fortified cities with corrals for sheep.
Joel 1:10-12
"The fields lie in ruins and the ground is dried up. Indeed, the grain is ruined, the new wine has evaporated, and the olive oil has run out.
Numbers 32:3
"Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon
Joshua 13:27
the valley containing Beth-haram, Beth-nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of King Sihon of Heshbon, with the Jordan River as its border as far as the southern end of the Sea of Galilee beyond the Jordan River to the east.
Isaiah 16:9-10
"Therefore I weep with the tears of Jazer for the vines of Sibmah. I drench you with my tears, O Heshbon and Elealeh for the shouts of joy over your summer fruit and your grain harvest have ended.
Isaiah 19:5-7
"The water sources of the Nile will be dried up, and the river will become dry and parched.
Jeremiah 48:34
"From the cry of Heshbon, to Elealeh, to Jahaz they have lifted up their voice. From Zoar to Horonaim and to Eglath-shelishiyah, even the waters of Nimrim will become a desolate place.
Habakkuk 3:17-18
Even though the fig tree does not blossom, and there are no grapes on the vines; even if the olive harvest fails, and the fields produce nothing edible; even if the flock is snatched from the sheepfold, and there is no herd in the stalls
Revelation 8:7
When the first angel blew his trumpet, hail and fire were mixed with blood and thrown on the earth. One-third of the earth was burned up, one-third of the trees was burned up, and all the green grass was burned up.