Parallel Verses
Amplified
The waters from the sea will dry up,
And the river will be parched and dry.
New American Standard Bible
And the river will be parched and dry.
King James Version
And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up.
Holman Bible
and the river will be parched and dry.
International Standard Version
"The water sources of the Nile will be dried up, and the river will become dry and parched.
A Conservative Version
And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and become dry.
American Standard Version
And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and become dry.
Bible in Basic English
And the waters of the sea will be cut off, and the river will become dry and waste:
Darby Translation
And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up;
Julia Smith Translation
And the water failed from the sea, and the river will waste and dry up.
King James 2000
And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And [the] waters will be dried up from the sea, and [the] river will be parched and dry.
Modern King James verseion
And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall fail and dry up.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The water of the sea shall be drawn out, the Nile shall sink away, and be drunk up.
NET Bible
The water of the sea will be dried up, and the river will dry up and be empty.
New Heart English Bible
The waters will fail from the sea, and the river will be wasted and become dry.
The Emphasized Bible
And the waters shall be dried up from the great stream, - And the River, shall waste and be dry;
Webster
And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the rivers shall be wasted and dried up.
World English Bible
The waters will fail from the sea, and the river will be wasted and become dry.
Youngs Literal Translation
And failed have waters from the sea, And a river is wasted and dried up.
Themes
Egypt » Prophecies respecting » Failure of internal resources
River Nile » The egyptians » Punished by failure of its waters
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 19:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Oracle Of Judgment On Egypt
4
“And I will hand over the Egyptians to a hard and cruel master,
And a mighty king will rule over them,” declares the Lord God of hosts.
The waters from the sea will dry up,
And the river will be parched and dry.
The canals will become foul-smelling,
The streams of Egypt will thin out and dry up,
The reeds and the rushes will rot away.
Cross References
Jeremiah 51:36
Therefore thus says the Lord,
And take full vengeance for you;
I will dry up her sea and great reservoir
And make her fountain dry.
Ezekiel 30:12
“And I will make the rivers [of the Nile delta] dry
And sell the land into the hands of evil men;
I will make the land desolate
And all that is in it,
By the hand of strangers. I the Lord have spoken.”
Zechariah 10:11
“And they will pass through the sea of distress and anxiety [with the Lord leading His people, as at the Red Sea]
And He will strike the waves in the sea,
So that all the depths of the Nile will dry up;
And the pride of Assyria will be brought down
And the scepter [of the taskmasters] of Egypt will pass away.
Zechariah 14:18
If the family of Egypt does not go up [to Jerusalem] and present themselves, then no rain will fall on them. It will be the plague with which the Lord will strike the nations who do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Booths (Tabernacles).