World English Bible
"The rivers will become foul. The streams of Egypt will be diminished and dried up. The reeds and flags will wither away."
— Isaiah 19:6, World English Bible
“And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.”
“And the rivers shall become foul; the streams of Egypt shall be diminished and dried up; the reeds and flags shall wither away. ”
“The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will trickle and then dry up; the bulrushes and reeds will decay,”
“And the rivers shall fail: the streams of the banks shall be diminished, and be dried up. The reed and the bulrush shall wither away.”
“And the rivers will have an evil smell; the stream of Egypt will become small and dry: all the water-plants will come to nothing.”
“And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.”
The spirit of Egypt will fail in its midst. I will destroy its counsel. They will seek the idols, the charmers, those who have familiar spirits, and the wizards.
I will give over the Egyptians into the hand of a cruel lord. A fierce king will rule over them," says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies.
The waters will fail from the sea, and the river will be wasted and become dry.
The rivers will become foul. The streams of Egypt will be diminished and dried up. The reeds and flags will wither away.
The meadows by the Nile, by the brink of the Nile, and all the sown fields of the Nile, will become dry, be driven away, and be no more.
The fishermen will lament, and all those who fish in the Nile will mourn, and those who spread nets on the waters will languish.
Moreover those who work in combed flax, and those who weave white cloth, will be confounded.