American Standard Version
"For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman; let him declare what he seeth: "
— Isaiah 21:6, American Standard Version
“For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.”
“For the Lord said to me, "Go, set a watchman. Let him declare what he sees.”
“For this is what the Lord has told me:“Go, post a guard! He must report what he sees.”
“For thus hath the Lord said to me: Go, and set a watchman: and whatsoever he shall see, let him tell.”
“For so has the Lord said to me, Go, let a watchman be placed; let him give word of what he sees:”
“For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.”
Therefore are my loins filled with anguish; pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman in travail: I am pained so that I cannot hear; I am dismayed so that I cannot see.
My heart fluttereth, horror hath affrighted me; the twilight that I desired hath been turned into trembling unto me.
They prepare the table, they set the watch, they eat, they drink: rise up, ye princes, anoint the shield.
For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman; let him declare what he seeth:
and when he seeth a troop, horsemen in pairs, a troop of asses, a troop of camels, he shall hearken diligently with much heed.
And he cried as a lion: O Lord, I stand continually upon the watch-tower in the day-time, and am set in my ward whole nights;
and, behold, here cometh a troop of men, horsemen in pairs. And he answered and said, Fallen, fallen is Babylon; and all the graven images of her gods are broken unto the ground.