NET Bible
"Then the guard cries out:“On the watchtower, O Lord, I stand all day long; at my post I am stationed every night."
— Isaiah 21:8, NET Bible
“And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights:”
“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; ”
“He cried like a lion: "Lord, I stand continually on the watchtower in the daytime, and every night I stay at my post.”
“And a lion cried out: I am upon the watchtower of the Lord, standing continually by day: and I am upon my ward, standing whole nights.”
“And the watchman gave a loud cry, O my lord, I am on the watchtower all day, and am placed in my watch every night:”
“And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights:”
Arrange the table, lay out the carpet, eat and drink! Get up, you officers, smear oil on the shields!
For this is what the Lord has told me:“Go, post a guard! He must report what he sees.
When he sees chariots, teams of horses, riders on donkeys, riders on camels, he must be alert, very alert.”
Then the guard cries out:“On the watchtower, O Lord, I stand all day long; at my post I am stationed every night.
Look what’s coming! A charioteer, a team of horses.” When questioned, he replies,“Babylon has fallen, fallen! All the idols of her gods lie shattered on the ground!”
O my downtrodden people, crushed like stalks on the threshing floor, what I have heard from the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, I have reported to you.
Bad News for Seir This is an oracle about Dumah: Someone calls to me from Seir,“Watchman, what is left of the night? Watchman, what is left of the night?”