King James Version

Isaiah 19:6

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.

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וְהֶאֶזְנִ֣יחוּveheeznichvand cast awayזָנַחconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “and cast away”, a completed action in a sequenceH2186reject, forsake, failcast away (off), remove far away (off).נְהָר֔וֹתneharotfloodנָהָרnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “flood”, the ordinary formH5104a stream (including the sea; expectation the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperityflood, river.דָּלֲל֥וּdalalvbe emptiedדָּלַלverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “be emptied”, a completed actionH1809to slacken or be feeble; figuratively, to be oppressedbring low, dry up, be emptied, be not equal, fail, be impoverished, be made thin.וְחָרְב֖וּvecharevvand desolateחָרַבconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “and desolate”, a completed action in a sequenceH2717to parch (through drought) i.e. (by analogy,) to desolate, destroy, killdecay, (be) desolate, destroy(-er), (be) dry (up), slay, [idiom] surely, (lay, lie, make) waste.יְאֹרֵ֣יyeoreriverיְאֹרnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “river”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2975a channel, e.g. a fosse, canal, shaft; specifically the Nile, as the one river of Egypt, including its collateral trenches; also the Tigris, as the main river of Assyriabrook, flood, river, stream.מָצ֑וֹרmatsorbesieged placesמָצוֹרnoun, proper name — “besieged places”H4693Egypt (as the border of Palestine)besieged places, defense, fortified.קָנֶ֥הqanehreedקָנֶהnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “reed”, the ordinary formH7070a reed (as erect); by resemblance a rod (especially for measuring), shaft, tube, stem, the radius (of the arm), beam (of a steelyard)balance, bone, branch, calamus, cane, reed, [idiom] spearman, stalk.וָס֖וּףvasufand flagסוּףconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and flag”, the ordinary formH5488a reed, especially the papyrusflag, Red (sea), weed. Compare H5489 (סוּף).קָמֵֽלוּqamelvwitherקָמַלverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “wither”, a completed actionH7060to witherhew down, wither.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And the rivers shall become foul; the streams of Egypt shall be minished and dried up; the reeds and flags shall wither.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And the rivers shall become foul; the streams of Egypt shall be diminished and dried up; the reeds and flags shall wither away.

Young’s Literal Translation

And they have turned away the flowings, Weak and dried up have been brooks of the bulwark, Reed and flag have withered.

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.

Darby Translation

and the rivers shall stink, and the streams of Egypt shall be diminished and drain away: the reeds and sedges shall wither.

Douay-Rheims

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.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And the rivers shall become foul; the streams of Egypt shall be minished and dried up; the reeds and flags shall wither.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the streams shall fail, and the canals of the river; and every reservoir of water shall be dried up, in every marsh also of reed and papyrus.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐκλείψουσιν οἱ ποταμοὶ, καὶ αἱ διώρυχες τοῦ ποταμοῦ· καὶ ξηρανθήσεται πᾶσα συναγωγὴ ὕδατος, καὶ ἐν παντὶ ἕλει καλάμου καὶ παπύρου,