Isaiah 21:8 - New Revised Standard Version

⁸ Then the watcher called out: “Upon a watchtower I stand, O Lord, continually by day, and at my post I am stationed throughout the night.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ 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:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ And [the watchman] cried like a lion, O Lord, I stand continually on the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my station every night.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ 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;

Common English Bible

⁸ Then the seer called out: “Upon a watchtower, Lord, I’m standing all day; and upon my observation post I’m stationed throughout the night.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ And a lion cried out: "I am on the watchtower of the Lord, standing continually by day. And I am at my station, standing throughout the night.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ And a lion cried out: I am upon the watch-tower of the Lord, standing continually by day: and I am upon my ward, standing whole nights.

Isaiah 21:8 Cross References

2 Chronicles 20:24

When Judah came to the watchtower of the wilderness, they looked toward the multitude; they were corpses lying on the ground; no one had escaped.

Psalm 127:1

Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the Lord guards the city, the guard keeps watch in vain.

Psalm 63:6

when I think of you on my bed, and meditate on you in the watches of the night;

Isaiah 5:29

Their roaring is like a lion, like young lions they roar; they growl and seize their prey, they carry it off, and no one can rescue.

Isaiah 56:10

Israel's sentinels are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all silent dogs that cannot bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.

Isaiah 62:6

Upon your walls, O Jerusalem, I have posted sentinels; all day and all night they shall never be silent. You who remind the Lord, take no rest,

Jeremiah 25:38

Like a lion he has left his covert; for their land has become a waste because of the cruel sword, and because of his fierce anger.

Jeremiah 4:7

A lion has gone up from its thicket, a destroyer of nations has set out; he has gone out from his place to make your land a waste; your cities will be ruins without inhabitant.

Jeremiah 49:19

Like a lion coming up from the thickets of the Jordan against a perennial pasture, I will suddenly chase Edom away from it; and I will appoint over it whomever I choose. For who is like me? Who can summon me? Who is the shepherd who can stand before me?

Jeremiah 50:44

Like a lion coming up from the thickets of the Jordan against a perennial pasture, I will suddenly chase them away from her; and I will appoint over her whomever I choose. For who is like me? Who can summon me? Who is the shepherd who can stand before me?

1 Peter 5:8

Discipline yourselves, keep alert. Like a roaring lion your adversary the devil prowls around, looking for someone to devour.