And the fish in the Nile died; and the Nile became foul, so that the Egyptians could not drink water from the Nile; and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt.
Isaiah 19:8 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) The fishermen will mourn and lament, all who cast hook in the Nile; and they will languish who spread nets upon the water. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into the brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The fishermen will lament, and all who cast a hook into the Nile will mourn; and they who spread nets upon the waters will languish. American Standard Version (1901) And the fishers shall lament, and all they that cast angle into the Nile shall mourn, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish. Common English Bible Those who fish will lament; all who cast fishhooks in the Nile will mourn, and those who spread nets on the water will pine away. Catholic Public Domain Version And the fishermen will grieve. And all who cast a hook into the river will mourn. And those who cast a net upon the surface of its waters will languish. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The fishers also shall mourn, and all that cast a hook into the river shall lament: and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish away. |
And the fish in the Nile died; and the Nile became foul, so that the Egyptians could not drink water from the Nile; and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt.
Fishermen will stand beside the sea; from En-gedi to En-eglaim it will be a place for the spreading of nets; its fish will be of very many kinds, like the fish of the Great Sea.
He brings all of them up with a hook, he drags them out with his net, he gathers them in his seine; so he rejoices and exults.
Is he then to keep on emptying his net, and mercilessly slaying nations for ever?
We remember the fish we ate in Egypt for nothing, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic;
‘We piped to you, and you did not dance; we wailed, and you did not mourn.’