and the fish in the river died. The river stank so that the Egyptians could not drink its water, and there was blood throughout the whole land of Egypt.
Isaiah 19:8 - New Revised Standard Version Those who fish will mourn; all who cast hooks in the Nile will lament, and those who spread nets on the water will languish. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 river died. The river stank so that the Egyptians could not drink its water, and there was blood throughout the whole land of Egypt.
People will stand fishing beside the sea from En-gedi to En-eglaim; it will be a place for the spreading of nets; its fish will be of a great many kinds, like the fish of the Great Sea.
The enemy 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 destroying nations without mercy?
We remember the fish we used to eat in Egypt for nothing, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic;
‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we wailed, and you did not mourn.’