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And the lookout shouted, "Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower; every night I stay at my post.King James 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:American Standard Version
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;Young's Literal Translation
And he crieth -- a lion, 'On a watch-tower my lord, I am standing continually by day, And on my ward I am stationed whole nights.Isaiah 21:8 Additional Translations
Clarke's Commentary on the BibleAnd he cried, A lion "He that looked out on the watch" - The present reading, אריה aryeh, a lion, is so unintelligible, and the mistake so obvious, that I make no doubt that the true reading is הראה haroeh, the seer; as the Syriac translator manifestly found it in his copy, who renders it by דקוא duka, a watchman. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge cried. A lion. or, cried as a lion Isaiah 5:29 Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yes, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey... Jeremiah 4:7 The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way... Jeremiah 25:38 He has forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor... Jeremiah 49:19 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong... Jeremiah 50:44 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan to the habitation of the strong... 1 Peter 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walks about, seeking whom he may devour: I stand Isaiah 56:10 His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. Isaiah 62:6 I have set watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: you that make mention of the LORD... Psalm 63:6 When I remember you on my bed, and meditate on you in the night watches. Psalm 127:1 Except the LORD build the house, they labor in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman wakes but in vain. Habakkuk 2:1,2 I will stand on my watch, and set me on the tower, and will watch to see what he will say to me... whole nights. or, every night Isaiah 21:8 Parallel Commentaries
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2 Chronicles 20:24 When the men of Judah came to the place that overlooks the desert and looked toward the vast army, they saw only dead bodies lying on the ground; no one had escaped.
Habakkuk 2:1 I will stand at my watch and station myself on the ramparts; I will look to see what he will say to me, and what answer I am to give to this complaint.
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