Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version There is nothing Egypt can do— head or tail, palm branch or reed. New Living Translation There is nothing Egypt can do. All are helpless— the head and the tail, the noble palm branch and the lowly reed. English Standard Version And there will be nothing for Egypt that head or tail, palm branch or reed, may do. Berean Standard Bible There is nothing Egypt can do—head or tail, palm or reed. King James Bible Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or rush, may do. New King James Version Neither will there be any work for Egypt, Which the head or tail, Palm branch or bulrush, may do. New American Standard Bible There will be no work for Egypt Which its head or tail, its palm branch or bulrush, may do. NASB 1995 There will be no work for Egypt Which its head or tail, its palm branch or bulrush, may do. NASB 1977 And there will be no work for Egypt Which its head or tail, its palm branch or bulrush, may do. Legacy Standard Bible There will be no work for Egypt Which its head or tail, its palm branch or bulrush, may do. Amplified Bible There will be no work for Egypt Which head or tail, [high] palm branch or [low] bulrush, may do. Christian Standard Bible No head or tail, palm or reed, will be able to do anything for Egypt. Holman Christian Standard Bible No head or tail, palm or reed, will be able to do anything for Egypt. American Standard Version Neither shall there be for Egypt any work, which head or tail, palm-branch or rush, may do. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And the Egyptian shall not have a man who will make head or tail or tail or head Brenton Septuagint Translation And there shall be no work to the Egyptians, which shall make head or tail, or beginning or end. Contemporary English Version No one in Egypt can do a thing, no matter who they are. Douay-Rheims Bible And there shall be no work for Egypt, to make head or tail, him that bendeth down, or that holdeth back. English Revised Version Neither shall there be for Egypt any work, which head or tail, palm branch or rush, may do. GOD'S WORD® Translation No one-leaders or followers, important or unimportant- can do anything for Egypt. Good News Translation No one in Egypt, rich or poor, important or unknown, can offer help. International Standard Version As a result, there will be nothing for Egypt that head or tail, palm branch or reed, can do. JPS Tanakh 1917 Neither shall there be for Egypt any work, Which head or tail, palm-branch or rush, may do. Literal Standard Version And there is no work to Egypt, | That head or tail, branch or reed, may do. Majority Standard Bible There is nothing Egypt can do—head or tail, palm or reed. New American Bible Egypt shall accomplish nothing— neither head nor tail, palm branch nor reed, shall accomplish anything. NET Bible Egypt will not be able to do a thing, head or tail, shoots and stalk. New Revised Standard Version Neither head nor tail, palm branch or reed, will be able to do anything for Egypt. New Heart English Bible Neither shall there be for Egypt any work, which head or tail, palm branch or rush, may do. Webster's Bible Translation Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or rush, may perform. World English Bible Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which head or tail, palm branch or rush, may do. Young's Literal Translation And there is no work to Egypt, That head or tail, branch or reed, may do. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context An Oracle Concerning Egypt…14The LORD has poured into her a spirit of confusion. Egypt has been led astray in all she does, as a drunkard staggers through his own vomit. 15There is nothing Egypt can do— head or tail, palm or reed. Cross References Isaiah 9:14 So the LORD will cut off Israel's head and tail, both palm branch and reed in a single day. Isaiah 9:15 The head is the elder and honorable man, and the tail is the prophet who teaches lies. Treasury of Scripture Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or rush, may do. Isaiah 9:14,15 Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day… Psalm 128:2 For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee. Proverbs 14:23 In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury. Jump to Previous Branch Bulrush Egypt Head High Low Palm Palm-Branch Perform Reed Rush Tail WorkJump to Next Branch Bulrush Egypt Head High Low Palm Palm-Branch Perform Reed Rush Tail WorkIsaiah 19 1. The confusion of Egypt11. The foolishness of their princes 18. The calling of Egypt into the church 23. The covenant of Egypt, Assyria, and Israel (15) The head or tail, branch or rush.--For this figurative description of all classes of the people, see Note on Isaiah 9:14.Verse 15. - Neither shall there be, etc. Translate, And there shall be for Egypt no work in which both the head and the tail, both the palm branch and the rush, may (conjointly) work. The general spirit of perverseness shall prevent all union of high with low, rich with poor. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew There isיִהְיֶ֥ה (yih·yeh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be nothing וְלֹֽא־ (wə·lō-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no Egypt לְמִצְרַ֖יִם (lə·miṣ·ra·yim) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 4714: Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa can do— יַעֲשֶׂ֛ה (ya·‘ă·śeh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6213: To do, make head רֹ֥אשׁ (rōš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7218: The head or tail, וְזָנָ֖ב (wə·zā·nāḇ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2180: Tail, end, stump palm כִּפָּ֥ה (kip·pāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 3712: A branch, frond (of a palm tree) or reed. וְאַגְמֽוֹן׃ (wə·’aḡ·mō·wn) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 100: A bulrush, a rope of bulrushes Links Isaiah 19:15 NIVIsaiah 19:15 NLT Isaiah 19:15 ESV Isaiah 19:15 NASB Isaiah 19:15 KJV Isaiah 19:15 BibleApps.com Isaiah 19:15 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 19:15 Chinese Bible Isaiah 19:15 French Bible Isaiah 19:15 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Isaiah 19:15 Neither shall there be for Egypt any (Isa Isi Is) |