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World English Bible

Isaiah 21 (WEBP)

[1] The burden of the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the South sweep through, it comes from the wilderness, from an awesome land.
[2] A grievous vision is declared to me. The treacherous man deals treacherously, and the destroyer destroys. Go up, Elam; attack! I have stopped all of Media’s sighing.
[3] Therefore my thighs are filled with anguish. Pains have seized me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am in so much pain that I can’t hear. I am so dismayed that I can’t see.
[4] My heart flutters. Horror has frightened me. The twilight that I desired has been turned into trembling for me.
[5] They prepare the table. They set the watch. They eat. They drink. Rise up, you princes, oil the shield!
[6] For the Lord said to me, “Go, set a watchman. Let him declare what he sees.
[7] When he sees a troop, horsemen in pairs, a troop of donkeys, a troop of camels, he shall listen diligently with great attentiveness.”
[8] He cried like a lion: “Lord, I stand continually on the watchtower in the daytime, and every night I stay at my post.
[9] Behold, here comes a troop of men, horsemen in pairs.” He answered, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon; and all the engraved images of her gods are broken to the ground.
[10] You are my threshing, and the grain of my floor!” That which I have heard from Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, I have declared to you.
[11] The burden of Dumah. One calls to me out of Seir, “Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?”
[12] The watchman said, “The morning comes, and also the night. If you will inquire, inquire. Come back again.”
[13] The burden on Arabia. You will lodge in the thickets in Arabia, you caravans of Dedanites.
[14] They brought water to him who was thirsty. The inhabitants of the land of Tema met the fugitives with their bread.
[15] For they fled away from the swords, from the drawn sword, from the bent bow, and from the heat of battle.
[16] For the Lord said to me, “Within a year, as a worker bound by contract would count it, all the glory of Kedar will fail,
[17] and the residue of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, will be few; for Yahweh, the God of Israel, has spoken it.”

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Isaiah 21 (KJVS)

[1] The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass () through; so it cometh () from the desert, from a terrible () land.
[2] A grievous vision is declared () unto me; the treacherous dealer () dealeth treacherously, () and the spoiler () spoileth. () Go up, () O Elam: besiege, () O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease. ()
[3] Therefore are my loins filled () with pain: pangs have taken hold () upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: () I was bowed down () at the hearing () of it; I was dismayed () at the seeing () of it.
[4] My heart panted, () fearfulness affrighted () me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned () into fear unto me.
[5] Prepare () the table, watch () in the watchtower, eat, () drink: () arise, () ye princes, and anoint () the shield.
[6] For thus hath the Lord said () unto me, Go, () set () a watchman, () let him declare () what he seeth. ()
[7] And he saw () a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened () diligently with much heed:
[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:
[9] and, behold, here cometh () a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered () and said, () Babylon is fallen, () is fallen; () and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken () unto the ground.
[10] O my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that which I have heard () of the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared () unto you.
[11] The burden of Dumah. He calleth () to me out of Seir, Watchman, () what of the night? Watchman, () what of the night?
[12] The watchman () said, () The morning cometh, () and also the night: if ye will enquire, () enquire () ye: return, () come. ()
[13] The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, () O ye travelling companies of Dedanim.
[14] The inhabitants () of the land of Tema brought () water to him () that was thirsty, they prevented () with their bread him that fled. ()
[15] For they fled () from the swords, from the drawn () sword, and from the bent () bow, and from the grievousness of war.
[16] For thus hath the Lord said () unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail: ()
[17] and the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: () for the Lord God of Israel hath spoken () it.

Isaiah 21:2 Heb. hard
Isaiah 21:4a Or, my mind wandered
Isaiah 21:4b Heb. put
Isaiah 21:8a Or, cried as a lion
Isaiah 21:8b Or, every night
Isaiah 21:10 Heb. son
Isaiah 21:14 Or, bring ye
Isaiah 21:15 Or, for fear. Heb. from the face
Isaiah 21:17 Heb. bows

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Isaiah 21 (BYZ)

[1] το οραμα της ερημου ως καταιγις δι ερημου διελθοι εξ ερημου ερχομενη εκ γης φοβερον
[2] το οραμα και σκληρον ανηγγελη μοι ο αθετων αθετει ο ανομων ανομει επ εμοι οι αιλαμιται και οι πρεσβεις των περσων επ εμε ερχονται νυν στεναξω και παρακαλεσω εμαυτον
[3] δια τουτο ενεπλησθη η οσφυς μου εκλυσεως και ωδινες ελαβον με ως την τικτουσαν ηδικησα το μη ακουσαι εσπουδασα το μη βλεπειν
[4] η καρδια μου πλαναται και η ανομια με βαπτιζει η ψυχη μου εφεστηκεν εις φοβον
[5] ετοιμασον την τραπεζαν πιετε φαγετε ανασταντες οι αρχοντες ετοιμασατε θυρεους
[6] οτι ουτως ειπεν κυριος προς με βαδισας σεαυτω στησον σκοπον και ο αν ιδης αναγγειλον
[7] και ειδον αναβατας ιππεις δυο αναβατην ονου και αναβατην καμηλου ακροασαι ακροασιν πολλην
[8] και καλεσον ουριαν εις την σκοπιαν κυριου και ειπεν εστην δια παντος ημερας και επι της παρεμβολης εστην ολην την νυκτα
[9] και ιδου αυτος ερχεται αναβατης συνωριδος και αποκριθεις ειπεν πεπτωκεν βαβυλων και παντα τα αγαλματα αυτης και τα χειροποιητα αυτης συνετριβησαν εις την γην
[10] ακουσατε οι καταλελειμμενοι και οι οδυνωμενοι ακουσατε α ηκουσα παρα κυριου σαβαωθ ο θεος του ισραηλ ανηγγειλεν ημιν
[11] το οραμα της ιδουμαιας προς εμε καλει παρα του σηιρ φυλασσετε επαλξεις
[12] φυλασσω το πρωι και την νυκτα εαν ζητης ζητει και παρ εμοι οικει
[13] εν τω δρυμω εσπερας κοιμηθηση εν τη οδω δαιδαν
[14] εις συναντησιν διψωντι υδωρ φερετε οι ενοικουντες εν χωρα θαιμαν αρτοις συναντατε τοις φευγουσιν
[15] δια το πληθος των φευγοντων και δια το πληθος των πλανωμενων και δια το πληθος της μαχαιρας και δια το πληθος των τοξευματων των διατεταμενων και δια το πληθος των πεπτωκοτων εν τω πολεμω
[16] οτι ουτως ειπεν μοι κυριος ετι ενιαυτος ως ενιαυτος μισθωτου εκλειψει η δοξα των υιων κηδαρ
[17] και το καταλοιπον των τοξευματων των ισχυρων υιων κηδαρ εσται ολιγον διοτι κυριος ελαλησεν ο θεος ισραηλ

The Greek New Testament According to the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, Inc., Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Dedicated to the public domain by Guardian Press, Inc. and J. Jeffrey Dodson.