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Isaiah 19:8

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.

KJV

Et mœrebunt piscatores, et lugebunt omnes mittentes in flumen hamum ; et expandentes rete super faciem aquarum emarcescent.

Vulgate

καὶ στενάξουσιν οἱ ἁλεεῖς, καὶ στενάξουσιν πάντες οἱ βάλλοντες ἄγκιστρα εἰς τὸν ποταμόν, καὶ οἱ βάλλοντες σαγήνας καὶ οἱ ἀμφιβολεῖς πενθήσουσιν.

LXX

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.

ASV

וְ/אָנוּ֙ הַ/דַּיָּגִ֔ים וְ/אָ֣בְל֔וּ כָּל מַשְׁלִיכֵ֥י בַ/יְא֖וֹר חַכָּ֑ה וּ/פֹרְשֵׂ֥י מִכְמֹ֛רֶת עַל פְּנֵי מַ֖יִם אֻמְלָֽלוּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אָנ֥וּ
'nv
adverb · 2×
אֻמְלָֽלוּ
'mllv
verb · 16×
דַּיָּגִ֔ים
dygym
noun · 2×
הוּ
hv
verb · 125×
וֹ
v
noun · 3×
חַכָּ֣ה
chkh
noun · 2×
יְאֹ֔ר
y'r
noun · 64×
יִּפְרֹ֥שׂ
yprsh
verb · 67×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מַ֖יִם
mym
noun · 580×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
תֶּאֱבַ֣ל
t'bl
verb · 39×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Ezek 47:10 — And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it from Engedi even unto Eneglaim; they shall be a place to spread forth nets; their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of
  • Hab 1:15 — They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad.
  • Num 11:5 — We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick: