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Isaiah 21:8

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:

KJV

Et clamavit leo : Super speculam Domini ego sum, stans jugiter per diem ; et super custodiam meam ego sum, stans totis noctibus.

Vulgate

καὶ κάλεσον Οὐρείαν εἰς τὴν σκοπιάν. Κύριος εἶπεν Ἔστην διὰ παντὸς ἡμέρας, καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς παρεμβολῆς ἐγὼ ἔστην ὅλην τὴν νύκτα,

LXX

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;

ASV

וַ/יִּקְרָ֖א אַרְיֵ֑ה עַל מִצְפֶּ֣ה אֲדֹנָ֗/י אָנֹכִ֞י עֹמֵ֤ד תָּמִיד֙ יוֹמָ֔ם וְ/עַל מִ֨שְׁמַרְתִּ֔/י אָנֹכִ֥י נִצָּ֖ב כָּל הַ/לֵּילֽוֹת

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אַרְיֵה֙
'ryh
noun · 81×
אָנֹכִ֖י
'nky
pronoun · 356×
י
y
noun · 440×
יִּקְרָ֥א
yqr'
verb · 737×
יוֹמָ֣ם
yvmm
noun · 50×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
לָ֑יְלָה
lylh
noun · 234×
מִשְׁמֶ֖רֶת
mshmrt
noun · 77×
מִּצְפֶּ֖ה
mtsph
noun · 2×
נִצָּ֥ב
ntsb
verb · 74×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
עֹמְדִ֖ים
'mdym
verb · 526×
תָּמִ֔יד
tmyd
noun · 104×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Acts 12:10 — When they were past the first and the second ward, they came unto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city; which opened to them of his own accord: and they went out, and passed on through one street;
  • Hab 2:1 — I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.
  • Hab 2:1 — I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.
  • Rev 18:2 — And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and ha
  • Rom 12:7 — Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching;