Isaiah 19:10

Isaiah 19:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they shall be broken in the purposes thereof, all that make sluices and ponds for fish.
• New International Version (NIV)The workers in cloth will be dejected, and all the wage earners will be sick at heart.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Those who are the pillars of the land will be crushed, and all who work for pay will be grieved.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And its foundations will be broken. All who make wages will be troubled of soul.

Context of Isaiah 19:10

8And 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. 9Moreover they that work in combed flax, and they that weave white cloth, shall be confounded. And the pillars of Egypt shall be broken in pieces; all they that work for hire shall be grieved in soul. 11The princes of Zoan are utterly foolish; the counsel of the wisest counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings? 12Where then are thy wise men? and let them tell thee now; and let them know what Jehovah of hosts hath purposed concerning Egypt.

Isaiah 19:10 word by word

וְהָי֥וּ שָׁתֹתֶ֖יהָ מְדֻכָּאִ֑ים כָּל־עֹ֥שֵׂי שֶׂ֖כֶר אַגְמֵי־נָֽפֶשׁ׃Read the interlinear

• beהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soulH5315

Cross-references for Isaiah 19:10

• Exodus 7:19And Jehovah said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thy hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, over their streams, and over their pools, and over all their ponds of water, that they may become blood; and there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.
• Exodus 8:5And Jehovah said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thy hand with thy rod over the rivers, over the streams, and over the pools, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt.
• Deuteronomy 11:10For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs;

Commentaries on Isaiah 19:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10And they shall be broken, etc. "Her stores" - שתתיה shathotheyha, , granaries. - Aquila. All that make sluices and ponds for fish "All that make a gain of pools for fish" - This obscure line is rendered by different interpreters in very different manners. Kimchi explains אגמי agmey as if it were the same with אגמה agemah, from Job 30:25, in which he is followed by some of the rabbins, and supported by the Septuagint: and שכר secher, which I translate…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10And they shall be broken - There has been a great variety of opinion in regard to the interpretation of this verse, and much difficulty in the construction of the Hebrew words. The Vulgate renders it, And its wet places shall fail; all who make ponds to take fish.‘ The Septuagint, And all who make beer ( ́ zuthon ) shall lament, and shall afflict their souls.‘ This ́ zuthon was a sort of malt liquor made of fruits by fermentation, and was used in Egypt in…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-10Egypt relied heavily on the Nile for food, fish, and industry. When the Lord struck the Nile, Egypt would face severe difficulties, and its gods would not be able to help.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. in the purposes--rather, "the foundations," that is, "the nobles shall be broken" or brought low: so Is 3:1; Psa 11:3; compare Is 19:13, "The princes--the stay of the tribes. The Arabs call a prince "a pillar of the people" [Maurer]. "Their weaving-frames" [Horsley]. "Dykes" [Barnes]. all that make sluices, &c.--"makers of dams," made to confine the waters which overflow from the Nile in artificial fish-ponds [Horsley]. "Makers of gain," that is, the…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 19:10

• Fish
• Nile
• War

In the dictionaries

• Egypt
• Evil
• Ezekiel
• Fishpools
• Isaiah
• Make, Maker
• Pool; Pond; Reservoir
• Sluice
• Pond

Commentaries on Isaiah 19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings