New American Standard Bible 1995

Isaiah 30:6

6The 1oracle concerning the 2beasts of the 3Negev. Through a land of 4distress and anguish, From 5where come lioness and lion, viper and 6flying serpent, They 7carry their riches on the 8backs of young donkeys And their treasures on 9camels’ humps, To a people who cannot profit them;

Isaiah 30:6 in other versions

King James Version (KJV)The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit them.
New International Version (NIV)A prophecy concerning the animals of the Negev: Through a land of hardship and distress, of lions and lionesses, of adders and darting snakes, the envoys carry their riches on donkeys’ backs, their treasures on the humps of camels, to that unprofitable nation,
English Standard Version (ESV)An oracle on the beasts of the Negeb. Through a land of trouble and anguish, from where come the lioness and the lion, the adder and the flying fiery serpent, they carry their riches on the backs of donkeys, and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people that cannot profit them.
New King James Version (NKJV)The burden against the beasts of the South. Through a land of trouble and anguish, From which came the lioness and lion, The viper and fiery flying serpent, They will carry their riches on the backs of young donkeys, And their treasures on the humps of camels, To a people who shall not profit;

Context of Isaiah 30:6

4For their princes are at Zoan And their ambassadors arrive at Hanes. 5Everyone will be ashamed because of a people who cannot profit them, Who are not for help or profit, but for shame and also for reproach.” The oracle concerning the beasts of the Negev. Through a land of distress and anguish, From where come lioness and lion, viper and flying serpent, They carry their riches on the backs of young donkeys And their treasures on camels’ humps, To a people who cannot profit them; 7Even Egypt, whose help is vain and empty. Therefore, I have called her “Rahab who has been exterminated.” 8Now go, write it on a tablet before them And inscribe it on a scroll, That it may serve in the time to come As a witness forever.

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מַשָּׂ֖א בַּהֲמ֣וֹת נֶ֑גֶב בְּאֶרֶץ֩ צָרָ֨ה וְצוּקָ֜ה לָבִ֧יא וָלַ֣יִשׁ מֵהֶ֗ם אֶפְעֶה֙ וְשָׂרָ֣ף מְעוֹפֵ֔ף יִשְׂאוּ֩ עַל־כֶּ֨תֶף עֲיָרִ֜ים חֵֽילֵהֶ֗ם וְעַל־דַּבֶּ֤שֶׁת גְּמַלִּים֙ אֽוֹצְרֹתָ֔ם עַל־עַ֖ם לֹ֥א יוֹעִֽילוּ׃Read the interlinear

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Notes

1. Isaiah 30:6 Or burden of ↩
2. Isaiah 30:6 Is 46:1, 2 ↩
3. Isaiah 30:6 Gen 12:9 ↩
4. Isaiah 30:6 Ex 5:10, 21; Deut 4:20; 8:15; Is 5:30; 8:22; Jer 11:4 ↩
5. Isaiah 30:6 Lit them ↩
6. Isaiah 30:6 Deut 8:15; Is 14:29 ↩
7. Isaiah 30:6 Is 15:7; 46:1, 2 ↩
8. Isaiah 30:6 Lit shoulders ↩
9. Isaiah 30:6 1 Kin 10:2 ↩