Isaiah 19:8

Isaiah 19:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)The fishermen will groan and lament, all who cast hooks into the Nile; those who throw nets on the water will pine away.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The fishermen will mourn and lament, all who cast a hook in the Nile; and they will languish who spread nets on the water.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The fishermen also will mourn; All those will lament who cast hooks into the River, And they will languish who spread nets on the waters.

Context of Isaiah 19:8

6The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will trickle and then dry up; the bulrushes and reeds will decay, 7along with the plants by the mouth of the river. All the cultivated land near the river will turn to dust and be blown away. The fishermen will mourn and lament, all those who cast a fishhook into the river, and those who spread out a net on the water’s surface will grieve. 9Those who make clothes from combed flax will be embarrassed; those who weave will turn pale. 10Those who make cloth will be demoralized; all the hired workers will be depressed.

Isaiah 19:8 word by word

וְאָנוּ֙ הַדַּיָּגִ֔ים וְאָ֣בְל֔וּ כָּל־מַשְׁלִיכֵ֥י בַיְא֖וֹר חַכָּ֑ה וּפֹרְשֵׂ֥י מִכְמֹ֛רֶת עַל־פְּנֵי־מַ֖יִם אֻמְלָֽלוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The fishersדַּיָּגdayâg · fisherH1771
• also shall mournאָנָה'ânâh · to lamentH578
• and all they that castשָׁלַךְshâlak · to throwH7993
• angleחַכָּהchakkâh · hookH2443
• into the brooksיְאֹרye'ôr · NileH2975
• shall lamentאָבַל'âbal · to mournH56
• and they that spreadפָּרַשׂpâraώ · to spreadH6566
• netsמִכְמֹ֫רֶתmikmereth mikmôreth · netH4365
• uponפָּנֶהpânîym · face: surfaceH6440
• the watersמַיmayim · waterH4325
• shall languishאָמַל'âmal · be weakH535

Cross-references for Isaiah 19:8

• Exodus 7:21When the fish that were in the Nile died, the Nile began to stink, so that the Egyptians could not drink water from the Nile. There was blood everywhere in the land of Egypt!
• Numbers 11:5We remember the fish we used to eat freely in Egypt, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic.
• Ezekiel 47:10Fishermen will stand beside it; from Engedi to En-eglaim they will spread nets. They will catch many kinds of fish, like the fish of the Great Sea.
• Habakkuk 1:15The Babylonian tyrant pulls them all up with a fishhook; he hauls them in with his throw net. When he catches them in his dragnet, he is very happy.

Commentaries on Isaiah 19:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8The fishers also "And the fishers" - There was great plenty of fish in Egypt; see Numbers 11:5. "The Nile," says Diodorus, lib. i., "abounds with incredible numbers of all sorts of fish." And much more the lakes. So Egmont, Pococke, etc.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8The fishers also - In this verse, and the two following, the prophet describes the calamities that would come upon various classes of the inhabitants, as the consequence of the failing of the waters of the Nile. The first class which he mentions are the fishermen. Egypt is mentioned Numbers 11:5, as producing great quantities of fish. We remember the fish which we did eat in Eypt freely.‘ The Nile,‘ says Diodorus (i.), abounds with incredible numbers of…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. 88. fishers--The Nile was famed for fish (Nu 11:5); many would be thrown out of employment by the failure of fishes. angle--a hook. Used in the "brooks" or canals, as the "net" was in "the waters" of the river itself.Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 19:8

• Egypt
• Fish
• Net
• Nile
• War

In the dictionaries

• Egypt
• Hook
• Net
• Angle
• Evil
• Ezekiel
• Fisher; Fisherman
• Fishhook
• Isaiah
• River

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