Isaiah 16:2
Like a bird that wanders from its nest, so the daughters of Moab will be at the fords of the Arnon.
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King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.
KJV1611 – Modern English
For it shall be, that as a wandering bird cast out from the nest, the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.
King James Version 1611 (Original)
For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
For it shall be that, as wandering{H5074} birds,{H5775} as a scattered{H7971} nest,{H7064} so shall the daughters{H1323} of Moab{H4124} be at the fords{H4569} of the Arnon.{H769}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
For it shall be, that, as a wandering{H5074}{(H8802)} bird{H5775} cast out{H7971}{(H8794)} of the nest{H7064}, so the daughters{H1323} of Moab{H4124} shall be at the fords{H4569} of Arnon{H769}.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
(For as for the doughters of Moab, they were as it had bene a trymblinge byrde, yt is put out of hir nest, by the fery of Arnon) which messaunger sayde:
Geneva Bible (1560)
For it shall be as a birde that flieth, and a nest forsaken: the daughters of Moab shall be at the foordes of Arnon.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
For as for the daughters of Moab they shalbe as a trembling birde that is put out of her neste: for they shall cary them vnto Arnon.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
For it shall be, [that], as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, [so] the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.
Webster's Bible (1833)
For it shall be that, as wandering birds, as a scattered nest, so shall the daughters of Moab be at the fords of the Arnon.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
And it hath come to pass, As a wandering bird, a nest cast out, Are daughters of Moab, `at' fords of Arnon.
American Standard Version (1901)
For it shall be that, as wandering birds, as a scattered nest, so shall the daughters of Moab be at the fords of the Arnon.
American Standard Version (1901)
For it shall be that, as wandering birds, as a scattered nest, so shall the daughters of Moab be at the fords of the Arnon.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
For the daughters of Moab will be like wandering birds, like a place from which the young birds have gone in flight, at the ways across the Arnon.
World English Bible (2000)
For it will be that as wandering birds, as a scattered nest, so will the daughters of Moab be at the fords of the Arnon.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
At the fords of the Arnon the Moabite women are like a bird that flies about when forced from its nest.
Referenced Verses
- Prov 27:8 : 8 Like a bird that wanders from its nest is a man who wanders from his place.
- Judg 11:18 : 18 Then they journeyed through the wilderness, went around the land of Edom and the land of Moab, and came to the east side of the land of Moab. They camped on the other side of the Arnon but did not enter the territory of Moab, for the Arnon was the border of Moab.
- Isa 13:14 : 14 Like a hunted gazelle, like sheep without a shepherd, each will return to his own people, each will flee to his own land.
- Jer 48:20 : 20 Moab is put to shame, for it is shattered. Wail and cry out! Proclaim at the Arnon that Moab is destroyed.
- Num 21:13-15 : 13 They set out from there and camped beyond the Arnon, which flows through the wilderness out of the Amorite territory. The Arnon was the border between Moab and the Amorites. 14 Therefore, it is said in the Book of the Wars of the LORD: 'Waheb in Suphah and the wadis of the Arnon.' 15 The ravines of the valleys that extend to the settlement of Ar and rest along the border of Moab.
- Deut 2:36 : 36 From Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, and from the city in the valley, even to Gilead, not one city was too strong for us. The LORD our God gave them all into our hands.
- Deut 3:8 : 8 At that time, we took the land from the two Amorite kings across the Jordan, from the Arnon Gorge to Mount Hermon.
- Deut 3:12 : 12 At that time, we took possession of this land, from Aroer on the edge of the Arnon Valley, and half of the hill country of Gilead with its towns, and I gave them to the Reubenites and the Gadites.
- Josh 13:16 : 16 Their territory extended from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, including the city in the middle of the valley, and the entire plateau near Medeba.
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