Isaiah 16:2

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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהָיָ֥ה כְעוֹף־נוֹדֵ֖ד קֵ֣ן מְשֻׁלָּ֑ח תִּֽהְיֶ֙ינָה֙ בְּנ֣וֹת מוֹאָ֔ב מַעְבָּרֹ֖ת לְאַרְנֽוֹן

Transliteration

wəhāyāh like-ʿôp-nôdēd qēn məšullāḥ tihyeynāh bənôt môʾāb maʿbārôt to-ʾarnôn

Grammar Details

• *wəhāyāh*: conjunction ו + verb, qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and it will be
• *ʿôp*: noun, masculine singular construct - bird/fowl
• *nôdēd*: participle, masculine singular - wandering/fleeing
• *qēn*: noun, masculine singular - nest
• *məšullāḥ*: participle, pual masculine singular - cast out/sent away
• *tihyeynāh*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd feminine plural - they will be
• *bənôt*: noun, feminine plural construct - daughters of
• *môʾāb*: proper noun - Moab
• *maʿbārôt*: noun, feminine plural - fords/crossing places
• *ʾarnôn*: proper noun - Arnon (river)

Word Meanings

• *nôdēd*: wandering/fleeing/fugitive
• *qēn məšullāḥ*: abandoned nest/cast out nest
• *bənôt môʾāb*: daughters of Moab/women of Moab/settlements of Moab
• *maʿbārôt*: fords/crossing places/passages

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Like a bird that wanders from its nest, so the daughters of Moab will be at the fords of the Arnon.

• 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.

• 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 As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his place.
• Judg 11:18 : 18 Then they went through the wilderness, and bypassed the land of Edom and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and camped on the other side of Arnon, but did not enter the border of Moab: for Arnon was the border of Moab.
• Isa 13:14 : 14 And it will be as the hunted roe, and as a sheep that no man takes up: every man will turn to his own people, and everyone will flee to his own land.
• Jer 48:20 : 20 Moab is confounded, for it is broken down. Howl and cry; tell it in Arnon, that Moab is plundered.
• Num 21:13-15 : 13 From there they moved, and camped on the other side of Arnon, which is in the wilderness that comes out of the borders of the Amorites: for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. 14 Therefore it is said in the Book of the Wars of the LORD, What He did in the Red Sea, and in the brooks of Arnon, 15 And at the stream of the brooks that goes down to the dwelling of Ar, and lies upon the border of Moab.
• Deut 2:36 : 36 From Aroer by the edge of the river Arnon, and from the city by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not a city too strong for us; the LORD our God delivered all unto us.
• Deut 3:8 : 8 And we took at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites the land that was on this side of the Jordan, from the river Arnon to Mount Hermon;
• Deut 3:12 : 12 And this land, which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, and half the mountain of Gilead, and its cities, I gave to the Reubenites and to the Gadites.
• Josh 13:16 : 16 And their border was from Aroer, that is on the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain by Medeba;