Isaiah 18:1
Modern Translations
New International Version
Woe to the land of whirring wings along the rivers of Cush,

New Living Translation
Listen, Ethiopia—land of fluttering sails that lies at the headwaters of the Nile,

English Standard Version
Ah, land of whirring wings that is beyond the rivers of Cush,

Berean Study Bible
Woe to the land of whirring wings, along the rivers of Cush,

New American Standard Bible
Woe, land of whirring wings Which lies beyond the rivers of Cush,

NASB 1995
Alas, oh land of whirring wings Which lies beyond the rivers of Cush,

NASB 1977
Alas, oh land of whirring wings Which lies beyond the rivers of Cush,

Amplified Bible
Woe (judgment is coming) to the land of whirring wings Which is beyond the rivers of Cush (Ethiopia),

Christian Standard Bible
Woe to the land of buzzing insect wings beyond the rivers of Cush,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Ah! The land of buzzing insect wings beyond the rivers of Cush

Contemporary English Version
Downstream from Ethiopia lies the country of Egypt, swarming with insects.

Good News Translation
Beyond the rivers of Ethiopia there is a land where the sound of wings is heard.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
How horrible it will be for the land of whirring wings which lies beyond the rivers of Sudan.

International Standard Version
Woe to the land of whirring wings that is beyond the rivers of Cush,

NET Bible
The land of buzzing wings is as good as dead, the one beyond the rivers of Cush,
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:

New King James Version
Woe to the land shadowed with buzzing wings, Which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia,

King James 2000 Bible
Woe to the land with whirring wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:

New Heart English Bible
that sends ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of papyrus on the waters, saying, "Go, you swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth, to a people feared near and far, a nation strong and conquering, whose land the rivers divide."

World English Bible
Ah, the land of the rustling of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia;

American King James Version
Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:

American Standard Version
Ah, the land of the rustling of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia;

A Faithful Version
Woe to the land of whirring of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia,

Darby Bible Translation
Ha! land shadowing with wings, which art beyond the rivers of Cush,

English Revised Version
Ah, the land of the rustling of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:

Webster's Bible Translation
Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Cush:

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Oh, the lande shadowing with winges, which is beyond the riuers of Ethiopia,

Bishops' Bible of 1568
O that lande that trusteth vnder the shadow of wynges, that lande which is beyonde the waters of Ethiopia,

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Wo be to the londe of flienge shippes, which is of this syde ye floude of Ethiopia:
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Behold, land shadowed [with] wings, "" That [is] beyond the rivers of Cush,

Young's Literal Translation
Ho, land shadowed with wings, That is beyond the rivers of Cush,

Smith's Literal Translation
Wo to the land of the whizzing of wings, which is from beyond the rivers of Cush:

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
WOE to the land, the winged cymbal, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia,

Catholic Public Domain Version
Woe to the land, that winged cymbal, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia,

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Woe to the land of the shadow of wings that is at the crossing of the rivers of Kush

Lamsa Bible
WOE to the land of shadowing wings which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia;

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Ah, land of the buzzing of wings, Which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia;

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Woe to you, ye wings of the land of ships, beyond the rivers of Ethiopia.
















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