Isaiah 19:15
Strong's Lexicon
There is
יִהְיֶ֥ה (yih·yeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) ----- 1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass 1a1b) to come about, come to pass 1a2) to come into being, become 1a2a) to arise, appear, come 1a2b) to become 1a2b1) to become 1a2b2) to become like 1a2b3) to be instituted, be established 1a3) to be 1a3a) to exist, be in existence 1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time) 1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality) 1a3d) to accompany, be with 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about 1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone

nothing
וְלֹֽא־ (wə·lō-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: 1) not, no 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time)

Egypt
לְמִצְרַ֖יִם (lə·miṣ·ra·yim)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4714: Egypt = 'land of the Copts' n pr loc 1) a country at the northeastern section of Africa, adjacent to Palestine, and through which the Nile flows Egyptians = 'double straits' adj 2) the inhabitants or natives of Egypt

can do—
יַעֲשֶׂ֛ה (ya·‘ă·śeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6213: 1) to do, fashion, accomplish, make 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to do, work, make, produce 1a1a) to do 1a1b) to work 1a1c) to deal (with) 1a1d) to act, act with effect, effect 1a2) to make 1a2a) to make 1a2b) to produce 1a2c) to prepare 1a2d) to make (an offering) 1a2e) to attend to, put in order 1a2f) to observe, celebrate 1a2g) to acquire (property) 1a2h) to appoint, ordain, institute 1a2i) to bring about 1a2j) to use 1a2k) to spend, pass 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be done 1b2) to be made 1b3) to be produced 1b4) to be offered 1b5) to be observed 1b6) to be used 1c) (Pual) to be made 2) (Piel) to press, squeeze

head
רֹ֥אשׁ (rōš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7218: 1) head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning 1a) head (of man, animals) 1b) top, tip (of mountain) 1c) height (of stars) 1d) chief, head (of man, city, nation, place, family, priest) 1e) head, front, beginning 1f) chief, choicest, best 1g) head, division, company, band 1h) sum

or tail,
וְזָנָ֖ב (wə·zā·nāḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2180: 1) tail, end, stump

palm
כִּפָּ֥ה (kip·pāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3712: 1) branch, leaf, frond, palm frond, palm branch

or reed.
וְאַגְמֽוֹן׃ (wə·’aḡ·mō·wn)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 100: 1) rush, bulrush 1a) used as cord or line (of twisted rushes or spun of rush fibre) 1b) of the lowly, insignificant (metaph) 2) sad, drooping 1a) of line of bulrushes 1b) bowing of the head (fig.) 1c) of the lowly (metaph)

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
There is nothing Egypt can do— head or tail, palm or reed.

Young's Literal Translation
And there is no work to Egypt, That head or tail, branch or reed, may do.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
No head or tail, palm or reed, will be able to do anything for Egypt.

New American Standard Bible
There will be no work for Egypt Which [its] head or tail, [its] palm branch or bulrush, may do.

King James Bible
Neither shall there be [any] work for Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or rush, may do.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
There is nothing Egypt can do-- head or tail, palm branch or reed.

New Living Translation
There is nothing Egypt can do. All are helpless--the head and the tail, the noble palm branch and the lowly reed.

English Standard Version
And there will be nothing for Egypt that head or tail, palm branch or reed, may do.

New American Standard Bible
There will be no work for Egypt Which its head or tail, its palm branch or bulrush, may do.

King James Bible
Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or rush, may do.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
No head or tail, palm or reed, will be able to do anything for Egypt.

International Standard Version
As a result, there will be nothing for Egypt that head or tail, palm branch or reed, can do.

NET Bible
Egypt will not be able to do a thing, head or tail, shoots and stalk.

American Standard Version
Neither shall there be for Egypt any work, which head or tail, palm-branch or rush, may do.

English Revised Version
Neither shall there be for Egypt any work, which head or tail, palm branch or rush, may do.

Young's Literal Translation
And there is no work to Egypt, That head or tail, branch or reed, may do.
















Cross References
Isaiah 9:14
Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.

Isaiah 9:15
The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.

Isaiah 1:1
The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

Isaiah 19:14
The LORD hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof: and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit.

Isaiah 19:13
The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, even they that are the stay of the tribes thereof.

Isaiah 19:12
Where are they? where are thy wise men? and let them tell thee now, and let them know what the LORD of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt.

Isaiah 19:16
In that day shall Egypt be like unto women: and it shall be afraid and fear because of the shaking of the hand of the LORD of hosts, which he shaketh over it.

Isaiah 19:17
And the land of Judah shall be a terror unto Egypt, every one that maketh mention thereof shall be afraid in himself, because of the counsel of the LORD of hosts, which he hath determined against it.

Isaiah 19:18
In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the language of Canaan, and swear to the LORD of hosts; one shall be called, The city of destruction.
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