Isaiah 16:2
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Like fluttering birds pushed out of the nest, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon:
In context
1 Send the tribute lambs to the ruler of the land, from Sela in the desert to the mount of Daughter Zion.
2 Like fluttering birds pushed out of the nest, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon:
3 “Give us counsel; render a decision. Shelter us at noonday with shade as dark as night. Hide the refugees; do not betray the one who flees.
4 Let my fugitives stay with you; be a refuge for Moab from the destroyer.” When the oppressor has gone, destruction has ceased, and the oppressors have vanished from the land,
Isaiah 16:2 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Like fluttering birds pushed out of the nest, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon:
- KJV King James 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.
- WEB World English Bible
- 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.
- ASV American Standard Version
- 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.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And it hath come to pass, As a wandering bird, a nest cast out, Are daughters of Moab, [at] fords of Arnon.
- DBY Darby Translation
- And it shall be [that] as a wandering bird, [as] a scattered nest, so shall the daughters of Moab be at the fords of the Arnon.
- WBS Webster Bible
- 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.