Isaiah 19:6

King James Version (KJV)

And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.

In context

4 And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts.

5 And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up.

6 And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.

7 The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and every thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and be no more.

8 The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into the brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish.

KJV King James Version: And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.
WEB World English Bible: The rivers will become foul. The streams of Egypt will be diminished and dried up. The reeds and flags will wither away.
BSB Berean Standard Bible: The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will trickle and dry up; the reeds and rushes will wither.
ASV American Standard Version: And the rivers shall become foul; the streams of Egypt shall be diminished and dried up; the reeds and flags shall wither away.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: And they have turned away the flowings, Weak and dried up have been brooks of the bulwark, Reed and flag have withered.
DBY Darby Translation: and the rivers shall stink, and the streams of Egypt shall be diminished and drain away: the reeds and sedges shall wither.
WBS Webster Bible: And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defense shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.