Isaiah 21:8
World English Bible (WEB)
He cried like a lion: “Lord, I stand continually on the watchtower in the daytime, and every night I stay at my post.
In context
6 For the Lord said to me, “Go, set a watchman. Let him declare what he sees.
7 When he sees a troop, horsemen in pairs, a troop of donkeys, a troop of camels, he shall listen diligently with great attentiveness.”
8 He cried like a lion: “Lord, I stand continually on the watchtower in the daytime, and every night I stay at my post.
9 Behold, here comes a troop of men, horsemen in pairs.” He answered, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon; and all the engraved images of her gods are broken to the ground.
10 You are my threshing, and the grain of my floor!” That which I have heard from the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, I have declared to you.
Isaiah 21:8 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- He cried like a lion: “Lord, I stand continually on the watchtower in the daytime, and every night I stay at my post.
- KJV King James Version
- And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights:
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Then the lookout shouted: “Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower; night after night I stay at my post.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And he cried as a lion: O Lord, I stand continually upon the watch-tower in the day-time, and am set in my ward whole nights;
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And he crieth — a lion, 'On a watch-tower my lord, I am standing continually by day, And on my ward I am stationed whole nights.
- DBY Darby Translation
- And he cried [as] a lion, Lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And he cried, a lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watch-tower in the day time, and I am set in my ward whole nights.