Parallel Verses
NET Bible
Egypt will not be able to do a thing, head or tail, shoots and stalk.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or rush, may do.
Holman Bible
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.
A Conservative Version
Neither shall there be for Egypt any work, which head or tail, palm-branch or rush, may do.
American Standard Version
Neither shall there be for Egypt any work, which head or tail, palm-branch or rush, may do.
Amplified
There will be no work for Egypt
Which head or tail, [high] palm branch or [low] bulrush, may do.
Bible in Basic English
And in Egypt there will be no work for any man, head or tail, high or low, to do.
Darby Translation
Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail, palm-branch or rush, may do.
Julia Smith Translation
And there shall not be to Egypt a work which shall make head and tail, branch and reed.
King James 2000
Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail, palm branch or bulrush, may do.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And {there will be nothing for Egypt to do}, head or tail, palm branch or reed.
Modern King James verseion
And Egypt shall have no work that the head or tail, branch or rush, may do.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Neither shall the head or tail, the branch or reed be able to do any work in Egypt.
New Heart English Bible
Neither shall there be for Egypt any work, which head or tail, palm branch or rush, may do.
The Emphasized Bible
And Egypt shall have nothing which can be don Which head or tail palm-top or rush, can do!
Webster
Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or rush, may perform.
World English Bible
Neither shall there be for Egypt any work, which head or tail, palm branch or rush, may do.
Youngs Literal Translation
And there is no work to Egypt, That head or tail, branch or reed, may do.
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 19:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
Oracle Of Judgment On Egypt
14 The Lord has made them undiscerning; they lead Egypt astray in all she does, so that she is like a drunk sliding around in his own vomit. 15 Egypt will not be able to do a thing, head or tail, shoots and stalk. 16 At that time the Egyptians will be like women. They will tremble and fear because the Lord who commands armies brandishes his fist against them.
Cross References
Isaiah 9:14-15
So the Lord cut off Israel's head and tail, both the shoots and stalk in one day.
Psalm 128:2
You will eat what you worked so hard to grow. You will be blessed and secure.
Proverbs 14:23
In all hard work there is profit, but merely talking about it only brings poverty.
Habakkuk 3:17
When the fig tree does not bud, and there are no grapes on the vines; when the olive trees do not produce, and the fields yield no crops; when the sheep disappear from the pen, and there are no cattle in the stalls,
Haggai 1:11
Moreover, I have called for a drought that will affect the fields, the hill country, the grain, new wine, fresh olive oil, and everything that grows from the ground; it also will harm people, animals, and everything they produce.'"
1 Thessalonians 4:11-12
to aspire to lead a quiet life, to attend to your own business, and to work with your hands, as we commanded you.