Isaiah 18:2

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BSB

which sends couriers by sea, in papyrus vessels on the waters. Go, swift messengers, to a people tall and smooth-skinned, to a people widely feared, to a powerful nation of strange speech, whose land is divided by rivers.

KJV

That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled!

WEB

that sends ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of papyrus on the waters, saying, “Go, you swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth, to a people awesome from their beginning onward, a nation that measures out and treads down, whose land the rivers divide!”

ASV

that sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of papyrus upon the waters, [saying], Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth, to a people terrible from their beginning onward, a nation that meteth out and treadeth down, whose land the rivers divide!

DARBY

that sendest ambassadors over the sea, and in vessels of papyrus upon the waters, [saying,] Go, swift messengers, to a nation scattered and ravaged, to a people terrible from their existence and thenceforth; to a nation of continued waiting and of treading down, whose land the rivers have spoiled!

BLB

that is sending envoys by sea, and in vessels of papyrus over the face of the waters! Go, swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth, to a people feared from that and onward, a nation of strength and trampling, whose land the rivers divide.

ÅB

du som sender bud over havet[^2] og i rørbåter over vannene! Gå avsted, dere raske sendebud, til det ranke folk med den glinsende hud, til det folk som er fryktet viden om, det folk som stadig bruker målesnor[^3] og treder ned, det folk hvis land gjennomskjæres av strømmer!

OTB

som sender budbærere over havet i papyrusbåter over vannene. Gå, raske sendebud, til et høyt og glattfolket folk, til et folk fryktet vidt og bredt, et mektig og aggressivt folk hvis land er delt av elver.

B1930

du som sender bud over havet og i rørbåter over vannene! Gå avsted, I raske sendebud, til det ranke folk med den glinsende hud, til det folk som er fryktet viden om, det folk som stadig bruker målesnor og treder ned, det folk hvis land gjennemskjæres av strømmer! / < Nilfloden.> / < med målesnoren utmåler hvad som skal ødelegges. 2KG 21, 13. JES 34, 11.>

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