Isaiah 19 · Verse 8

Isaiah 19:8

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.
Isaiah 19:8, King James Version

Isaiah 19:8 in other translations

BSBThen the fishermen will mourn, all who cast a hook into the Nile will lament, and those who spread nets on the waters will pine away.
WEBThe fishermen will lament, and all those who fish in the Nile will mourn, and those who spread nets on the waters will languish.
ASVAnd the fishers shall lament, and all they that cast angle into the Nile shall mourn, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish.
YLTAnd lamented have the fishers, And mourned have all casting angle into a brook, And those spreading nets on the face of the waters have languished.
DARBYAnd the fishers shall mourn, and all they that cast fish-hook into the Nile shall lament, and they that spread net upon the waters shall languish.
BBEThe fishermen will be sad, and all those who put fishing-lines into the Nile will be full of grief, and those whose nets are stretched out on the waters will have sorrow in their hearts.
WebsterThe 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.

What does Isaiah 19:8 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
8. fishers--The Nile was famed for fish (Nu 11:5); many would be thrown out of employment by the failure of fishes. angle--a hook. Used in the "brooks" or canals, as the "net" was in "the waters" of the river itself.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 8 The fishers also "And the fishers" - There was great plenty of fish in Egypt; see Num 11:5. "The Nile," says Diodorus, lib. i., "abounds with incredible numbers of all sorts of fish." And much more the lakes. So Egmont, Pococke, etc.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 19:1-17

Judgments upon Egypt. (Is. 19:1-17) Its deliverance, and the conversion of the people. (Is. 19:18-25) Verses 1-17 God shall come into Egypt with his judgments. He will raise up the causes of their destruction from among themselves. When ungodly men escape danger, they are apt to think themselves secure; but evil pursues sinners, and will speedily overtake them, except they repent. The Egyptians will be given over…

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Isaiah 19:8 in the original Hebrew

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וְאָנוּ֙ve.'a.Nuand they will lamentH578
הַדַּיָּגִ֔יםha.dai.ya.Gimthe fishermenH1771
וְאָ֣בְל֔וּve.'A.ve.Luand they will mournH56
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
מַשְׁלִיכֵ֥יmash.li.Khei[those who] castH7993
בַיְא֖וֹרvay.'orin the RiverH2975
חַכָּ֑הcha.Kaha fish hookH2443
וּפֹרְשֵׂ֥יu.fo.re.Seiand [those who] spread outH6566
מִכְמֹ֛רֶתmikh.Mo.ret<of> a fishing netH4365
עַל\־'al-onH5921
פְּנֵי\־pe.nei-[the] surface ofH6440
מַ֖יִםMa.yim[the] watersH4325
אֻמְלָֽלוּ\׃'um.La.luthey will languishH535

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Isaiah 19:8

  • Ezekiel 47:10

    And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it from En–gedi even unto En–eglaim; they shall be a place to spread forth nets; their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many.

  • Habakkuk 1:15

    They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad.

  • Numbers 11:5

    We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick:

  • Exodus 7:21

    And the fish that was in the river died; and the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river; and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ex 7:21; Nu 11:5; Eze 47:10; Hab 1:15

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Context

  • Isaiah 19:7

    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.

  • Isaiah 19:8

    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.

  • Isaiah 19:9

    Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weave networks, shall be confounded.

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Isaiah 19:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Los pescadores también se entristecerán; y harán duelo todos los que echan anzuelo en el río, y desfallecerán los que extienden red sobre las aguas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et les pêcheurs gémiront; et tous ceux qui jettent un hameçon dans le Nil mèneront deuil, et ceux qui étendent un filet sur la face des eaux languiront.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und die Fischer klagen, und es trauern alle, welche Angeln in den Nil auswerfen; und die das Netz ausbreiten auf der Wasserfläche, schmachten hin.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et mœrebunt piscatores, et lugebunt omnes mittentes in flumen hamum; et expandentes rete super faciem aquarum emarcescent.