Isaiah 19 · Verse 9

Isaiah 19:9

Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weave networks, shall be confounded.
Isaiah 19:9, King James Version

Isaiah 19:9 in other translations

BSBThe workers in flax will be dismayed, and the weavers of fine linen will turn pale.
WEBMoreover those who work in combed flax, and those who weave white cloth, will be confounded.
ASVMoreover they that work in combed flax, and they that weave white cloth, shall be confounded.
YLTAnd ashamed have been makers of fine flax, And weavers of net-works.
DARBYAnd they that work in fine flax, and they that weave white stuffs shall be ashamed.
BBEAnd all the workers in linen thread, and those who make cotton cloth, will be put to shame.
WebsterMoreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weave net-works shall be confounded.

What does Isaiah 19:9 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
9. fine flax--Gesenius, for "fine," translates, "combed"; fine "linen" was worn by the rich only (Lu 16:19). Egypt was famous for it (Ex 9:31; 1Ki 10:28; Pr 7:16; Eze 27:7). The processes of its manufacture are represented on the Egyptian tombs. Israel learned the art in Egypt (Ex 26:36). The cloth now found on the mummies was linen, as is shown by the microscope. Wilkinson mentions linen from Egypt which has five hundred forty (or two hundred seventy double) threads in one inch in the warp; whereas some modern cambric has but a hundred sixty [Barnes]. networks--rather, white cloth (Es 1:6; 8:16).

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 9 They that work in fine flax - פשתים שריקות pishtim sericoth, heckled flax, i.e., flax dressed on the heckle, or comb used for that purpose. The Vulgate uses the word pectentes, combing. They that weave networks shall be confounded - And confounden schul ben that wrogten flax, plattinge and webynge sotel thingis. - Old MS. Bible.

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 19:9 in the original Hebrew

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וּבֹ֛שׁוּu.Vo.shuand they will be ashamedH954
עֹבְדֵ֥י'oe.Deiworkers ofH5647
פִשְׁתִּ֖יםfish.Timflax<es>H6593
שְׂרִיק֑וֹתse.ri.KotcombedH8305
וְאֹרְגִ֖יםve.'o.re.Gimand [those who] weaveH707
חוֹרָֽי\׃cho.Raiwhite clothH2355

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

Cross references for Isaiah 19:9

  • Ezekiel 27:7

    Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee.

  • Proverbs 7:16

    I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.

  • 1 Kings 10:28

    And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king’s merchants received the linen yarn at a price.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
work.
1Ki 10:28; Pr 7:16; Eze 27:7
net works. or, white works.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 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.

  • Isaiah 19:10

    And they shall be broken in the purposes thereof, all that make sluices and ponds for fish.

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Isaiah 19:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Los que labran lino fino, y los que tejen redes, serán confundidos;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et ceux qui travaillent le lin peigné seront honteux, et ceux qui tissent le coton.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und beschämt sind die Wirker gehechelten Flachses und die Weber von Baumwollenzeug.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Confundentur qui operabantur linum, pectentes et texentes subtilia.