Isaiah 16:2
Isaiah 16:1-4 The Message (MSG)
“Dispatch a gift of lambs,” says Moab, “to the leaders in Jerusalem— Lambs from Sela sent across the desert to buy the goodwill of Jerusalem. The towns and people of Moab are at a loss, New-hatched birds knocked from the nest, fluttering helplessly At the banks of the Arnon River, unable to cross: ‘Tell us what to do, help us out! Protect us, hide us! Give the refugees from Moab sanctuary with you. Be a safe place for those on the run from the killing fields.’”
Isaiah 16:2 King James Version (KJV)
For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.
Isaiah 16:2 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Then, like fleeing birds or scattered nestlings, The daughters of Moab will be at the fords of the Arnon.
Isaiah 16:2 New Century Version (NCV)
The women of Moab try to cross the river Arnon like little birds that have fallen from their nest.
Isaiah 16:2 American Standard Version (ASV)
For it shall be that, as wandering birds, as a scattered nest, so shall the daughters of Moab be at the fords of the Arnon.
Isaiah 16:2 New International Version (NIV)
Like fluttering birds pushed from the nest, so are the women of Moab at the fords of the Arnon.
Isaiah 16:2 New King James Version (NKJV)
For it shall be as a wandering bird thrown out of the nest; So shall be the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon.
Isaiah 16:2 Amplified Bible (AMP)
For like wandering birds or scattered nestlings, The daughters of Moab will be at the fords of the [river] Arnon.
Isaiah 16:2 New Living Translation (NLT)
The women of Moab are left like homeless birds at the shallow crossings of the Arnon River.