Parallel Verses

Webster

Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Cush:

New American Standard Bible

Alas, oh land of whirring wings
Which lies beyond the rivers of Cush,

King James Version

Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:

Holman Bible

Ah! The land of buzzing insect wings
beyond the rivers of Cush

International Standard Version

Woe to the land of whirring wings that is beyond the rivers of Cush,

A Conservative Version

Ah, the land of the rustling of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia,

American Standard Version

Ah, the land of the rustling of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia;

Amplified

Woe (judgment is coming) to the land of whirring wings
Which is beyond the rivers of Cush (Ethiopia),

Bible in Basic English

Ho! land of the sounding of wings, on the other side of the rivers of Ethiopia:

Darby Translation

Ha! land shadowing with wings, which art beyond the rivers of Cush,

Julia Smith Translation

Wo to the land of the whizzing of wings, which is from beyond the rivers of Cush:

King James 2000

Woe to the land with whirring wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:

Lexham Expanded Bible

Ah! land [of the] whirring of wings, which [is] beyond the rivers of Cush,

Modern King James verseion

Woe to the land of whirring of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia,

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Woe be unto the land under the shadow of wings, which is beyond the waters of Ethiopia:

NET Bible

The land of buzzing wings is as good as dead, the one beyond the rivers of Cush,

New Heart English Bible

Ah, the land of the rustling of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia;

The Emphasized Bible

Ho! thou land of the buzzing of wings, - Which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:

World English Bible

Ah, the land of the rustling of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia;

Youngs Literal Translation

Ho, land shadowed with wings, That is beyond the rivers of Cush,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Woe
הוי 
Howy 
woe, Ah, Ho, O, Alas
Usage: 50

to the land
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

צלצל 
Ts@latsal 
Usage: 6

with wings
כּנף 
Kanaph 
Usage: 109

עבר 
`eber 
Usage: 90

the rivers
נהר 
Nahar 
Usage: 119

References

Hastings

Watsons

Context Readings

Oracle Of Judgment On Cush

1 Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Cush: 2 That sendeth embassadors 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 measured by line and trodden down, whose land the rivers have laid waste.

Cross References

2 Kings 19:9

And when he heard it said of Tirhakah king of Cush, Behold, he hath come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again to Hezekiah, saying,

Ezekiel 30:4-5

And the sword shall come upon Egypt, and great pain shall be in Cush, when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down.

Zephaniah 2:12

Ye Cushites also, ye shall be slain by my sword.

Zephaniah 3:10

From beyond the rivers of Cush my suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring my offering.

Ruth 2:12

The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou hast come to trust.

Psalm 17:8

Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shade of thy wings.

Psalm 36:7

How excellent is thy loving-kindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.

Psalm 57:1

To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave. Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yes, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities are overpast.

Psalm 61:4

I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah.

Psalm 63:7

Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.

Psalm 91:4

He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.

Isaiah 20:3-6

And the LORD said, As my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon Cush;

Isaiah 30:2-3

That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shade of Egypt!

Isaiah 31:1

Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and rely on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not to the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD!

Ezekiel 30:9

In that day shall messengers go forth from me in ships to make the careless Cushites afraid, and great pain shall come upon them, as in the day of Egypt: for lo, it cometh.

Matthew 23:37

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them who are sent to thee, how often would I have gathered thy children, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!

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