Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
And Egypt shall have no work that the head or tail, branch or rush, may do.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or rush, may do.
Holman Bible
will be able to do anything for Egypt.
International Standard Version
As a result, there will be nothing for Egypt that head or tail, palm branch or reed, can do.
A Conservative Version
Neither shall there be for Egypt any work, which head or tail, palm-branch or rush, may do.
American Standard Version
Neither shall there be for Egypt any work, which head or tail, palm-branch or rush, may do.
Amplified
There will be no work for Egypt
Which head or tail, [high] palm branch or [low] bulrush, may do.
Bible in Basic English
And in Egypt there will be no work for any man, head or tail, high or low, to do.
Darby Translation
Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail, palm-branch or rush, may do.
Julia Smith Translation
And there shall not be to Egypt a work which shall make head and tail, branch and reed.
King James 2000
Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail, palm branch or bulrush, may do.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And {there will be nothing for Egypt to do}, head or tail, palm branch or reed.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Neither shall the head or tail, the branch or reed be able to do any work in Egypt.
NET Bible
Egypt will not be able to do a thing, head or tail, shoots and stalk.
New Heart English Bible
Neither shall there be for Egypt any work, which head or tail, palm branch or rush, may do.
The Emphasized Bible
And Egypt shall have nothing which can be don Which head or tail palm-top or rush, can do!
Webster
Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or rush, may perform.
World English Bible
Neither shall there be for Egypt any work, which head or tail, palm branch or rush, may do.
Youngs Literal Translation
And there is no work to Egypt, That head or tail, branch or reed, may do.
Interlinear
Ma`aseh
Ro'sh
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 19:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
Oracle Of Judgment On Egypt
14 Jehovah has mixed a perverse spirit in its midst; and they have caused Egypt to go astray in all its work, like a drunkard staggers in his vomit. 15 And Egypt shall have no work that the head or tail, branch or rush, may do. 16 In that day Egypt shall be like women; and it shall be afraid and fear because of the shaking of the hand of Jehovah of Hosts, which He shakes over it.
Cross References
Isaiah 9:14-15
And Jehovah will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.
Psalm 128:2
For you shall surely eat the labor of your hands; you shall be happy, and all is well with you.
Proverbs 14:23
In all labor there is gain, but the talk of the lips tends only to poverty.
Habakkuk 3:17
Though the fig tree shall not blossom, and fruit is not on the vines; the labor of the olive fails, and the fields yield no food. The flock is cut off from the fold, and no herd is in the stalls;
Haggai 1:11
And I called for a drought in the land, and on the mountains, and on the grain, and on the new wine, and on the oil, and on that which the ground brings forth, and on men, and on cattle, and on all the labor of your hands.
1 Thessalonians 4:11-12
and that you try earnestly to be quiet and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you,