Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

Those who work with flax will be dismayed;
the combers and weavers will turn pale.

New American Standard Bible

Moreover, the manufacturers of linen made from combed flax
And the weavers of white cloth will be utterly dejected.

King James Version

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

International Standard Version

The workers in combed flax and the weavers of white linen will be in despair.

A Conservative Version

Moreover those who work in combed flax, and those who weave white cloth, shall be confounded.

American Standard Version

Moreover they that work in combed flax, and they that weave white cloth, shall be confounded.

Amplified


Moreover, those who make linen from combed flax
And those who weave white cloth will be ashamed.

Bible in Basic English

And all the workers in linen thread, and those who make cotton cloth, will be put to shame.

Darby Translation

And they that work in fine flax, and they that weave white stuffs shall be ashamed.

Julia Smith Translation

And they working hatcheled flax and they weaving white linens were ashamed.

King James 2000

Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weave fine linen, shall lose hope.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And [the] workers of combed flax will be ashamed, and those who weave white linen.

Modern King James verseion

And the workers in fine flax, and the weavers of white cloth shall be ashamed.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Such as labour upon flax and silk, shall come to poverty, and they also that weave fine works.

NET Bible

Those who make clothes from combed flax will be embarrassed; those who weave will turn pale.

New Heart English Bible

Moreover those who work in combed flax, and those who weave white cloth, will be confounded.

The Emphasized Bible

Then shall turn pale The workers in combed flax, - and The weavers of white linen;

Webster

Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weave net-works shall be confounded.

World English Bible

Moreover those who work in combed flax, and those who weave white cloth, will be confounded.

Youngs Literal Translation

And ashamed have been makers of fine flax, And weavers of net-works.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
עבד 
`abad 
Usage: 288

in fine
שׂריקה 
S@riyqah 
Usage: 1

פּשׁתּה 
Pishteh 
Usage: 16

ארג 
'arag 
Usage: 13

חור 
Chowr 
Usage: 1

References

Context Readings

Oracle Of Judgment On Egypt

8 Then the fishermen will mourn.
All those who cast hooks into the Nile will lament,
and those who spread nets on the water will shrivel up.
9 Those who work with flax will be dismayed;
the combers and weavers will turn pale.
10 Egypt’s weavers will be dejected;
all her wage earners will be demoralized.


Cross References

Ezekiel 27:7

Your sail was made of
fine embroidered linen from Egypt,
and served as your banner.
Your awning was of blue and purple fabric
from the coasts of Elishah.

Proverbs 7:16

I’ve spread coverings on my bed
richly colored linen from Egypt.

1 Kings 10:28

Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue. The king’s traders bought them from Kue at the going price.

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