BibleHearthNew International Version (NIV)
8The fishermen will groan and lament,
all who cast hooks into the Nile;
those who throw nets on the water
will pine away.
Isaiah 19:8
Isaiah 19:8 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.
New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)
8And the fishermen will grieve,
And all those who cast a line into the Nile will mourn,
And those who spread nets on the waters will dwindle away.
Amplified Bible (AMP)
8The fishermen will lament (cry out in grief),
And all those who cast a hook into the Nile will mourn,
And those who spread nets upon the waters will languish.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
8Then the fishermen will mourn,
all who cast a hook into the Nile will lament,
and those who spread nets on the waters will pine away.
American Standard Version (ASV)
8And the fishers shall lament, and all they that cast angle into the Nile shall mourn, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish.
Geneva Bible (GNV)
8The fishers also shall mourne, and all they that cast angle into the riuer, shall lament, and they that spread their nette vpon the waters, shall be weakened.
World English Bible, American English Edition, without Strong's Numbers (WEBUS)
8The fishermen will lament, and all those who fish in the Nile will mourn, and those who spread nets on the waters will languish.
New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)
8The fishermen will moan.
All those who drop hooks into the Nile will weep.
Those who throw their nets on the water
will become very sad.
EasyEnglish Bible 2024 (EASY)
8The people who catch fish in the River Nile will be very sad. Yes, everyone who throws a hook into the river will cry. The people who throw nets into the river will not catch any fish.
Literal Standard Version (LSV)
8And the fishers have lamented, || And all casting a hook into the brook have mourned, || And those spreading dragnets on the face of the waters have languished.