Isaiah 19:15 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 19:15

There is nothing Egypt can do—head or tail, palm or reed.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Neither shall there be for Egypt any work, which head or tail, palm-branch or rush, may do.

KJV

Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or rush, may do.

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Commentary

1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Neither shall there be any work - The sense is, that there shall be such discord that no man, whether a prince, a politician, or a priest, shall be able to give any advice, or form any plan for the national safety and security, which shall be successful. Which the head or tail - High or low; strong or weak: those in office and those out of office; all shall be dispirited and confounded. Rosenmuller understands by the head here, the “political” orders of the nation, and by the tail the “sacerdotal” ranks.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְלֹֽא־	ve.lo'-	and not	H3808 →
יִהְיֶ֥ה	yih.Yeh	it will be	H1961 →
לְמִצְרַ֖יִם	le.mitz.Ra.yim	for Egypt	H4714 →
מַֽעֲשֶׂ֑ה	ma.'a.Seh	a deed	H4639 →
אֲשֶׁ֧ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
יַעֲשֶׂ֛ה	ya.'a.Seh	it will do	H6213 →
רֹ֥אשׁ	rosh	head	H7218 →
וְזָנָ֖ב	ve.za.Nav	and tail	H2180 →
כִּפָּ֥ה	ki.Pah	palm branch	H3712 →
וְאַגְמֽוֹן׃ ס	ve.'ag.Mon	and bulrush	H100 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Proverbs 14:23
There is profit in all labor, but mere talk leads only to poverty.
leads to
- Proverbs 28:19
  The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.
- Proverbs 12:24
  The hand of the diligent will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:10–12
  For even while we were with you, we gave you this command: “If anyone is unwilling to work, he shall not eat.”
- Hebrews 6:10–11
  For God is not unjust. He will not forget your work and the love you have shown for His name as you have ministered to the saints and continue to do so.
- Ecclesiastes 5:3
  As a dream comes through many cares, so the speech of a fool comes with many words.
Through
Habakkuk 3:17
Though the fig tree does not bud and no fruit is on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the sheep are cut off from the fold…
leads to
- Joel 1:16–18
  Has not the food been cut off before our very eyes—joy and gladness from the house of our God?
- Jeremiah 5:17
  They will devour your harvest and food; they will consume your sons and daughters; they will eat up your flocks and herds; they will feed on your vines and fig trees. With the sword…
- Deuteronomy 28:15–18
  If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you: