• Isaiah 18:2
    The Bible in Living English

    • 2** people who send couriers by sea, and in papyrus craft over the top of water: “Go, swift messengers, to a nation stretched and smoothed, to a people dreaded from itself onward, a nation of thew and trampling, whose country rivers cleave:

  • Isaiah 18:2
    American Standard Version

    • 2 that sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of papyrus upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth, to a people terrible from their beginning onward, a nation that meteth out and treadeth down, whose land the rivers divide!

  • Isaiah 18:2
    The Emphasized Bible

    • 2 That sendeth by the sea ambassadors Even in vessels of paper-reed upon the face of the waters,—Go, ye swift messengers, Unto a nation drawn out and polished, Unto a people terrible from their beginning and onwards,—A nation most mighty and subduing, Whose land rivers have cut through.

  • Isaiah 18:2
    King James Version

    • 2 That sendeth ambassadors 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 meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled!