KJV King James Version
And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights:
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Isaiah 21:8
And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then the lookout shouted: “Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower; night after night I stay at my post.
WEB World English Bible
He cried like a lion: “Lord, I stand continually on the watchtower in the daytime, and every night I stay at my post.
ASV American Standard Version
And he cried as a lion: O Lord, I stand continually upon the watch-tower in the day-time, and am set in my ward whole nights;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And he crieth—a lion, ‘On a watch-tower my lord, I am standing continually by day, And on my ward I am stationed whole nights.
Surrounding context — Isaiah 21
5 Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, [and] anoint the shield.
6 For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.
7 And he saw a chariot [with] a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, [and] a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed:
8 And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights:
9 And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, [with] a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.
10 O my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that which I have heard of the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you.
11 The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?
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וַיִּקְרָ֖אH7121 · qa.rato call: call toאַרְיֵ֑הH738 · a.rilionעַל־H5921 · aluponמִצְפֶּ֣ה׀H4707 · mits.pehlookoutאֲדֹנָ֗יH136 · a.do.naiLordאָנֹכִ֞יH595 · a.no.khiIעֹמֵ֤דH5975 · a.madto stand: standתָּמִיד֙H8548 · ta.midcontinuallyיוֹמָ֔םH3119 · yo.mamby dayוְעַל־H5921 · aluponמִ֨שְׁמַרְתִּ֔יH4931 · mish.me.retchargeאָנֹכִ֥יH595 · a.no.khiIנִצָּ֖בH5324 · na.tsavto standכָּל־H3605 · kolallהַלֵּילֽוֹת׃H3915 · lay.lahnight
Cross-references
Habakkuk 2:1-2I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.Psalm 127:1A Song of degrees for Solomon. Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh [but] in vain.Isaiah 62:6I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, [which] shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence,Jeremiah 49:19Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from her: and who [is] a chosen [man, that] I may appoint over her? for who [is] like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who [is] that shepherd that will stand before me?Psalm 63:6When I remember thee upon my bed, [and] meditate on thee in the [night] watches.Jeremiah 25:38He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger.Jeremiah 4:7The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; [and] thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.1 Peter 5:8Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:Isaiah 5:29Their roaring [shall be] like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry [it] away safe, and none shall deliver [it].Isaiah 56:10His watchmen [are] blind: they are all ignorant, they [are] all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.Jeremiah 50:44Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan unto the habitation of the strong: but I will make them suddenly run away from her: and who [is] a chosen [man, that] I may appoint over her? for who [is] like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who [is] that shepherd that will stand before me?
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