Isaiah21:4 - Bible Gateway

Isaiah 21:4

My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me; the night of my pleasure hath He turned into fear unto me.

My heart fluttereth, horror hath affrighted me; the twilight that I desired hath been turned into trembling unto me.

My mind reels, horror overwhelms me; The twilight I longed for has been turned into fear and trembling for me.

My mind reels and wanders, horror terrifies me. [In my mind’s eye I am at the feast of Belshazzar. I see the defilement of the golden vessels taken from God’s temple, I watch the handwriting appear on the wall—I know that Babylon’s great king is to be slain.] The twilight I looked forward to with pleasure has been turned into fear and trembling for me.

BRG

My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.

CSB

My heart staggers; horror terrifies me. He has turned my last glimmer of hope into sheer terror.

CEB

My heart pounds; convulsions overpower me. He has turned my evening of pleasure into dread—

CJB

My mind reels, shuddering assails me. The twilight I longed for terrifies me.

CEV

My head spins; I'm horrified! Early evening, my favorite time, has become a nightmare.

DARBY

My heart panteth, horror affrighteth me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into trembling unto me.

DRA

My heart failed, darkness amazed me: Babylon my beloved is become a wonder to me.

ERV

I am worried and shaking with fear. My pleasant evening has become a nightmare.

EASY

It confuses my mind. I shake with fear. I wanted a quiet evening, but instead there is terror.

EHV

My heart pounds! I am shaking with fear. The twilight that I longed for is making me quake with terror.

ESV

My heart staggers; horror has appalled me; the twilight I longed for has been turned for me into trembling.

ESVUK

My heart staggers; horror has appalled me; the twilight I longed for has been turned for me into trembling.

EXB

·I am worried [My heart reels/falters/wanders], and I am shaking with fear. ·My pleasant evening [^LThe twilight/evening I longed for] has become a night of ·fear [trembling].

GNV

Mine heart failed: fearfulness troubled me: the night of my pleasures hath he turned into fear unto me.

I’m confused. I’m shaking with terror. The twilight hours I longed for make me tremble.

GNT

My head is spinning, and I am trembling with fear. I had been longing for evening to come, but it has brought me nothing but terror.

HCSB

My heart staggers; horror terrifies me. He has turned my last glimmer of hope into sheer terror.

ICB

I am worried, and I am shaking with fear. My pleasant evening has become a night of fear.

ISV

And as for my heart, horror has terrified me; the twilight I longed for has started to make me tremble.

JUB

My heart panted; the horror frightened me; the night of my pleasure he has turned into fear unto me.

KJV

My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.

AKJV

My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.

LSB

My heart reels; horror terrorizes me; The twilight I longed for has been turned for me into trembling.

LEB

My mind staggers; fear terrifies me; the twilight I desired brought me fear.

TLB

My mind reels; my heart races; I am gripped by awful fear. All rest at night—so pleasant once—is gone; I lie awake, trembling.

MSG

A Message concerning the desert at the sea: As tempests drive through the Negev Desert, coming out of the desert, that terror-filled place, A hard vision is given me: The betrayer betrayed, the plunderer plundered. Attack, Elam! Lay siege, Media! Persians, attack! Attack, Babylon! I’ll put an end to all the moaning and groaning. Because of this news I’m doubled up in pain, writhing in pain like a woman having a baby, Baffled by what I hear, undone by what I see. Absolutely stunned, horror-stricken, I had hoped for a relaxed evening, but it has turned into a nightmare.

MEV

My heart panted, fearfulness overwhelmed me; the night for which I longed has turned into trembling for me.

NOG

I’m confused. I’m shaking with terror. The twilight hours I longed for make me tremble.

NABRE

My mind reels, shuddering assails me; The twilight I yearned for he has turned into dread.

NASB

My mind reels, horror overwhelms me; The twilight I longed for has been turned into trembling for me.

NASB1995

My mind reels, horror overwhelms me; The twilight I longed for has been turned for me into trembling.

NCB

My mind reels, and I am overcome with dread; the twilight I yearned for has become horrifying to me.

NCV

I am worried, and I am shaking with fear. My pleasant evening has become a night of fear.

NET

My heart palpitates, I shake in fear; the twilight I desired has brought me terror.

NIRV

My heart grows weak. Fear makes me tremble. I longed for evening to come. But it brought me horror instead of rest.

NIV

My heart falters, fear makes me tremble; the twilight I longed for has become a horror to me.

NIVUK

My heart falters, fear makes me tremble; the twilight I longed for has become a horror to me.

NKJV

My heart wavered, fearfulness frightened me; The night for which I longed He turned into fear for me.

NLV

My mind turns. Fear has come over me. The evening I have waited so long for has been turned into a time of shaking with fear.

NLT

My mind reels and my heart races. I longed for evening to come, but now I am terrified of the dark.

NRSVA