NET

2 that sends messengers by sea, who glide over the water’s surface in boats made of papyrus. Go, you swift messengers, to a nation of tall, smooth-skinned people, to a people that are feared far and wide, to a nation strong and victorious, whose land rivers divide.

Darby

2 that sendest ambassadors over the sea, and in vessels of papyrus upon the waters, [saying,] Go, swift messengers, to a nation scattered and ravaged^D4749, to a people terrible^D4750 from their existence and thenceforth; to a nation of continued waiting^D4751 and of treading down, whose land the rivers have spoiled!

Darby Bible Notes

ravaged - Or 'peeled,' 'plucked.' terrible - Or 'marvellous.' waiting - Or 'of measure, measure,' i.e. measured by the judgments of God.

KJV

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^K4679, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down^K4680, whose land the rivers have spoiled^K4681!

KJV Bible Notes

scattered and peeled: Or, outspread and polished. a nation meted out and trodden down: Or, a nation that meteth out, and treadeth down. Heb. a nation of line line, and treading under foot. whose land the rivers have spoiled: Or, whose land the rivers despise.