Isaiah 46:1

NETBible	Bel¹ kneels down, Nebo² bends low. Their images weigh down animals and beasts.³ Your heavy images are burdensome to tired animals.⁴
NIV © biblegateway Isa 46:1	Bel bows down, Nebo stoops low; their idols are borne by beasts of burden. The images that are carried about are burdensome, a burden for the weary.
NASB © biblegateway Isa 46:1	Bel has bowed down, Nebo stoops over; Their images are consigned to the beasts and the cattle. The things that you carry are burdensome, A load for the weary beast.
NLT © biblegateway Isa 46:1	The idols of Babylon, Bel and Nebo, are being hauled away on ox carts. But look! The beasts are staggering under the weight!
MSG © biblegateway Isa 46:1	The god Bel falls down, god Nebo slumps. The no-god hunks of wood are loaded on mules And have to be hauled off, wearing out the poor mules--
BBE © SABDAweb Isa 46:1	Bel is bent down, Nebo is falling; their images are on the beasts and on the cattle: the things which you took about have become a weight to the tired beast.
NRSV © bibleoremus Isa 46:1	Bel bows down, Nebo stoops, their idols are on beasts and cattle; these things you carry are loaded as burdens on weary animals.
NKJV © biblegateway Isa 46:1	Bel bows down, Nebo stoops; Their idols were on the beasts and on the cattle. Your carriages were heavily loaded, A burden to the weary beast .
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KJV	Bel <01078> boweth down <03766> (8804)_, Nebo <05015> stoopeth <07164> (8802)_, their idols <06091> were upon the beasts <02416>_, and upon the cattle <0929>_: your carriages <05385> [were] heavy loaden <06006> (8803)_; [they are] a burden <04853> to the weary <05889> [beast].
NASB © biblegateway Isa 46:1	Bel <01078> has bowed <03766> down <03766> , Nebo <05015> stoops <07164> over <07164> ; Their images <06091> are consigned to the beasts <02421> and the cattle <0929> . The things <05385> that you carry <05385> are burdensome <06006> , A load <04853> for the weary <05889> beast.
LXXM	epese <4098> V-AAI-3S bhl {N-PRI} sunetribh <4937> V-API-3S dagwn {N-PRI} egeneto <1096> V-AMI-3S ta <3588> T-APN glupta {A-APN} autwn <846> D-GPM eiv <1519> PREP yhria <2342> N-APN kai <2532> CONJ kthnh <2934> N-APN airete <142> V-PAI-2P auta <846> D-APN katadedemena <2611> V-RMPAP wv <3739> ADV fortion <5413> N-ASN kopiwnti <2872> V-PAPDS
NET [draft] ITL	Bel <01078> kneels down <03766> , Nebo <05015> bends low <07164> . Their images <06091> weigh down <05385> animals <02416> and beasts <0929> . Your heavy images <04853> are burdensome <06006> to tired <05889> animals.
HEBREW	hpyel <05889> avm <04853> twowme <06006> Mkytavn <05385> hmhblw <0929> hyxl <02416> Mhybue <06091> wyh <01961> wbn <05015> orq <07164> lb <01078> erk (46:1) <03766>

NETBible

Bel¹ kneels down, Nebo² bends low. Their images weigh down animals and beasts.³ Your heavy images are burdensome to tired animals.⁴

NET Notes

¹sn Bel was the name of a Babylonian god. The name was originally associated with Enlil, but later was applied to Marduk. See HALOT 132 s.v. בֵּל.

²sn Nebo is a variation of the name of the Babylonian god Nabu.

³tn Heb “their images belong to animals and beasts”; NIV “their idols are borne by beasts of burden”; NLT “are being hauled away.”

⁴tn Heb “your loads are carried [as] a burden by a weary [animal].”