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 (note: Or, outspread and polished), to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down (note: 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 (note: Or, whose land the rivers despise)!
which sends couriers by sea, in papyrus vessels on the waters. Go, swift messengers, to a people tall and smooth-skinned, to a people widely feared, to a powerful nation of strange speech, whose land is divided by rivers.