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Isaiah 19:5

And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up.

KJV

Et arescet aqua de mari, et fluvius desolabitur atque siccabitur.

Vulgate

καὶ πίονται οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι ὕδωρ τὸ παρὰ θάλασσαν, ὁ δὲ ποταμὸς ἐκλείψει καὶ ξηρανθήσεται·

LXX

And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and become dry.

ASV

וְ/נִשְּׁתוּ מַ֖יִם מֵֽ/הַ/יָּ֑ם וְ/נָהָ֖ר יֶחֱרַ֥ב וְ/יָבֵֽשׁ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

ה
h
noun · 393×
הֶחֱרִ֜יבוּ
hchrybv
verb · 42×
הֹבִ֥ישׁ
hbysh
verb · 73×
יָבֵֽשׁ
ybsh
verb · 3×
מַ֖יִם
mym
noun · 580×
נְהַר
nhr
noun · 119×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Ezek 30:12 — And I will make the rivers dry, and sell the land into the hand of the wicked: and I will make the land waste, and all that is therein, by the hand of strangers: I the LORD have spoken it.
  • Gen 41:1 — And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.
  • Isa 11:15 — And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over drysho
  • Isa 15:6 — For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.
  • Isa 50:2 — Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the
  • Jer 51:36 — Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.
  • Job 14:11 — As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:
  • Nah 1:4 — He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.