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Isaiah 44:27

That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers:

KJV

qui dico profundo : Desolare, et flumina tua arefaciam ;

Vulgate

ὁ λέγων τῇ ἀβύσσῳ Ἐρημωθήσῃ, καὶ τοὺς ποταμούς σου ξηρανῶ·

LXX

that saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers;

ASV

הָ/אֹמֵ֥ר לַ/צּוּלָ֖ה חֳרָ֑בִי וְ/נַהֲרֹתַ֖יִ/ךְ אוֹבִֽישׁ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

הֶחֱרִ֜יבוּ
hchrybv
verb · 42×
הֹבִ֥ישׁ
hbysh
verb · 73×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
נְהַר
nhr
noun · 119×
צּוּלָ֖ה
tsvlh
noun · 1×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Isa 42:15 — I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.
  • Isa 42:15 — I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.
  • Jer 50:38 — A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols.
  • Jer 50:38 — A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols.
  • 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.
  • 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 28:11 — He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.
  • 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.
  • Prov 21:1 — The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
  • Rev 16:12 — And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.