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Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the soles of my feet have I dried up the sea!'
New American Standard Bible
And with the sole of my feet I
All the rivers of
King James Version
I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.
Holman Bible
and I drank foreign waters.
I dried up all the streams of Egypt
with the soles of my feet.
International Standard Version
I myself dug for and drank foreign water. With the sole of my foot I dried up all the streams of Egypt!"
A Conservative Version
I have dug and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet I will dry up all the rivers of Egypt.
American Standard Version
I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet will I dry up all the rivers of Egypt.
Amplified
“I dug wells and drank foreign waters,
And with the sole of my feet I dried up
All the rivers of [the Lower Nile of] Egypt.”
Bible in Basic English
I have made water-holes and taken their waters, and with my foot I have made all the rivers of Egypt dry.
Darby Translation
I have digged, and have drunk strange waters, And with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the streams of Matsor.
Julia Smith Translation
I dug and drank the waters of strangers, and I will dry up with the sole of my foot all the rivers of the fortress.
King James 2000
I have dug and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.
Lexham Expanded Bible
I dug [wells] and I drank foreign water, and I dried up with the sole of my steps all the canals of Egypt.'
Modern King James verseion
I have dug and drunk foreign waters, and with the sole of my feet I have dried up all the rivers of Egypt.
NET Bible
I dug wells and drank water in foreign lands. With the soles of my feet I dried up all the rivers of Egypt.'
New Heart English Bible
I have dug and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet will I dry up all the rivers of Egypt.'
The Emphasized Bible
I, have digged, and have drunk foreign waters, - and have dried up, with the soles of my feet, all the streams of besieged places.
Webster
I have digged and drank strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.
World English Bible
I have dug and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet will I dry up all the rivers of Egypt.'
Youngs Literal Translation
I have digged, and drunk strange waters, And I dry up with the sole of my steps All floods of a bulwark.
Themes
Assyria » Sennacherib king of » Reproved for pride and blasphemy
Assyria » As a power, was » Proud and haughty
Cities » Were frequently » Besieged
hezekiah » King of judah » Prophecies concerning
Jerusalem » Besieged by » Sennacherib
Prophecy » Miscellaneous, fulfilled » Destruction of sennacherib's army, and his death
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Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Kings 19:24
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Context Readings
Isaiah Brings A Prophetic Response
23 By the hand of thy messengers thou hast railed on the Lord and said, 'With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, even along by the sides of Lebanon, and have cut off the high Cedar trees, and the lusty fir trees thereof, even to the wood of Carmel that belongeth thereto! 24 I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the soles of my feet have I dried up the sea!' 25 But hast thou not heard how I have ordained such a thing a great while ago, and have prepared it from the beginning? And now I bring it forth and it shall be to destroy and to bring strong cities into rude heaps of stones.
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Cross References
Exodus 15:9
The enemy said, 'I will follow and overtake them, and will divide the spoil: I will satisfy my lust upon them: I will draw my sword, and mine hand shall destroy them.'
2 Samuel 17:13
Moreover, if he take a town then shall all the men of Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there be not one stone found upon another."
1 Kings 20:10
Then Benhadad sent unto him and said, "Thus do the gods to me and so thereto, if the dust of Samaria be enough for all the people that follow me, that every man may have a handful."
Isaiah 19:6
The rivers also shall be drawn out, the wells shall decrease and dry away.
Daniel 4:30
and said, "This is the great city of Babylon, which I myself, with my power and strength, have made a king's court, for the honour of my majesty."