Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

For the waters of Nimrim are desolate.
Surely the grass is withered, the tender grass died out,
There is no green thing.

King James Version

For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.

Holman Bible

The waters of Nimrim are desolate;
the grass is withered, the foliage is gone,
and the vegetation has vanished.

International Standard Version

The Nimrim waters are desolate; the grass is withered, its vegetation gone; there is no foliage left.

A Conservative Version

For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate, for the grass is withered away. The tender grass fails. There is no green thing.

American Standard Version

For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate; for the grass is withered away, the tender grass faileth, there is no green thing.

Amplified


For the waters of Nimrim are desolate.
Indeed the grass is withered, the new growth dies;
There is no green thing.

Bible in Basic English

The waters of Nimrim will become dry: for the grass is burned up, the young grass is coming to an end, every green thing is dead.

Darby Translation

For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate; for the herbage is withered away, the grass hath failed, there is no green thing.

Julia Smith Translation

For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolation; for the grass dried up, the herbage failed; there was no green.

King James 2000

For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the green grass has withered away, the grass fails, there is no green thing.

Lexham Expanded Bible

For the waters of Nimrim are wastelands; for [the] grass has withered, [the] vegetation has vanished, [there is] no greenness.

Modern King James verseion

For the waters of Nimrim are desolation; for the hay has dried up and the grass fails, there is no green thing.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The waters of Nimrim were dried up, the grass was withered, and the herbs destroyed, and the green things gone.

NET Bible

For the waters of Nimrim are gone; the grass is dried up, the vegetation has disappeared, and there are no plants.

New Heart English Bible

For the waters of Nimrim will be desolate; for the grass has withered away, the tender grass fails, there is no green thing.

The Emphasized Bible

For, the waters of Nimrim, shall become desolation, - For grass, hath dried up, Herbage hath failed, Green thing, hath not sprung up!

Webster

For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the herb is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.

World English Bible

For the waters of Nimrim will be desolate; for the grass has withered away, the tender grass fails, there is no green thing.

Youngs Literal Translation

For, the waters of Nimrim are desolations, For, withered hath been the hay, Finished hath been the tender grass, A green thing there hath not been.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
of Nimrim
נמרים 
Nimriym 
Usage: 2

משׁמּה 
M@shammah 
Usage: 7

for the hay
חציר 
Chatsiyr 
Usage: 21

יבשׁ 
Yabesh 
Usage: 69

the grass
דּשׁא 
Deshe' 
Usage: 15

References

Morish

Smith

Watsons

Context Readings

Oracle Of Judgment On Moab

5 My heart cries out for Moab! The people have fled to the town of Zoar, and to Eglath Shelishiyah. Some climb the road to Luhith. They weep as they go. Some escape to Horonaim, grieving loudly. 6 For the waters of Nimrim are desolate.
Surely the grass is withered, the tender grass died out,
There is no green thing.
7 The people go across the Valley of Willows, trying to escape with all their material possessions.

Cross References

Numbers 32:36

Beth Nimrah, and Beth Haran as walled cities. They also built stone fences for their flocks.

Joel 1:10-12

The field is laid waste, the land mourns. The grain is destroyed, the new wine dried up, the oil fails.

Numbers 32:3

Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,

Joshua 13:27

In the valley, Beth-aram, and Beth-nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan and his border, to the edge of the sea of Chinnereth on the other side Jordan eastward.

Isaiah 16:9-10

So I weep, as Jazer weeps, for the vines of Sibmah. O Heshbon, O Elealeh, I drench you with tears! The shouts of joy over your ripened fruit and over your harvests have been stilled.

Isaiah 19:5-7

The waters of the Nile River will dry up. The riverbed will be parched and dry.

Jeremiah 48:34

Their crying can be heard from Moabite towns. It can be heard from Heshbon to Elealeh and Jahaz, from Zoar as far away as Horonaim and Eglath Shelishiyah (three year old heifer). Even the waters of Nimrim are dried up.

Habakkuk 3:17-18

The fig tree will not flourish. There will be no fruit on the vines. The labor of the olive will fail and the fields will yield no food! The flock will be cut off from the fold and there will be no herd in the stalls.

Revelation 8:7

The first angel blew his trumpet. Hail and fire mixed with blood came down upon the earth. A third of the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up.

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