Parallel Verses

World English Bible

The wilderness and the dry land will be glad. The desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose.

New American Standard Bible

The wilderness and the desert will be glad,
And the Arabah will rejoice and blossom;
Like the crocus

King James Version

The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.

Holman Bible

The wilderness and the dry land will be glad;
the desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose.

International Standard Version

"The desert and the dry land will rejoice; the desert will celebrate and blossom. Like crocuses,

A Conservative Version

The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad. And the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.

American Standard Version

The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.

Amplified

The wilderness and the dry land will be glad;
The Arabah (desert) will shout in exultation and blossom
Like the autumn crocus.

Bible in Basic English

The waste land and the dry places will be glad; the lowland will have joy and be full of flowers.

Darby Translation

The wilderness and the dry land shall be gladdened; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.

Julia Smith Translation

The desert and the dryness shall be glad for them; and the sterile region shall rejoice and blossom as the meadow flower.

King James 2000

The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Wilderness and dry land shall be glad, and desert shall rejoice and blossom like the crocus.

Modern King James verseion

The wilderness and the desert shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the crocus.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

But the desert and wilderness shall rejoice, the waste ground shall be glad, and flourish as the lily.

NET Bible

Let the desert and dry region be happy; let the wilderness rejoice and bloom like a lily!

New Heart English Bible

The wilderness and the dry land will be glad. The desert will rejoice and blossom like the crocus.

The Emphasized Bible

Wilderness and parched land, shall be glad for them, - And the waste plain, shall exult, and blossom as the lily:

Webster

The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose.

Youngs Literal Translation

They joy from the wilderness and dry place, And rejoice doth the desert, and flourish as the rose,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
מדבּר 
Midbar 
Usage: 271

and the solitary place
ציּה 
Tsiyah 
Usage: 16

shall be glad
שׂישׂ שׂוּשׂ 
Suws 
Usage: 27

for them and the desert
ערבה 
`arabah 
Usage: 61

גּוּל גּיל 
Giyl 
Usage: 45

and blossom
פּרח 
Parach 
Usage: 37

References

Context Readings

The Ransomed Return To Zion

1 The wilderness and the dry land will be glad. The desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose. 2 It will blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing. Lebanon's glory Lebanon will be given to it, the excellence of Carmel and Sharon. They will see Yahweh's glory, the excellence of our God.

Cross References

Isaiah 51:3

For Yahweh has comforted Zion; he has comforted all her waste places, and has made her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of Yahweh; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.

Isaiah 55:12-13

For you shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing; and all the trees of the fields shall clap their hands.

Psalm 48:11

Let Mount Zion be glad! Let the daughters of Judah rejoice, Because of your judgments.

Psalm 97:8

Zion heard and was glad. The daughters of Judah rejoiced, because of your judgments, Yahweh.

Isaiah 4:2

In that day, Yahweh's branch will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the beauty and glory of the survivors of Israel.

Isaiah 27:6

In days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will blossom and bud. They will fill the surface of the world with fruit.

Isaiah 27:10

For the fortified city is solitary, a habitation deserted and forsaken, like the wilderness. The calf will feed there, and there he will lie down, and consume its branches.

Isaiah 29:17

Isn't it yet a very little while, and Lebanon will be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field will be regarded as a forest?

Isaiah 32:15-16

Until the Spirit is poured on us from on high, and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, and the fruitful field is considered a forest.

Isaiah 40:3

The voice of one who calls out, "Prepare the way of Yahweh in the wilderness! Make a level highway in the desert for our God.

Isaiah 41:18-19

I will open rivers on the bare heights, and springs in the midst of the valleys. I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.

Isaiah 52:9-10

Break forth into joy, sing together, you waste places of Jerusalem; for Yahweh has comforted his people, he has redeemed Jerusalem.

Isaiah 61:10-11

I will greatly rejoice in Yahweh, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation, he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

Isaiah 66:10-14

"Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad for her, all you who love her: rejoice for joy with her, all you who mourn over her;

Ezekiel 36:35

They shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are fortified and inhabited.

Hosea 14:5-6

I will be like the dew to Israel. He will blossom like the lily, and send down his roots like Lebanon.

Revelation 19:1-7

After these things I heard something like a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, "Hallelujah! Salvation, power, and glory belong to our God:

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