Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

The wilderness and the dry land will be glad. The desert will rejoice and blossom like a 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 They joy from the wilderness and dry place, And rejoice doth the desert, and flourish as the rose, 2 Flourishing it doth flourish, and rejoice, Yea, with joy and singing, The honour of Lebanon hath been given to it, The beauty of Carmel and Sharon, They -- they see the honour of Jehovah, The majesty of our God.

Cross References

Isaiah 51:3

For Jehovah hath comforted Zion, He hath comforted all her wastes, And He setteth her wilderness as Eden, And her desert as a garden of Jehovah, Joy, yea, gladness is found in her, Confession, and the voice of song.

Isaiah 55:12-13

For with joy ye go forth, And with peace ye are brought in, The mountains and the hills Break forth before you with singing, And all trees of the field clap the hand.

Psalm 48:11

Rejoice doth Mount Zion, The daughters of Judah are joyful, For the sake of Thy judgments.

Psalm 97:8

Zion hath heard and rejoiceth, And daughters of Judah are joyful, Because of Thy judgments, O Jehovah.

Isaiah 4:2

In that day is the Shoot of Jehovah for desire and for honour, And the fruit of the earth For excellence and for beauty to the escaped of Israel.

Isaiah 27:6

Those coming in He causeth to take root, Jacob doth blossom, and flourished hath Israel, And they have filled the face of the world with increase.

Isaiah 27:10

For the fenced city is alone, A habitation cast out and forsaken as a wilderness, There doth the calf delight, And there it lieth down, And hath consumed its branches.

Isaiah 29:17

Is it not yet a very little, And turned hath Lebanon to a fruitful field, And the fruitful field for a forest is reckoned?

Isaiah 32:15-16

Till emptied out on us is the Spirit from on high, And a wilderness hath become a fruitful field, And the fruitful field for a forest is reckoned.

Isaiah 40:3

A voice is crying -- in a wilderness -- Prepare ye the way of Jehovah, Make straight in a desert a highway to our God.

Isaiah 41:18-19

I open on high places rivers, And in midst of valleys fountains, I make a wilderness become a pond of water, And a dry land become springs of water.

Isaiah 52:9-10

Break forth, sing together, O wastes of Jerusalem, For Jehovah hath comforted His people, He hath redeemed Jerusalem.

Isaiah 61:10-11

I greatly rejoice in Jehovah, Joy doth my soul in my God, For He clothed me with garments of salvation, With a robe of righteousness covereth Me, As a bridegroom prepareth ornaments, And as a bride putteth on her jewels.

Isaiah 66:10-14

Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, And be glad in her, all ye loving her, Rejoice ye with her for joy, All ye are mourning for her,

Ezekiel 36:35

And they have said: This land, that was desolated, Hath been as the garden of Eden, And the cities -- the wasted, And the desolated, and the broken down, Fenced places have remained.

Hosea 14:5-6

I am as dew to Israel, he flourisheth as a lily, And he striketh forth his roots as Lebanon.

Revelation 19:1-7

And after these things I heard a great voice of a great multitude in the heaven, saying, 'Alleluia! the salvation, and the glory, and the honour, and the power, is to the Lord our God;

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