Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
I myself dug wells and drank foreign waters; with the soles of my feet I dried up all the streams of Egypt."
New American Standard Bible
And
All the rivers of
King James Version
I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places.
Holman Bible
I dried up all the streams of Egypt
with the soles of my feet.”
A Conservative Version
I have dug and drunk water, and with the sole of my feet I will dry up all the rivers of Egypt.
American Standard Version
I have digged and drunk water, 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 canals [of the 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 drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the streams of Matsor.
Julia Smith Translation
I dug and drank water; and I will dry up with the sole of my footstep all the rivers of Egypt,
King James 2000
I have dug, and drunk water; and with the soles of my feet have I dried up all the streams of Egypt.
Lexham Expanded Bible
I myself dug and drank waters, and I caused all the streams of Egypt to dry up by the sole of my feet."
Modern King James verseion
I have dug and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet I have dried up all the streams of Egypt.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
If there be no water, I will grave and drink. And as for waters of defense, I shall dry them up with the feet of mine Host.
NET Bible
I dug wells and drank water. With the soles of my feet I dried up all the rivers of Egypt.'
New Heart English Bible
I have dug and drunk water, and with the sole of my feet I will dry up all the rivers of Egypt."
The Emphasized Bible
I, have digged, and drunk waters, - That I may dry up, with the soles of my feet, all the Nile-streams of Egypt.
Webster
I have digged, and drank water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places.
World English Bible
I have dug and drunk water, and with the sole of my feet I will dry up all the rivers of Egypt."
Youngs Literal Translation
I -- I have dug and drunk waters, And I dry up with the sole of my steps All floods of a bulwark.
Themes
Assyria » Prophecies concerning
Assyria » Sennacherib king of » Reproved for pride and blasphemy
Blasphemy » Instances of » Rabshakeh, in the siege of jerusalem
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 37:25
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Answer
24 By your messengers you have insulted the LORD, and you have said, "With my many chariots I have climbed the heights of mountains, the utmost heights of Lebanon. I cut down its tallest cedars, the choicest of its pines; I reached its remotest heights, the most verdant of its forests. 25 I myself dug wells and drank foreign waters; with the soles of my feet I dried up all the streams of Egypt." 26 ""Didn't you hear how in the distant past I decided to do it, how I planned from days of old? Now I've made it happen that fortified cities become devastated, besieged heaps.
Cross References
1 Kings 20:10
Beh-hadad sent this message back: "May the gods do so to me, and more than that also, if the dust that remains of Samaria is enough to fill up a few handfuls for all of the armies at my disposal."
Deuteronomy 11:10
For the land that you are about to enter to inherit isn't like the land of Egypt that you just left, where you plant a seed and irrigate it with your feet like a vegetable garden.
2 Kings 19:23-24
By your messengers you have insulted the LORD. You have claimed, "With my many chariots I ascended the heights of the mountains, including the remotest regions of Lebanon; I cut down its tall cedars and the best of its cypress trees. I entered its most remote lodging place and its most fruitful forest.
Isaiah 36:12
But the field commander asked, "Was it only to all of you and to your master that my master sent me to speak these things? Wasn't it also to the men sitting on the wall who, like you, will have to eat their own excrement and drink their own urine?"