Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“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 fountains of water.

King James Version

I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.

Holman Bible

I will open rivers on the barren heights,
and springs in the middle of the plains.
I will turn the desert into a pool of water
and dry land into springs of water.

International Standard Version

I'll open up rivers on the barren heights, and fountains in the midst of the valleys. I'll turn the desert into a pool of water, and the parched land into springs of water.

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


“I will open rivers on the barren heights
And springs in the midst of the valleys;
I will make the wilderness a reed-pool of water
And the dry land springs of water.

Bible in Basic English

I will make rivers on the dry mountain-tops, and fountains in the valleys: I will make the waste land a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

I will open rivers upon naked hills, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will set the desert for a pool of water, and the dry land for goings forth of water.

King James 2000

I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.

Lexham Expanded Bible

I will open rivers on [the] barren heights and fountains in [the] midst of [the] valleys. I will make [the] wilderness like a pool of water and [the] land of dryness like springs of water.

Modern King James verseion

I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

I bring forth floods in the hills, and wells in the plain fields. I turn the wilderness to rivers, and the dry land to conduits of water.

NET Bible

I will make streams flow down the slopes and produce springs in the middle of the valleys. I will turn the desert into a pool of water and the arid land into springs.

New Heart English Bible

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.

The Emphasized Bible

I will open, On bare hills rivers, and In the midst of plains, fountains, - I will make The desert, a lake of water, and Parched land, springs of water;

Webster

I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.

World English Bible

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.

Youngs Literal Translation

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
I will open
פּתח 
Pathach 
Usage: 143

נהר 
Nahar 
Usage: 119

שׁפי 
Sh@phiy 
Usage: 9

and fountains
מעינה מעינו מעין 
Ma`yan 
Usage: 23

in the midst
תּוך 
Tavek 
Usage: 419

of the valleys
בּקעה 
Biq`ah 
Usage: 20

I will make
שׂים שׂוּם 
Suwm 
Usage: 580

מדבּר 
Midbar 
Usage: 271

a pool
H98
אגם 
'agam 
Usage: 10

and the dry
ציּה 
Tsiyah 
Usage: 16

ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

מצא מוצא 
Mowtsa' 
Usage: 27

References

Easton

Fausets

Context Readings

God Helps Israel

17 The poor and needy search for water, but there is none! Their tongues are parched with thirst. But I Jehovah will answer them. I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them. 18 “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 fountains of water.
19 I will put the cedar and the acacia, the myrtle and the olive in the desert. I will set pines in the wasteland, the fir and the cypress together.

Cross References

Psalm 107:35

He changes deserts into lakes (marshland) and dry ground into springs.

Isaiah 30:25

Brooks and streams will be on every lofty mountain and every high hill. When the day of the great slaughter comes, towers will fall.

Isaiah 35:6-7

The lame will leap and dance, and those who cannot speak will shout for joy. Streams of water will flow through the desert plain.

Psalm 46:4

There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, The holy dwelling places of the Most High.

Psalm 78:15-16

He split the rocks in the wilderness and gave them abundant drink like the ocean depths.

Psalm 105:41

He opened a rock, and water flowed like a river through the dry places.

Isaiah 12:3

With joy (gladness) you will draw water from the wells of salvation.

Isaiah 32:2

Each of them will be like a shelter from the wind and a place to hide from storms. They will be like streams flowing in a desert, like the shadow of a giant rock in a barren land.

Isaiah 43:19-20

I am going to do something new. It is already happening. Do you recognize it? I will clear a way in the desert. I will make rivers on dry land.

Isaiah 44:3

I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground. I will pour out my Spirit on your offspring. I will give blessing to your descendants.

Isaiah 48:21

They were not thirsty when he led them through the deserts. He made water flow from a rock for them. He split a rock, and water gushed out.

Isaiah 49:9-10

Say to those who are bound: Go forth, to those in the darkness and show yourselves. They will feed along the roads and their pasture is on all bare heights.

Isaiah 58:11

Jehovah will continually guide you. He will satisfy your desire in scorched places and give strength to your bones. You will be like a watered garden and like a spring of water whose waters do not fail.

Ezekiel 47:1-8

The man took me back to the door of the Temple. I saw water flowing from under the entrance of the Temple toward the east. The Temple faced east. The water was flowing under the south side of the Temple, south of the altar.

Joel 3:18

It will happen in that day that the mountains will drop sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. All the brooks of Judah will flow with water. A fountain will come forth from the house of Jehovah and water the valley of Shittim.

Zechariah 14:8

It will happen! Living waters will go out from Jerusalem: half of them toward the eastern sea, and half of them toward the western sea. It will be both in the summer and in the winter.

Revelation 7:17

The Lamb who is in the middle of the throne will feed them and lead them to living fountains of water. God will wipe away all tears from their eyes.

Revelation 22:1

He showed me a pure river of water of life. It was clear as crystal and flowed out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.

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