Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“Behold, I will do something new,
Now it will spring forth;
Will you not be aware of it?
I will even make a roadway in the wilderness,
Rivers in the desert.

King James Version

Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

Holman Bible

Look, I am about to do something new;
even now it is coming. Do you not see it?
Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness,
rivers in the desert.

International Standard Version

Watch! I'm about to carry out something new! And now it's springing up don't you recognize it? I'm making a way in the wilderness and paths in the desert.

A Conservative Version

Behold, I will do a new thing. Now it shall spring forth. Shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

American Standard Version

Behold, I will do a new thing; now shall it spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

Amplified


“Listen carefully, I am about to do a new thing,
Now it will spring forth;
Will you not be aware of it?
I will even put a road in the wilderness,
Rivers in the desert.

Bible in Basic English

See, I am doing a new thing; now it is starting; will you not take note of it? I will even make a way in the waste land, and rivers in the dry country.

Darby Translation

behold, I do a new thing; now it shall spring forth: shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, rivers in the waste.

Julia Smith Translation

Behold me doing a new thing; now it shall spring forth, shall ye not know it? I will also set a way in the desert, rivers in the waste.

King James 2000

Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall you not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Look! I [am] about to do a new thing! Now it sprouts! Do you not perceive it? Indeed, I will {make} a way in the wilderness, rivers in [the] desert.

Modern King James verseion

Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall sprout; shall you not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, rivers in the desert.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Behold, I shall make a new thing, and shortly shall it appear. Ye shall well know it; I told it you afore, but I will tell it you again. I will make streets in the desert, and rivers of water in the wilderness.

NET Bible

"Look, I am about to do something new. Now it begins to happen! Do you not recognize it? Yes, I will make a road in the desert and paths in the wilderness.

New Heart English Bible

Behold, I will do a new thing. It springs forth now. Do you not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

The Emphasized Bible

Behold me! doing a new thing, Now, shall it spring forth, Will ye not take note thereof? Surely I will set In the desert, a way, In a desolate land, rivers:

Webster

Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

World English Bible

Behold, I will do a new thing. It springs forth now. Don't you know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

Youngs Literal Translation

Lo, I am doing a new thing, now it springeth up, Do ye not know it? Yea, I put in a wilderness a way, In a desolate place -- floods.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Behold, I will do

Usage: 0

חדשׁ 
Chadash 
Usage: 53

צמח 
Tsamach 
Usage: 33

it I will even make
שׂים שׂוּם 
Suwm 
Usage: 580

a way
דּרך 
Derek 
Usage: 704

in the wilderness
מדבּר 
Midbar 
Usage: 271

and rivers
נהר 
Nahar 
Usage: 119

References

Smith

Context Readings

Despite The People Of Israel's Past Sin, The Lord Will Forgive Them

18 "Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. 19 “Behold, I will do something new,
Now it will spring forth;
Will you not be aware of it?
I will even make a roadway in the wilderness,
Rivers in the desert.
20 The wild beasts will honor me, the jackals and the ostriches, for I give water in the wilderness, rivers in the desert, to give drink to my chosen people,

Cross References

Exodus 17:6

Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock at Horeb, and you shall strike the rock, and water shall come out of it, and the people will drink." And Moses did so, in the sight of the elders of Israel.

Numbers 20:11

And Moses lifted up his hand and struck the rock with his staff twice, and water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their livestock.

Isaiah 41:18

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.

Isaiah 42:9

Behold, the former things have come to pass, and new things I now declare; before they spring forth I tell you of them."

Revelation 21:5

And he who was seated on the throne said, "Behold, I am making all things new." Also he said, "Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true."

Deuteronomy 8:15

who led you through the great and terrifying wilderness, with its fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty ground where there was no water, who brought you water out of the flinty rock,

Isaiah 48:6

"You have heard; now see all this; and will you not declare it? From this time forth I announce to you new things, hidden things that you have not known.

2 Corinthians 5:17

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

Psalm 78:16-20

He made streams come out of the rock and caused waters to flow down like rivers.

Psalm 105:41

He opened the rock, and water gushed out; it flowed through the desert like a river.

Isaiah 35:6-10

then shall the lame man leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute sing for joy. For waters break forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert;

Isaiah 40:3-4

A voice cries: "In the wilderness prepare the way of the LORD; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

Isaiah 48:21-22

They did not thirst when he led them through the deserts; he made water flow for them from the rock; he split the rock and the water gushed out.

Jeremiah 31:22

How long will you waver, O faithless daughter? For the LORD has created a new thing on the earth: a woman encircles a man."

Luke 3:4-5

As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, "The voice of one crying in the wilderness: 'Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

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