Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
who says to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers,
New American Standard Bible
And I will make your rivers
King James Version
That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers:
Holman Bible
and I will dry up your rivers;
International Standard Version
who says to the watery deep, "Be dry I will dry up your rivers;"
American Standard Version
that saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers;
Amplified
“It is I who says to the deep, ‘Be dried up!’
And I will make your rivers dry.
Bible in Basic English
Who says to the deep, Be dry, and I will make your rivers dry:
Darby Translation
that saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers;
Julia Smith Translation
Saying to the depth, Be thou dry, and I will dry up thy rivers.
King James 2000
That says to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up your rivers:
Lexham Expanded Bible
who says to the deep, 'Dry up! And I will cause your rivers to dry up';
Modern King James verseion
who says to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up your rivers;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I say to the ground, "Be dry," and I dry up thy water floods.
NET Bible
who says to the deep sea, 'Be dry! I will dry up your sea currents,'
New Heart English Bible
who says to the deep, 'Be dry,' and 'I will dry up your rivers;'
The Emphasized Bible
Who saith to the deep - Be dry and Thy rivers, will I drain!
Webster
That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers:
World English Bible
who says to the deep, 'Be dry,' and 'I will dry up your rivers;'
Youngs Literal Translation
Who is saying to the deep, Be dry, and thy rivers I cause to dry up,
References
Easton
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 44:27
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jerusalem Restored Through Cyrus
26 who confirms the word of his servant, and performs the counsel of his messengers, who says of Jerusalem, She shall be inhabited, and of the cities of Judah, They shall be built, and I will raise up the waste places of it, 27 who says to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers, 28 who says of Cyrus, [He is] my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure, even saying of Jerusalem, She shall be built, and of the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.
Cross References
Isaiah 42:15
I will lay waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs. And I will make the rivers islands, and will dry up the pools.
Jeremiah 50:38
A drought is upon her waters, and they shall be dried up. For it is a land of graven images, and they are mad over idols.
Jeremiah 51:36
Therefore thus says LORD: Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee. And I will dry up her sea, and make her fountain dry.
Psalm 74:15
Thou split fountain and flood. Thou dried up mighty rivers.
Isaiah 11:15-16
And LORD will utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea. And with his scorching wind he will wave his hand over the River, and will smite it into seven streams, and cause men to march over dry shod.
Isaiah 43:16
Thus says LORD, who makes a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters,
Isaiah 51:15
For I am LORD thy God, who stirs up the sea so that the waves of it roar. LORD of hosts is his name.
Jeremiah 51:32
And the passages are seized, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are frightened.
Revelation 16:12
And the sixth agent poured out his bowl upon the great river Euphrates, and the water of it was dried up, so that the way of the kings from the sun-rising might be prepared.