Parallel Verses
Amplified
“It is I who says to the deep, ‘Be dried up!’
And I will make your rivers dry.
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;"
A Conservative Version
who says to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers,
American Standard Version
that saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers;
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
Confirming the word of His servant
And carrying out the plan of His messengers.
It is I who says of Jerusalem, ‘She shall [again] be inhabited!’
And of the cities of Judah, ‘They shall [again] be built.’
And I will raise up and restore her ruins.
“It is I who says to the deep, ‘Be dried up!’
And I will make your rivers dry.
“It is I who says of Cyrus, ‘He is My shepherd (ruler),
And he will carry out all that I desire—’
Saying of Jerusalem, ‘She shall [again] be built,’
And of the temple, ‘Your foundation shall [again] be laid.’”
Cross References
Isaiah 42:15
“I will lay waste the mountains and hills
And wither all their vegetation;
I will turn the rivers into coastlands
And dry up the ponds.
Jeremiah 50:38
“A drought on her waters, and they will dry up!
For it is a land of [worthless] idols,
And they are mad over fearsome idols [those objects of terror in which they foolishly trust].
Jeremiah 51:36
Therefore thus says the Lord,
And take full vengeance for you;
I will dry up her sea and great reservoir
And make her fountain dry.
Psalm 74:15
You broke open fountains and streams;
You dried up ever-flowing rivers.
Isaiah 11:15-16
And the Lord will utterly destroy
The tongue of the
And with His scorching wind
He will wave His hand over the River;
He will strike and divide it into seven channels
And make [it possible for] people [to] walk over in sandals.
Isaiah 43:16
This is what the Lord says,
And a path through the mighty waters,
Isaiah 51:15
For I am the Lord your God, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the Lord of hosts is His name.
Jeremiah 51:32
And that the fords [across the Euphrates] have been blocked and [the ferries] seized,
And they have set the [great] marshes on fire,
And the men of war are terrified.
Revelation 16:12
Then the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river, the Euphrates; and its water was dried up, so that the way would be prepared for [the coming of] the kings from