Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I say to the ground, "Be dry," and I dry up thy water floods.
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;
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;
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 But I set up the purpose of my servants, and fulfill the counsel of my messengers. I say unto Jerusalem, "Turn again," and to the cities of Judah, "Be ye builded again," and I repair their decayed places. 27 I say to the ground, "Be dry," and I dry up thy water floods. 28 I say to Cyrus, "Thou art mine herdsman," so that he shall fulfill all things after my will. I say unto Jerusalem, "Be thou builded," and to the temple, "Be thou fast grounded."
Cross References
Isaiah 42:15
I will make waste both mountain and hill, and dry up every green thing that groweth thereon. I will dry up the floods of water, and drink up the rivers.
Jeremiah 50:38
The sword upon their waters: so that they shall be dried up. For the land worshippeth images, and delighteth in strange wonderful things.
Jeremiah 51:36
Therefore thus sayeth the LORD: Behold, I will defend thy cause, and avenge thee: I will drink up her sea, and dry up her water springs.
Psalm 74:15
Thou bringest out fountains and waters out of the hard rocks; thou driest up mighty rivers.
Isaiah 11:15-16
The LORD also shall cleave the tongues of the Egyptian's sea, and with a mighty wind shall he lift up his hand over the Nile, and shall smite his seven streams and make men go over dry shod.
Isaiah 43:16
Moreover, thus sayeth the LORD, even he that maketh a way in the sea, and a footpath in the mighty waters;
Isaiah 51:15
I am the LORD thy God, that make the sea to be still, and to rage: whose name is the LORD of Hosts.
Jeremiah 51:32
the fords occupied; the fens burnt up; and the soldiers sore afraid.
Revelation 16:12
And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates, and the water dried up, that the ways of the kings of the east should be prepared.