Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

He changes rivers into a wilderness
And springs of water into a thirsty ground;

King James Version

He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;

Holman Bible

He turns rivers into desert,
springs of water into thirsty ground,

International Standard Version

He turns rivers into a desert, springs of water into dry ground,

A Conservative Version

He turns rivers into a wilderness, and water springs into a thirsty ground,

American Standard Version

He turneth rivers into a wilderness, And watersprings into a thirsty ground;

Amplified


He turns rivers into a wilderness,
And springs of water into a thirsty ground;

Bible in Basic English

He makes rivers into waste places, and springs of water into a dry land;

Darby Translation

He maketh rivers into a wilderness, and water-springs into dry ground;

Julia Smith Translation

He will set rivers to a desert, and the findings of waters to thirst;

King James 2000

He turns rivers into a wilderness, and the water springs into dry ground;

Lexham Expanded Bible

He turns rivers into a wilderness and springs of water into thirsty ground,

Modern King James verseion

He sets rivers to a wilderness and water-springs to thirsty ground;

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

which turneth floods into dry land, and drieth up the watersprings!

NET Bible

He turned streams into a desert, springs of water into arid land,

New Heart English Bible

He turns rivers into a desert, water springs into a thirsty ground,

The Emphasized Bible

He turneth Rivers into a desert, and, Springs of Water, into thirsty ground,

Webster

He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the water-springs into dry ground;

World English Bible

He turns rivers into a desert, water springs into a thirsty ground,

Youngs Literal Translation

He maketh rivers become a wilderness, And fountains of waters become dry land.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
He turneth
שׂים שׂוּם 
Suwm 
Usage: 580

נהר 
Nahar 
Usage: 119

מדבּר 
Midbar 
Usage: 271

References

Easton

Context Readings

Thanksgiving To Yahweh For His Of Deliverance

32 Let them glorify him when the people are gathered for worship. Let them praise him in the company of respected leaders. 33 He changes rivers into a wilderness
And springs of water into a thirsty ground;
34 and fertile ground into a layer of salt because of the wickedness of the people living there.


Cross References

Isaiah 42:15

I will destroy the hills and mountains and dry up the grass and trees. I will turn the river valleys into deserts and dry up the pools of water.

Isaiah 50:2

Why was no one here when I came? Why was no one here to answer when I called? Am I too weak to reclaim you? Do I not have the power to rescue you? I dry up the sea with my command, and I turn rivers into deserts. Their fish stink because there is no water, and people die of thirst.

1 Kings 17:1-7

Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab: By the living Jehovah, the God of Israel, whose servant I am, there will be no dew or rain in these years, but only at my word.

1 Kings 18:5

Ahab said to Obadiah: Come! Let us go through all the country, to all the fountains of water and all the rivers. Let us see if there is any grass for the horses and the transport beasts. We must save some of the livestock.

Psalm 74:15

You opened up spring and stream. You dried up mighty rivers.

Isaiah 13:19-21

Babylon, the beauty (honor) (glory) of kingdoms, the majesty of Chaldean pride, will be overthrew by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.

Isaiah 19:5-10

The waters of the Nile River will dry up. The riverbed will be parched and dry.

Isaiah 34:9-10

Edom's streams will be turned to tar. Its soil will be turned to burning sulfur. Its land will become blazing tar.

Isaiah 44:27

I say to the watery deep: 'Be a waste and I will dry up your rivers!'

Jeremiah 14:3

Important people send their assistants out for water. They do not find any water at the cisterns. They return with their containers empty. They cover their heads, because they are ashamed and dishonored.

Ezekiel 30:12

I will dry up the Nile River and sell the land to wicked people. I will have foreigners destroy the land and everything in it. I, Jehovah, have spoken.'

Joel 1:20

Yes, the beasts of the field pant for you. The water brooks are dried up, and fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.

Amos 4:7-8

I withheld rain from you three months before the harvest. I caused it to rain on one city, and caused it not to rain on another city. One received rain. The other did not receive rain and it dried up.

Nahum 1:4

He rebukes the sea, and makes it dry. He dries up all the rivers. Bashan and Carmel become dry and the flower of Lebanon withers.

Zephaniah 2:9

Just as I live, said Jehovah of Hosts, the God of Israel, Moab will be like Sodom, and the children of Ammon like Gomorrah. They will be possessions of nettles and salt pits. They will be deserted forever! My people will plunder them and the remnant of my nation will take possession of their land.

Zephaniah 2:13

He will stretch out his hand (exercise his power) against the north, and destroy Assyria. He will make Nineveh a desolation. It will be barren like the desert wilderness.

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