Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the South.

New American Standard Bible

Restore our captivity, O Lord,
As the streams in the South.

King James Version

Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south.

Holman Bible

Restore our fortunes, Lord,
like watercourses in the Negev.

International Standard Version

Restore our exiles, LORD, like the streams of the Negev.

American Standard Version

Turn again our captivity, O Jehovah, As the streams in the South.

Amplified


Restore our captivity, O Lord,
As the stream-beds in the South (the Negev) [are restored by torrents of rain].

Darby Translation

Turn our captivity, O Jehovah, as the streams in the south.

Julia Smith Translation

Jehovah turned back our captivity, as torrents in the south.

King James 2000

Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the South.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Restore, O Yahweh, our fortunes like the streams in the Negeb.

Modern King James verseion

Turn again our captivity, O Jehovah, as the streams in the south.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Turn our captivity, O LORD, as the rivers in the south.

NET Bible

O Lord, restore our well-being, just as the streams in the arid south are replenished.

New Heart English Bible

Restore our fortunes again, LORD, like the streams in the Negev.

The Emphasized Bible

Bring thou back, O Yahweh, our captives, like channels in the South.

Webster

Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south.

World English Bible

Restore our fortunes again, Yahweh, like the streams in the Negev.

Youngs Literal Translation

Turn again, O Jehovah, to our captivity, As streams in the south.

References

Fausets

Context Readings

Zion's Restoration

3 LORD has done great things for us. We are glad. 4 Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the South. 5 Those who sow in tears shall reap in joy.


Cross References

Joshua 3:16

that the waters which came down from above, stood, and rose up in one heap a great way off, at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan, and those that went down toward the sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, were wholly cut off. A

Psalm 85:4

Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine indignation toward us to cease.

Psalm 126:1

When LORD brought back those who returned to Zion, we were like those who dream.

Isaiah 35:6

Then the lame man shall leap as a hart, and the tongue of the mute shall sing. For waters in the wilderness shall break out, and streams in the desert.

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 43:19

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.

Hosea 1:11

And the sons of Judah and the sons of Israel shall be gathered together, and they shall appoint themselves one head, and shall go up from the land, for great shall be the day of Jezreel.

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