34 occurrences in 13 translations

'Water' in the Bible

I sigh when food is put before me,and my groans pour out like water.

Verse ConceptsSighingIndigestion

Their produce is taken by him who has no food, and their grain goes to the poor, and he who is in need of water gets it from their spring.

Verse ConceptsHarvestNot Reaping What You SowOvercoming Obstacles

“The caravans of Tema looked [for water],The caravans of Sheba waited for them [in vain].

Verse ConceptsTradeWaterCaravans

They are ashamed because they had been confident of finding water.When they arrive there, they are frustrated.

Verse ConceptsOptimismDisappointment

Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?

Verse ConceptsPlantsReedsMarshesPlants Growing Up

“While it is still green (in flower) and not cut down,Yet it withers before any other plant [when without water].

When he withholds water, rivers dry up; when he lets them loose, they'll flood the land.

Verse ConceptsGod Drying Things UpFloods

Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.

As water disappears from the seaand a river becomes parched and dry,

Verse ConceptsRiverslakes

as water wears away stonesand torrents wash away the soil from the land,so You destroy a man’s hope.

Verse ConceptsFlowing WaterThings Wearing OutWithout Hope

Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.

Verse ConceptsWaterNo FoodFeeding The Poor

or darkness, so you cannot see,and a flood of water covers you.

Verse ConceptsOvertaken By Darkness

They float on the surface of the water.Their section of the land is cursed,so that they never go to their vineyards.

Verse ConceptsFlowing WaterPurgatory

Terrors overtake him like the water; a storm wind carries him off [in the] night.

Verse ConceptsFear Will ComeLike A Flood

When God fixed the weight of the windand limited the water by measure,

Verse ConceptsWindGod Dispensing WindAtmospherebalanceweightpressuremeasurement

My roots will have access to water,and the dew will rest on my branches all night.

Verse ConceptsBranches, Figurative UsesdewMetaphorical Watering

But now my soul is turned to water in me, days of trouble overtake me:

Verse ConceptsDepression

For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:

Verse ConceptsNature

Who has cut a channel for the flood water, or the path for the thunderstorm;

Verse ConceptsNatureRainWater ChannelGod Controlling The Rain

To give water to the land where there is waste and destruction, and to make the dry land green with young grass?

when water becomes as hard as stone,and the surface of the watery depths is frozen?

Verse ConceptsCold WeatherDeep Seaslakes

Can you command the cloudsso that a flood of water covers you?

He takes his rest under the trees of the river, and in the pool, under the shade of the water-plants.

Verse ConceptsReedsMarshes

"Can you draw Leviathan out of the water with a hook, or tie down his tongue with a rope?

Verse ConceptsTongueSharp ToolsBinding As Animals

He causes the deep to boil like water in a pot, and churns the sea like one stirs ointment.

Verse ConceptsOintmentThe Sea Stirred UpThe Oceanpot

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