Isaiah 37:25
What does Isaiah 37:25 mean?
A plain-English look at Isaiah 37:25 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000I have digged and drunk water, and with the sole of my feet will I dry up all the rivers of Egypt.
KJV
King James Version · 1611I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901I have digged and drunk water, and with the sole of my feet will I dry up all the rivers of Egypt.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949I have made water-holes and taken their waters, and with my foot I have made all the rivers of Egypt dry.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862I--I have dug and drunk waters, And I dry up with the sole of my steps All floods of a bulwark.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752I have digged, and drunk water, and have dried up with the sole of my foot, all the rivers shut up in banks.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890I have digged and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the streams of Matsor.
Context
v.24By thy servants hast thou defied the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir-trees thereof; and I will enter into its farthest height, the forest of its fruitful field;
v.25This passage
v.26Hast thou not heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? now have I brought it to pass, that it should be thine to lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 11:10
For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs;
- 2 Kings 19:23
By thy messengers thou hast defied the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir-trees thereof; and I will enter into his farthest lodging-place, the forest of his fruitful field.
- Isaiah 36:12
But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall, to eat their own dung, and to drink their own water with you?
- 1 Kings 20:10
And Ben-hadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.
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