Isaiah 44:27
What does Isaiah 44:27 mean?
A plain-English look at Isaiah 44:27 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000that saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers;
KJV
King James Version · 1611That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901that saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers;
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Who says to the deep, Be dry, and I will make your rivers dry:
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Who is saying to the deep, Be dry, and thy rivers I cause to dry up,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Who say to the deep: Be thou desolate, and I will dry up thy rivers.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890that saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers;
Context
v.26that confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith of Jerusalem, She shall be inhabited; and of the cities of Judah, They shall be built, and I will raise up the waste places thereof;
v.27This passage
v.28That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure, even saying of Jerusalem, She shall be built; and of the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 11:15
And Jehovah will utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his scorching wind will he wave his hand over the River, and will smite it into seven streams, and cause men to march over dryshod.
- Psalms 74:15
Thou didst cleave fountain and flood: Thou driedst up mighty rivers.
- Jeremiah 50:38
A drought is upon her waters, and they shall be dried up; for it is a land of graven images, and they are mad over idols.
- Revelation 16:12
And the sixth poured out his bowl upon the great river, the river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way might be made ready for the kings that come from the sunrising.
- Isaiah 42:15
I will lay waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and will dry up the pools.
- Isaiah 51:15
For I am Jehovah thy God, who stirreth up the sea, so that the waves thereof roar: Jehovah of hosts is his name.
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