Isaiah 44:4
What does Isaiah 44:4 mean?
A plain-English look at Isaiah 44:4 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000and they shall spring up among the grass, as willows by the watercourses.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901and they shall spring up among the grass, as willows by the watercourses.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And they will come up like grass in a well-watered field, like water-plants by the streams.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And they have sprung up as among grass, As willows by streams of water.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And they shall spring up among the herbs, as willows beside the running waters.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And they shall spring up among the grass, as willows by the water-courses.
Context
v.3For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and streams upon the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:
v.4This passage
v.5One shall say, I am Jehovah’s; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto Jehovah, and surname himself by the name of Israel.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Acts 5:14
and believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women:
- Acts 4:4
But many of them that heard the word believed; and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.
- Acts 2:41
They then that received his word were baptized: and there were added unto them in that day about three thousand souls.
- Job 40:22
The lotus-trees cover him with their shade; The willows of the brook compass him about.
- Isaiah 58:11
and Jehovah will guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in dry places, and make strong thy bones; and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
- Psalms 137:1
By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down, yea, we wept, When we remembered Zion.
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