KJV King James Version
That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers:
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Isaiah 44:27
That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
who says to the depths of the sea, ‘Be dry, and I will dry up your currents,’
WEB World English Bible
who says to the deep, ‘Be dry,’ and ‘I will dry up your rivers;’
ASV American Standard Version
that saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Who is saying to the deep, Be dry, and thy rivers I cause to dry up,
Surrounding context — Isaiah 44
24 Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I [am] the LORD that maketh all [things]; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;
25 That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise [men] backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;
26 That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built, and I will raise up the decayed places thereof:
27 That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers:
28 That saith of Cyrus, [He is] my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.
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Isaiah 42:15I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.Jeremiah 50:38A drought [is] upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it [is] the land of graven images, and they are mad upon [their] idols.Jeremiah 51:36Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.Jeremiah 51:32And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.Revelation 16:12And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.Isaiah 11:15-16And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make [men] go over dryshod.Psalm 74:15Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.Isaiah 51:15But I [am] the LORD thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The LORD of hosts [is] his name.Isaiah 43:16Thus saith the LORD, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;
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