I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsI have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet will I dry up all the rivers of Egypt.
I have dug wells and drunk foreign waters. With the soles of my feet I have dried up all the streams of Egypt.”
I have digged, and drunk strange waters, And I dry up with the sole of my steps All floods of a bulwark.
I have digged, and have drunk strange waters, And with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the streams of Matsor.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old Testament2 Kings — Two kingdoms on parallel but diverging arcs. Elisha's ministry; Samaria falls to Assyria in 722 BC; Jerusalem falls to Babylon in 586 BC. Prophets interpose; kings refuse; the exile comes — and closes on a whisper of covenant hope.
- Author
- Compiler anonymous; Jewish tradition attributes to Jeremiah (same as 1 Kings)
- Date
- Events c. 852–560 BC; closing coda places composition in the mid-exile, c. 560 BC