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Isaiah 37:25

I have dug wells and drunk foreign waters. With the soles of my feet I have dried up all the streams of Egypt.”

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ASV

I have digged and drunk water, and with the sole of my feet will I dry up all the rivers of Egypt.

KJV

I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אֲנִ֥י'a.NiIH589 →
קַ֖רְתִּיKar.tiI have dugH6979 →
וְשָׁתִ֣יתִיve.sha.Ti.tiand I have drunkH8354 →
מָ֑יִםMa.yimwaterH4325 →
וְאַחְרִב֙ve.'ach.Rivso I may dry upH2717 →
בְּכַף־be.khaf-with [the] sole ofH3709 →
פְּעָמַ֔יpe.'a.Maifeet myH6471 →
כֹּ֖לkolallH3605 →
יְאֹרֵ֥יye.'o.Rei[the] canals ofH2975 →
מָצֽוֹר׃ma.TzorEgyptH4693 →

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Isaiah 19:6The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will trickle and dry up; the reeds and rushes will wither.1 Kings 20:10Then Ben-hadad sent another message to Ahab: “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if enough dust remains of Samaria for each of my men to have a handful.”Job 28:11He stops up the sources of the streams to bring what is hidden to light.2 Kings 19:23–24Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the remote peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest of its cypresses. I have reached its farthest outposts, the densest of its forests.Deuteronomy 11:10For the land that you are entering to possess is not like the land of Egypt, from which you have come, where you sowed your seed and irrigated on foot, like a vegetable garden.Isaiah 36:12But the Rabshakeh replied, “Has my master sent me to speak these words only to you and your master, and not to the men sitting on the wall, who are destined with you to eat their own dung and drink their own urine?”Isaiah 26:6Feet trample it down—the feet of the oppressed, the steps of the poor.Job 40:23Though the river rages, Behemoth is unafraid; he remains secure, though the Jordan surges to his mouth.Nahum 3:14Draw your water for the siege; strengthen your fortresses. Work the clay and tread the mortar; repair the brick kiln!

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The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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