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Isaiah 48:21

They did not thirst when He led them through the deserts; He made water flow for them from the rock; He split the rock, and water gushed out.

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ASV

And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts; he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them; he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out.

KJV

And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and notH3808 →
צָמְא֗וּtza.me.'Uthey were thirstyH6770 →
בָּחֳרָבוֹת֙bo.cho.ra.Vot[when] in [the] waste placesH2723 →
הֽוֹלִיכָ֔םho.li.Khamhe led themH1980 →
מַ֥יִםMa.yimwaterH4325 →
מִצּ֖וּרmi.Tzurfrom a rockH6697 →
הִזִּ֣ילhi.Zilhe caused to flowH5140 →
לָ֑מוֹla.mofor them
וַיִּ֨בְקַע־vai.Yiv.ka'-and he split openH1234 →
צ֔וּרTzura rockH6697 →
וַיָּזֻ֖בוּvai.ya.Zu.vuand they flowed outH2100 →
מָֽיִם׃Ma.yimwatersH4325 →

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Isaiah 44:3For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.Psalms 36:8They feast on the abundance of Your house, and You give them drink from Your river of delights.1 Corinthians 10:4and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.2 Kings 3:17For the LORD says, ‘You will not see wind or rain, but the valley will be filled with water, and you will drink—you and your cattle and your animals.’Isaiah 43:19–20Behold, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness and streams in the desert.Psalms 105:41He opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert.Isaiah 41:17–18The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.Exodus 17:6Behold, I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. And when you strike the rock, water will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.Isaiah 35:6–7Then the lame will leap like a deer and the mute tongue will shout for joy. For waters will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.Numbers 20:11Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff, so that a great amount of water gushed out, and the congregation and their livestock were able to drink.Psalms 78:20When He struck the rock, water gushed out and torrents raged. But can He also give bread or supply His people with meat?”Isaiah 43:20The beasts of the field will honor Me, the jackals and the ostriches, because I provide water in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to My chosen people.Isaiah 41:18I will open rivers on the barren heights, and fountains in the middle of the valleys. I will turn the desert into a pool of water, and the dry land into flowing springs.Nehemiah 9:15In their hunger You gave them bread from heaven; in their thirst You brought them water from the rock. You told them to go in and possess the land which You had sworn to give them.Isaiah 30:25And from every high mountain and every raised hill, streams of water will flow in the day of great slaughter, when the towers fall.Psalms 74:15You broke open the fountain and the flood; You dried up the ever-flowing rivers.Deuteronomy 32:13He made him ride on the heights of the land and fed him the produce of the field. He nourished him with honey from the rock and oil from the flinty crag,Nehemiah 9:20You gave Your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold Your manna from their mouths, and You gave them water for their thirst.

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