Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version 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. New Living Translation They were not thirsty when he led them through the desert. He divided the rock, and water gushed out for them to drink. English Standard Version 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 the water gushed out. Berean Standard Bible 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. King James Bible 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. New King James Version And they did not thirst When He led them through the deserts; He caused the waters to flow from the rock for them; He also split the rock, and the waters gushed out. New American Standard Bible They did not thirst when He led them through the deserts. He made the water flow out of the rock for them; He split the rock and the water gushed out. NASB 1995 They did not thirst when He led them through the deserts. He made the water flow out of the rock for them; He split the rock and the water gushed forth. NASB 1977 And they did not thirst when He led them through the deserts. He made the water flow out of the rock for them; He split the rock, and the water gushed forth. Legacy Standard Bible And they did not thirst when He led them through the waste places. He made the water flow out of the rock for them; He split the rock, and the water gushed forth. Amplified Bible They did not thirst when He led them through the deserts. He made the waters flow out of the rock for them; He split the rock and the waters flowed. Christian Standard Bible They did not thirst when he led them through the deserts; he made water flow from the rock for them; he split the rock, and water gushed out. Holman Christian Standard Bible 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.” American Standard Version 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. Aramaic Bible in Plain English In the desert he walked them, and water from the flint he made flow to them! He bored through the stone and the waters flowed!’ Brenton Septuagint Translation And if they shall thirst, he shall lead them through the desert; he shall bring forth water to them out of the rock: the rock shall be cloven, and the water shall flow forth, and my people shall drink. Contemporary English Version He led us through the desert and made water flow from a rock to satisfy our thirst. Douay-Rheims Bible They thirsted not in the desert, when he led them out: he brought forth water out of the rock for them, and he clove the rock, and the waters gushed out. English Revised Version 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation They weren't thirsty when he led them through the deserts. He made water flow from a rock for them. He split a rock, and water gushed out. Good News Translation When the LORD led his people through a hot, dry desert, they did not suffer from thirst. He made water come from a rock for them; he split the rock open, and water flowed out. International Standard Version They didn't thirst when he led him through the desolate places. He made water gush from a rock for them; he split open the rock, and water gushed out. JPS Tanakh 1917 And they thirsted not When He led them through the deserts; He caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them; He cleaved the rock also, and the waters gushed out.' Literal Standard Version And they have not thirsted in wastelands, | He has caused them to go on, | He has caused waters from a rock to flow to them, | Indeed, he cleaves a rock, and waters flow. Majority Standard Bible 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. New American Bible They did not thirst when he led them through dry lands; Water from the rock he set flowing for them; he cleft the rock, and waters welled forth.” NET Bible They do not thirst as he leads them through dry regions; he makes water flow out of a rock for them; he splits open a rock and water flows out.' New Revised Standard Version They did not thirst when he led them through the deserts; he made water flow for them from the rock; he split open the rock and the water gushed out. New Heart English Bible They did not thirst when he led them through the deserts; he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them; he split the rock also, and the waters gushed out. Webster's Bible Translation And they thirsted not, when he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he cleaved the rock also, and the waters gushed out. World English Bible They didn’t thirst when he led them through the deserts. He caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them. He also split the rock and the waters gushed out. Young's Literal Translation And they have not thirsted in waste places, He hath caused them to go on, Waters from a rock he hath caused to flow to them, Yea, he cleaveth a rock, and flow do waters. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Deliverance Promised to Israel…20Leave Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! Declare it with a shout of joy, proclaim it, let it go out to the ends of the earth, saying, “The LORD has redeemed His servant Jacob!” 21They 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. 22“There is no peace,” says the LORD, “for the wicked.”… Cross References Exodus 17:6 Behold, 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. Numbers 20:11 Then 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. Psalm 74:15 You broke open the fountain and the flood; You dried up the ever-flowing rivers. Psalm 78:15 He split the rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink as abundant as the seas. Psalm 78:16 He brought streams from the stone and made water flow down like rivers. Psalm 78:20 When He struck the rock, water gushed out and torrents raged. But can He also give bread or supply His people with meat?" Psalm 105:41 He opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert. Treasury of Scripture And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he split the rock also, and the waters gushed out. they thirsted Isaiah 30:25 And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every high hill, rivers and streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall. Isaiah 35:6,7 Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert… Isaiah 41:17,18 When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them… he caused Exodus 17:6 Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel. Numbers 20:11 And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also. Nehemiah 9:15 And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promisedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them. Jump to Previous Caused Clave Cleaved Cleaveth Cleft Deserts Flow Flowing Forth Guiding Gushed Led Need Parted Places Rock Split Thirst Thirsted Waste Water WatersJump to Next Caused Clave Cleaved Cleaveth Cleft Deserts Flow Flowing Forth Guiding Gushed Led Need Parted Places Rock Split Thirst Thirsted Waste Water WatersIsaiah 48 1. God, to convince the people of their foreknown obstinance, revealed his prophecies9. He saves them for his own sake 12. He exhorts them to obedience, because of his power and providence 16. He laments their backwardness 20. He powerfully delivers his people out of Babylon (21) He caused the waters to flow . . .--A dead prosaic literalism makes men wonder that there is no record of such wonders on the return from Babylon. A truer insight recognises that the "water out of the rock" is, as ever, the symbol of spiritual refreshment (Isaiah 41:17-19; Isaiah 43:19-20; John 4:10).Verse 21. - They thirsted not (comp. Isaiah 43:19, and the comment ad loc). The literal meaning is not to be altogether excluded. We have no historical account of the journey made by the bulk of the exiles who returned with Zerubbabel; but they must almost certainly have experienced difficulties with respect to water; and it is quite possible that a miraculous supply was vouchsafed to them. Most commentators, however, are content to explain both this and the earlier passage as merely "symbolical." The Israelites - they say - had spiritual refreshment on their homeward journey, by God's goodness, constantly. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew They did notוְלֹ֣א (wə·lō) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no thirst צָמְא֗וּ (ṣā·mə·’ū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 6770: To be thirsty when He led הֽוֹלִיכָ֔ם (hō·w·lî·ḵām) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk them through the deserts; בָּחֳרָבוֹת֙ (bā·ḥo·rā·ḇō·wṯ) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural Strong's 2723: Waste, desolation, ruin He made water מַ֥יִם (ma·yim) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen flow הִזִּ֣יל (hiz·zîl) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5140: To flow, trickle, drop, distill for them לָ֑מוֹ (lā·mōw) Preposition | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew from the rock; מִצּ֖וּר (miṣ·ṣūr) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6697: A cliff, a rock, boulder, a refuge, an edge He split וַיִּ֨בְקַע־ (way·yiḇ·qa‘-) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1234: To cleave, to rend, break, rip, open the rock, צ֔וּר (ṣūr) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6697: A cliff, a rock, boulder, a refuge, an edge and water מָֽיִם׃ (mā·yim) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen gushed out. וַיָּזֻ֖בוּ (way·yā·zu·ḇū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 2100: To flow freely, to have a, flux, to waste away, to overflow Links Isaiah 48:21 NIVIsaiah 48:21 NLT Isaiah 48:21 ESV Isaiah 48:21 NASB Isaiah 48:21 KJV Isaiah 48:21 BibleApps.com Isaiah 48:21 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 48:21 Chinese Bible Isaiah 48:21 French Bible Isaiah 48:21 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Isaiah 48:21 They didn't thirst when he led them (Isa Isi Is) |
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