The LORD will always guide you; He will satisfy you in a sun-scorched land and strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.
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- WEB and Yahweh will guide you continually, and satisfy your soul in dry places, and make your bones strong; and you shall be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters don’t fail.
- KJV And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
- NKJV The Lord will guide you continually, And satisfy your soul in drought, And strengthen your bones; You shall be like a watered garden, And like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.
- NASB “And the Lord will continually guide you, And satisfy your desire in scorched places, And give strength to your bones; And you will be like a watered garden, And like a spring of water whose waters do not fail.
- NLT The Lord will guide you continually, giving you water when you are dry and restoring your strength. You will be like a well-watered garden, like an ever-flowing spring.
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God will continually guide, satisfy, and strengthen the obedient, making them like a well-watered garden and unfailing spring. Faithful devotion yields enduring spiritual flourishing.
Overview
The Lord pledges constant guidance and provision even in dry places, picturing His people as a watered garden and a spring whose waters never fail. This abundant life flows from a heart turned toward justice and mercy. The imagery of living, unfailing water anticipates Christ's promise of the Spirit as rivers of living water within the believer (John 7:38).
Cross-references & the web
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- John 4:14But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”
- Jer 31:12They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant over the bounty of the LORD—the grain, new wine, and oil, and the young of the flocks and herds. Their life will be like a well-watered garden, and never again will they languish.
- Ps 32:8I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will give you counsel and watch over you.
- Isa 49:10They will not hunger or thirst, nor will scorching heat or sun beat down on them. For He who has compassion on them will guide them and lead them beside springs of water.
- John 16:13However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come.
- Ps 25:9He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them His way.
- Prov 11:25A generous soul will prosper, and he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.
- Song 4:15You are a garden spring, a well of fresh water flowing down from Lebanon.
- Prov 3:8This will bring healing to your body and refreshment to your bones.
- Jer 17:8He is like a tree planted by the waters that sends out its roots toward the stream. It does not fear when the heat comes, and its leaves are always green. It does not worry in a year of drought, nor does it cease to produce fruit.
- Ps 73:24You guide me with Your counsel, and later receive me in glory.
- Prov 28:25A greedy man stirs up strife, but he who trusts in the LORD will prosper.
- Ezek 36:35Then they will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden. The cities that were once ruined, desolate, and destroyed are now fortified and inhabited.’
- Hos 13:5I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of drought.
- Ps 48:14For this God is our God forever and ever; He will be our guide even till death.
- Ps 92:14In old age they will still bear fruit; healthy and green they will remain,
- Ps 34:9–10Fear the LORD, you His saints, for those who fear Him lack nothing.
- Ps 33:19to deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine.
- Ps 107:9For He satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.
- Ps 37:19In the time of evil they will not be ashamed, and in the days of famine they will be satisfied.
- Job 5:20In famine He will redeem you from death, and in battle from the stroke of the sword.
- 1 Th 3:11Now may our God and Father Himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you.
- Isa 61:11For as the earth brings forth its growth, and as a garden enables seed to spring up, so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations.
- Isa 33:16he will dwell on the heights; the mountain fortress will be his refuge; his food will be provided and his water assured.
- Prov 13:4The slacker craves yet has nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied.
- Job 6:15–20But my brothers are as faithless as wadis, as seasonal streams that overflow,
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