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.
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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.
- BSB 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.
- 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).
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- John 4:14But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
- Jer 31:12Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.
- Ps 32:8I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
- Isa 49:10They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.
- John 16:13Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
- Ps 25:9The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.
- Prov 11:25The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
- Song 4:15A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.
- Prov 3:8It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
- Jer 17:8For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
- Ps 73:24Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
- Prov 28:25He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.
- Ezek 36:35And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are become fenced, and are inhabited.
- Hos 13:5I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.
- Ps 48:14For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.
- Ps 92:14They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;
- Ps 34:9–10O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.
- Ps 33:19To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
- Ps 107:9For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
- Ps 37:19They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
- Job 5:20In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.
- 1 Th 3:11Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you.
- Isa 61:11For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
- Isa 33:16He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.
- Prov 13:4The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
- Job 6:15–20My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;
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