He turns a desert into a pool of water, and a dry land into water springs.
Parallel translations
- KJV He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.
- BSB He turns a desert into pools of water and a dry land into flowing springs.
- NKJV He turns a wilderness into pools of water, And dry land into watersprings.
- NASB He turns a wilderness into a pool of water, And a dry land into springs of water;
- NLT But he also turns deserts into pools of water, the dry land into springs of water.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Ps 114:8who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a spring of waters.
- Isa 35:6–7Then the lame man will leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute will sing; for waters will break out in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.
- Isa 41:17–19The poor and needy seek water, and there is none. Their tongue fails for thirst. I, Yahweh, will answer them. I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
- Isa 44:3–5For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, and streams on the dry ground. I will pour my Spirit on your descendants, and my blessing on your offspring:
- 2 Kgs 3:16–20He said, “Yahweh says, ‘Make this valley full of trenches.’
- Num 21:16–18From there they traveled to Beer; that is the well of which Yahweh said to Moses, “Gather the people together, and I will give them water.”
- Ezek 47:6–12He said to me, Son of man, have you seen? Then he brought me, and caused me to return to the bank of the river.
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