They will never be hungry, neither thirsty any more; neither will the sun beat on them, nor any heat;
Parallel translations
- KJV They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.
- BSB ‘Never again will they hunger, and never will they thirst; nor will the sun beat down upon them, nor any scorching heat.’
- NKJV They shall neither hunger anymore nor thirst anymore; the sun shall not strike them, nor any heat;
- NASB They will no longer hunger nor thirst, nor will the sun beat down on them, nor any scorching heat;
- NLT They will never again be hungry or thirsty; they will never be scorched by the heat of the sun.
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Quick answer
They will never again hunger, thirst, or be scorched by the sun's heat. God promises the redeemed full and final relief from all earthly suffering.
Overview
Drawing on Isaiah 49:10, the verse assures that every former deprivation and hardship is forever ended. For believers who endured want and persecution, this is a tender promise of complete restoration. It points to the consummation when God removes all causes of pain from His people.
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- Isa 49:10They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun strike them: for he who has mercy on them will lead them. He will guide them by springs of water.
- John 4:14but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never thirst again; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.”
- Ps 121:6The sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night.
- Matt 5:6Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.
- Luke 6:21Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.
- Rev 21:4He will wipe away from them every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away.”
- Isa 41:17The 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 25:4For you have been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the blast of the dreaded ones is like a storm against the wall.
- Luke 1:53He has filled the hungry with good things. He has sent the rich away empty.
- Isa 4:5–6Yahweh will create over the whole habitation of Mount Zion, and over her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory will be a canopy.
- Isa 65:13Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh, “Behold, my servants will eat, but you will be hungry; behold, my servants will drink, but you will be thirsty. Behold, my servants will rejoice, but you will be disappointed;
- Ps 42:2My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?
- Song 1:6Don’t stare at me because I am dark, because the sun has scorched me. My mother’s sons were angry with me. They made me keeper of the vineyards. I haven’t kept my own vineyard.
- Matt 13:6When the sun had risen, they were scorched. Because they had no root, they withered away.
- Jas 1:11For the sun arises with the scorching wind, and withers the grass, and the flower in it falls, and the beauty of its appearance perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in his pursuits.
- Jonah 4:8When the sun arose, God prepared a sultry east wind; and the sun beat on Jonah’s head, so that he fainted, and requested for himself that he might die, and said, “It is better for me to die than to live.”
- Mark 4:17They have no root in themselves, but are short-lived. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they stumble.
- Ps 143:6I spread out my hands to you. My soul thirsts for you, like a parched land. Selah.
- Isa 32:2A man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the storm, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a large rock in a weary land.
- Ps 63:1A Psalm by David, when he was in the desert of Judah. God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you. My flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary land, where there is no water.
- Mark 4:6When the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
- Matt 13:21yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.
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