11 translations · Hebrew
Isaiah 44:3
For 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:
Isaiah 44:3 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- For 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:
- KJV King James Version
- For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.
- ASV American Standard Version
- For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and streams upon the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- For I pour waters on a thirsty one, || And floods on a dry land, || I pour My Spirit on your seed, || And My blessing on your offspring.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- For I'm going to pour out water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground. I'm going to pour out my Spirit on your descendants, and my blessing on your children.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- For I pour waters on a thirsty one, And floods on a dry land, I pour My Spirit on thy seed, And My blessing on thine offspring.
- DBY Darby Translation
- For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thy offspring:
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- For 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;
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- For I will pour out waters upon the thirsty ground, and streams upon the dry land: I will pour out my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thy stock.
The Hebrew words
Each word of the Hebrew text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| כִּ֤י | kî | For | H3588 כִּי for |
| אֶצָּק־ | ’eṣ·ṣāq- | I will pour | H3332 יָצַק to pour: pour |
| מַ֙יִם֙ | ma·yim | water | H4325 מַי water |
| עַל־ | ‘al- | on | H5921 עַל upon |
| צָמֵ֔א | ṣā·mê | the thirsty land | H6771 צָמֵא thirsty |
| וְנֹזְלִ֖ים | wə·nō·zə·lîm | and currents | H5140 נָזַל to flow |
| עַל־ | ‘al- | on | H5921 עַל upon |
| יַבָּשָׁ֑ה | yab·bā·šāh | the dry ground | H3004 יַבָּשָׁה dry land |
| אֶצֹּ֤ק | ’eṣ·ṣōq | I will pour out | H3332 יָצַק to pour: pour |
| רוּחִי֙ | rū·ḥî | My Spirit | H7307 רוּחַ spirit |
| עַל־ | ‘al- | on | H5921 עַל upon |
| זַרְעֶ֔ךָ | zar·‘e·ḵā | your descendants | H2233 זֶ֫רַע seed |
| וּבִרְכָתִ֖י | ū·ḇir·ḵā·ṯî | and My blessing | H1293 בְּרָכָה blessing |
| עַל־ | ‘al- | on | H5921 עַל upon |
| צֶאֱצָאֶֽיךָ׃ | ṣe·’ĕ·ṣā·’e·ḵā | your offspring | H6631 צֶאֱצָא offspring |
Related verses
- Joel 2:28
“It will happen afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams. Your young men will see visions.
- Acts 2:17
‘It will be in the last days, says God, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh. Your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions. Your old men will dream dreams.
- Isaiah 59:21
“As for me, this is my covenant with them,” says Yahweh. “My Spirit who is on you, and my words which I have put in your mouth, shall not depart out of your mouth, nor out of the mouth of your offspring, nor out of the mouth of your offspring’s offspring,” says Yahweh, “from henceforth and forever.”
- John 7:37–39
Now on the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink! He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, from within him will flow rivers of living water.” But he said this about the Spirit, which those believing in him were to receive. For the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus wasn’t yet glorified.
- Proverbs 1:23
Turn at my reproof. Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you. I will make known my words to you.
- Revelation 21:6
He said to me, “I have become the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give freely to him who is thirsty from the spring of the water of life.
- Acts 2:39
For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all who are far off, even as many as the Lord our God will call to himself.”
- Zechariah 12:10
I will pour on David’s house, and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication; and they will look to me whom they have pierced; and they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for his only son, and will grieve bitterly for him, as one grieves for his firstborn.
- Ezekiel 39:29
I won’t hide my face from them any more; for I have poured out my Spirit on the house of Israel,’ says the Lord Yahweh.”
- Isaiah 32:15
Until the Spirit is poured on us from on high, and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, and the fruitful field is considered a forest.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
1 Yet listen now, Jacob my servant, and Israel, whom I have chosen.
2 This is what Yahweh who made you, and formed you from the womb, who will help you says: “Don’t be afraid, Jacob my servant; and you, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
3 For 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:
4 and they will spring up among the grass, as willows by the watercourses.
5 One will say, ‘I am Yahweh’s;’ and another will be called by the name of Jacob; and another will write with his hand ‘to Yahweh,’ and honor the name of Israel.”
Read all of Isaiah 44 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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