2 Kings 19:24

Christian Standard Bible ®

I dug wellsand drank water in foreign lands.I dried up all the streams of Egyptwith the soles of my feet.’

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
I have dug and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet will I dry up all the rivers of Mitzrayim.

King James Version
I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.

English Standard Version
I dug wells and drank foreign waters, and I dried up with the sole of my foot all the streams of Egypt.'

New Century Version
I have dug wells in foreign countries and drunk water there. By the soles of my feet, I have dried up all the rivers of Egypt."

New English Translation
I dug wells and drank water in foreign lands. With the soles of my feet I dried up all the rivers of Egypt.'

Amplified Bible
"I dug wells and drank foreign waters, And with the sole of my feet I dried up All the rivers of [the Lower Nile of] Egypt."

New American Standard Bible
"I dug wells and drank foreign waters, And with the soles of my feet I dried up All the streams of Egypt."

World English Bible
I have dug and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet will I dry up all the rivers of Egypt.

Geneva Bible (1587)
I haue digged, and drunke the waters of others, and with the plant of my feete haue I dried all the floods closed in.

Legacy Standard Bible
I dug wells and drank foreign waters,And with the sole of my feet I dried upAll the rivers of Egypt."

Berean Standard Bible
I have dug wells and drunk foreign waters. With the soles of my feet I have dried up all the streams of Egypt."

Contemporary English Version
I dried up every stream in the land of Egypt, and I drank water from wells I had dug."

Complete Jewish Bible
I dug [wells] in foreign lands, and I drank the water. The soles of my [soldiers'] feet dried up all the rivers of Egypt."

Darby Translation
I have digged, and have drunk strange waters, And with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the streams of Matsor.

Easy-to-Read Version
I dug wells, and drank water from new places. I dried up the rivers of Egypt and walked on the land there."

George Lamsa Translation
I will dig and drink strange waters, and with the hoofs of my horses I will dry up all the great rivers.

Good News Translation
You boasted that you dug wells and drank water in foreign lands and that the feet of your soldiers tramped the Nile River dry.

Lexham English Bible
I dug wells and I drank foreign water, and I dried up with the sole of my steps all the canals of Egypt.'

Literal Translation
I have dug and drunk strange waters, and I dried up with the sole of my feet all the rivers of Egypt.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
I haue dygged and dronke vp the straunge waters, and with ye soles of my fete haue I dryed vp the See.

American Standard Version
I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet will I dry up all the rivers of Egypt.

Bible in Basic English
I have made water-holes and taken their waters, and with my foot I have made all the rivers of Egypt dry.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
I haue digged and druncke straunge waters: & with the steppe of my goyng wil I drye al the water pooles that are besieged.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of Egypt.

King James Version (1611)
I haue digged & drunke strange waters, and with the sole of my feete haue I dried vp all the riuers of besieged places.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
I have refreshed myself, and have drunk strange waters, and I have dried up with the sole of my foot all the rivers of fortified places.

English Revised Version
I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet will I dry up all the rivers of Egypt.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and Y kittide doun the forest of Carmele therof; and Y drank alien watris, and Y made drie with the steppis of `the feet of myn `alle watris closid.

Update Bible Version
I have dug and drank strange waters, and with the sole of my feet I will dry up all the rivers of Egypt.

Webster's Bible Translation
I have digged and drank strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.

New King James Version
I have dug and drunk strange water, And with the soles of my feet I have dried up All the brooks of defense."

New Living Translation
I have dug wells in many foreign lands and refreshed myself with their water. With the sole of my foot I stopped up all the rivers of Egypt!'

New Life Bible
I dug wells and drank the water of other lands. I dried up all the rivers of Egypt with the bottom of my feet."

New Revised Standard
I dug wells and drank foreign waters, I dried up with the sole of my foot all the streams of Egypt.'

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
I, have digged, and have drunk foreign waters, - and have dried up, with the soles of my feet, all the streams of besieged places.

Douay-Rheims Bible
I have cut down, and I have drunk strange waters, and have dried up with the soles of my feet all the shut up waters.

Revised Standard Version
I dug wells and drank foreign waters, and I dried up with the sole of my foot all the streams of Egypt.'

Young's Literal Translation
I have digged, and drunk strange waters, And I dry up with the sole of my steps All floods of a bulwark.

THE MESSAGE
I've dug wells in faraway places and drunk their exotic waters; I've waded and splashed barefoot in the rivers of Egypt."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"I dug wells and drank foreign waters, And with the sole of my feet I dried up All the rivers of Egypt."

Contextual Overview

²⁰Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: “The Lord, the God of Israel says, ‘I have heard your prayer to me about King Sennacherib of Assyria.’ ²¹This is the word the Lord has spoken against him: ²²Who is it you mocked and blasphemed?Against whom have you raised your voiceand lifted your eyes in pride?Against the Holy One of Israel! ²³You have mocked the Lord through your messengers.You have said, ‘With my many chariotsI have gone up to the heights of the mountains,to the far recesses of Lebanon.I cut down its tallest cedars,its choice cypress trees.I came to its farthest outpost,its densest forest. ²⁴I dug wellsand drank water in foreign lands.I dried up all the streams of Egyptwith the soles of my feet.’²⁵Have you not heard?I designed it long ago;I planned it in days gone by.I have now brought it to pass,and you have crushed fortified citiesinto piles of rubble. ²⁶Their inhabitants have become powerless,dismayed, and ashamed.They are plants of the field,tender grass,grass on the rooftops,blasted by the east wind. ²⁷But I know your sitting down,your going out and your coming in,and your raging against me. ²⁸Because your raging against meand your arrogance have reached my ears,I will put my hook in your noseand my bit in your mouth;I will make you go backthe way you came. ²⁹“This will be the sign for you: This year you will eat what grows on its own, and in the second year what grows from that. But in the third year sow and reap, plant vineyards and eat their fruit.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I have digged: etc. I have conquered strange countries, and marched through the driest places, in which I have digged wells for my army.

with the sole: My infantry have been so numerous, that they alone have been sufficient to dry up all the rivers of besieged places, either by drinking them, or by diverting their course into other channels. Exodus 15:9, 2 Samuel 17:13, 1 Kings 20:10, Daniel 4:30

besieged places: or, fenced places

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 17:12 - we will light Psalms 12:3 - tongue Isaiah 19:6 - and the Isaiah 37:25 - with the sole

Cross-References

Genesis 19:23
The sun had risen over the land when Lot reached Zoar.

Genesis 19:24
Then out of the sky the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah burning sulfur from the Lord.

Genesis 19:28
He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land of the plain, and he saw that smoke was going up from the land like the smoke of a furnace.

Genesis 19:29
So it was, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, he remembered Abraham and brought Lot out of the middle of the upheaval when he demolished the cities where Lot had lived.

Job 18:15
Nothing he owned remains in his tent.Burning sulfur is scattered over his home.

Psalms 11:6
Let him rain burning coals and sulfur on the wicked;let a scorching wind be the portion in their cup.

Isaiah 1:9
If the Lord of Armieshad not left us a few survivors,we would be like Sodom,we would resemble Gomorrah.

Isaiah 13:19
And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms,the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans,will be like Sodom and Gomorrahwhen God overthrew them.

Jeremiah 20:16
Let that man be like the citiesthe Lord demolished without compassion.Let him hear an outcry in the morningand a war cry at noontime

Jeremiah 49:18
As when Sodom and Gomorrah were overthrown along with their neighbors,” says the Lord, “no one will live there; no human being will stay in it even temporarily.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Have digged and drunk ... and dried up - The meaning seems to be - “Mountains do not stop me - I cross them even in my chariots. Deserts do not stop me - I dig wells there, and drink the water. Rivers do not stop me - I pass them as easily as if they were dry land.”

The rivers of besieged places - Rather, “the rivers of Egypt.” The singular form, Mazor (compare the modern Misr and the Assyrian Muzr), is here used instead of the ordinary dual form, Mizraim, perhaps because “Lower Egypt” only is intended. This was so cut up with canals and branches of the Nile, natural and artificial, that it was regarded as impassable for chariots and horses. Sennacherib, however, thought that these many streams would prove no impediments to him; he would advance as fast as if they were “dried up.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Kings 19:24. I have dipped and drunk strange waters — I have conquered strange countries, in which I have digged wells for my army; or, I have gained the wealth of strange countries.

With the sole of my feet — My infantry have been so numerous that they alone have been sufficient to drink up the rivers of the places I have besieged.