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Friday, August 15th, 2025
the Week of Proper 14 / Ordinary 19
the Week of Proper 14 / Ordinary 19
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New Living Translation
2 Kings 19:24
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!'
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Christian Standard Bible®
I dug wellsand drank water in foreign lands.I dried up all the streams of Egyptwith the soles of my feet.’
I dug wellsand drank water in foreign lands.I dried up all the streams of Egyptwith the soles of my feet.’
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.
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.
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.'
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."
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.'
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."
"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."
"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.
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.
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."
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."
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."
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."
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.
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."
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.
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.
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.'
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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."
I have dug and drunk strange water, And with the soles of my feet I have dried up All the brooks of defense."
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."
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.'
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.
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.
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.'
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.
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."
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."
"I dug wells and drank foreign waters, And with the sole of my feet I dried up All the rivers of Egypt."
Contextual Overview
20 Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent this message to Hezekiah: "This is what the Lord , the God of Israel, says: I have heard your prayer about King Sennacherib of Assyria. 21 And the Lord has spoken this word against him: "The virgin daughter of Zion despises you and laughs at you. The daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head in derision as you flee. 22 "Whom have you been defying and ridiculing? Against whom did you raise your voice? At whom did you look with such haughty eyes? It was the Holy One of Israel! 23 By your messengers you have defied the Lord. You have said, ‘With my many chariots I have conquered the highest mountains— yes, the remotest peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars and its finest cypress trees. I have reached its farthest corners and explored its deepest forests. 24 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!' 25 "But have you not heard? I decided this long ago. Long ago I planned it, and now I am making it happen. I planned for you to crush fortified cities into heaps of rubble. 26 That is why their people have so little power and are so frightened and confused. They are as weak as grass, as easily trampled as tender green shoots. They are like grass sprouting on a housetop, scorched before it can grow lush and tall. 27 "But I know you well— where you stay and when you come and go. I know the way you have raged against me. 28 And because of your raging against me and your arrogance, which I have heard for myself, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth. I will make you return by the same road on which you came." 29 Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, "Here is the proof that what I say is true: "This year you will eat only what grows up by itself, and next year you will eat what springs up from that. But in the third year you will plant crops and harvest them; you will tend 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
Lot reached the village just as the sun was rising over the horizon.
Lot reached the village just as the sun was rising over the horizon.
Genesis 19:24
Then the Lord rained down fire and burning sulfur from the sky on Sodom and Gomorrah.
Then the Lord rained down fire and burning sulfur from the sky on Sodom and Gomorrah.
Genesis 19:28
He looked out across the plain toward Sodom and Gomorrah and watched as columns of smoke rose from the cities like smoke from a furnace.
He looked out across the plain toward Sodom and Gomorrah and watched as columns of smoke rose from the cities like smoke from a furnace.
Genesis 19:29
But God had listened to Abraham's request and kept Lot safe, removing him from the disaster that engulfed the cities on the plain.
But God had listened to Abraham's request and kept Lot safe, removing him from the disaster that engulfed the cities on the plain.
Job 18:15
The homes of the wicked will burn down; burning sulfur rains on their houses.
The homes of the wicked will burn down; burning sulfur rains on their houses.
Psalms 11:6
He will rain down blazing coals and burning sulfur on the wicked, punishing them with scorching winds.
He will rain down blazing coals and burning sulfur on the wicked, punishing them with scorching winds.
Isaiah 1:9
If the Lord of Heaven's Armies had not spared a few of us, we would have been wiped out like Sodom, destroyed like Gomorrah.
If the Lord of Heaven's Armies had not spared a few of us, we would have been wiped out like Sodom, destroyed like Gomorrah.
Isaiah 13:19
Babylon, the most glorious of kingdoms, the flower of Chaldean pride, will be devastated like Sodom and Gomorrah when God destroyed them.
Babylon, the most glorious of kingdoms, the flower of Chaldean pride, will be devastated like Sodom and Gomorrah when God destroyed them.
Jeremiah 20:16
Let him be destroyed like the cities of old that the Lord overthrew without mercy. Terrify him all day long with battle shouts,
Let him be destroyed like the cities of old that the Lord overthrew without mercy. Terrify him all day long with battle shouts,
Jeremiah 49:18
It will be like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring towns," says the Lord . "No one will live there; no one will inhabit it.
It will be like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring towns," says the Lord . "No one will live there; no one will inhabit it.
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.
