isaiah 41:18 i will open rivers in high places and fountains in the midst of the valleys i will make the wilderness a pool of water and the dry land springs of water

Isaiah 41:18

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “I will open rivers on the bare heights And springs in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness a pool of water And the dry land fountains of water.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— I will open rivers on the bare heights, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— I will open rivers on the bare heights, and fountains in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— I will open rivers on the bare heights, and fountains in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness into a pool of water, and the dry land into water-springs.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— I will open, On bare hills, rivers, and, In the midst of plains, fountains,—I will make, The desert, a lake of water, and, Parched land, springs of water;
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— I open on high places rivers, And in midst of valleys fountains, I make a wilderness become a pond of water, And a dry land become springs of water.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— I will open rivers in the high hills, and fountains in the midst of the plains: I will turn the desert into pools of waters, and the impassable land into streams of waters.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— I will open riuers in the toppes of the hils, and fountaines in the middes of the valleis: I will make the wildernesse as a poole of water, and the waste land as springs of water.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— I will open riuers in hie places, and fountaines in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wildernesse a poole of water, and the dry land springs of water.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— I will open rivers in the mountains and fountains in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness pools of water, and the dry land springs of water.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— but I will open rivers on the mountains, and fountains in the midst of plains: I will make the desert pools of water, and a thirsty land watercourses.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.

I will open 6605

{6605} Prime
פָּתַח
pathach
{paw-thakh'}

A primitive root; to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically to loosen, begin, plough, carve.

z8799

<8799> Grammar

Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885

rivers 5104

{5104} Prime
נָהָר
nahar
{naw-hawr'}

From H5102; a stream (including the sea; especially the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperity.

in x5921

(5921) Complement
עַל
`al
{al}

Properly the same as H5920 used as a preposition (in the singular or plural, often with prefix, or as conjugation with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications.

high places, 8205

{8205} Prime
שְׁפִי
sh@phiy
{shef-ee'}

From H8192; bareness; concretely a bare hill or plain.

and fountains 4599

{4599} Prime
מַעְיָן
ma`yan
{mah-yawn'}

From H5869 (as a denominative in the sense of a spring); a fountain (also collectively), figuratively a source (of satisfaction).

in the midst 8432

{8432} Prime
תָּוֶךְ
tavek
{taw'-vek}

From an unused root meaning to sever; a bisection, that is, (by implication) the centre.

of the valleys: 1237

{1237} Prime
בִּקְעָה
biq`ah
{bik-aw'}

From H1234; properly a split, that is, a wide level valley between mountains.

I will make 7760

{7760} Prime
שׂוּם
suwm
{soom}

A primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literally, figuratively, inferentially and elliptically).

z8799

<8799> Grammar

Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885

the wilderness 4057

{4057} Prime
מִדְבָּר
midbar
{mid-bawr'}

From H1696 in the sense of driving; a pasture (that is, open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication a desert; also speech (including its organs).

a pool 98

{0098} Prime
אֲגַם
'agam
{ag-am'}

From an unused root (meaning to collect as water); a marsh; hence a rush (as growing in swamps); hence a stockade of reeds.

of water, 4325

{4325} Prime
מַיִם
mayim
{mah'-yim}

Dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense); water; figuratively juice; by euphemism urine, semen.

and the dry 6723

{6723} Prime
צִיָּה
tsiyah
{tsee-yaw'}

From an unused root meaning to parch; aridity; concretely a desert.

land 776

{0776} Prime
אֶרֶץ
'erets
{eh'-rets}

From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land).

springs 4161

{4161} Prime
מוֹצָא
mowtsa'
{mo-tsaw'}

From H3318; a going forth, that is, (the act) an egress, or (the place) an exit; hence a source or product; specifically dawn, the rising of the sun (the East), exportation, utterance, a gate, a fountain, a mine, a meadow (as producing grass).

of water. 4325

{4325} Prime
מַיִם
mayim
{mah'-yim}

Dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense); water; figuratively juice; by euphemism urine, semen.

Isaiah 41:18

_ _ Alluding to the waters with which Israel was miraculously supplied in the desert after having come out of Egypt.

_ _ high places — bare of trees, barren, and unwatered (Jeremiah 4:11; Jeremiah 14:6). “High places ... valleys” spiritually express that in all circumstances, whether elevated or depressed, God’s people will have refreshment for their souls, however little to be expected it might seem.

See commentary on Isaiah 41:10-20.

Isaiah 41:18

In high places — Upon the mountains where by the course of nature there are no rivers. The dry land — Their people who are like a dry and barren wilderness. I will abundantly water with my blessings.

Isaiah 41:18

I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry ^(p) land springs of water.

^(p) God would rather change the order of nature than that they should want anything, who cry to him by true faith in their miseries: declaring to them by this that they will lack nothing by the way, when they return from Babylon.

Isaiah 12:3 Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.

Isaiah 30:25 And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every high hill, rivers [and] streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.

Isaiah 32:2 And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.

Isaiah 35:6-7 Then shall the lame [man] leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert. ... And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, [shall be] grass with reeds and rushes.

Isaiah 43:19-20 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, [and] rivers in the desert. ... The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, [and] rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.

Isaiah 44:3 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:

Isaiah 48:21 And they thirsted not [when] he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out.

Isaiah 49:9-10 That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that [are] in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures [shall be] in all high places. ... They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.

Isaiah 58:11 And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.

Psalms 46:4 [There is] a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy [place] of the tabernacles of the most High.

Psalms 78:15-16 He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave [them] drink as [out of] the great depths. ... He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.

Psalms 105:41 He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places [like] a river.

Psalms 107:35 He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.

Ezekiel 47:1-8 Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the forefront of the house [stood toward] the east, and the waters came down from under from the right side of the house, at the south [side] of the altar. ... Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: [which being] brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed.

Joel 3:18 And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim.

Zechariah 14:8 And it shall be in that day, [that] living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.

Revelation 7:17 For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.

Revelation 22:1 And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.

Ps 46:4; 78:15; 105:41; 107:35. Is 12:3; 30:25; 32:2; 35:6; 43:19; 44:3; 48:21; 49:9; 58:11. Ezk 47:1. Jol 3:18. Zc 14:8. Rv 7:17; 22:1.