Isaiah 12:3

Isaiah 12:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.
• New International Version (NIV)With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore with joy you will draw water From the wells of salvation.
• New Living Translation (NLT)With joy you will drink deeply from the fountain of salvation!

Context of Isaiah 12:3

1You will say in that day: "I will give thanks to you, O Lord, for though you were angry with me, your anger turned away, that you might comfort me. 2"Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the Lord God is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation." With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation. 4And you will say in that day: "Give thanks to the Lord, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the peoples, proclaim that his name is exalted. 5"Sing praises to the Lord, for he has done gloriously; let this be made known in all the earth.

Isaiah 12:3 word by word

וּשְׁאַבְתֶּם־מַ֖יִם בְּשָׂשׂ֑וֹן מִמַּעַיְנֵ֖י הַיְשׁוּעָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Therefore with joyשָׂשׂוֹןώâώôn ώâώôn · rejoicingH8342
• shall ye drawשָׁאַבshâ'ab · to drawH7579
• waterמַיmayim · waterH4325
• out of the wellsמַעְיָןma‛yân ma‛yenô ma‛yânâh · springH4599
• of salvationיְשׁוּעָהyeshû‛âh · salvationH3444

Cross-references for Isaiah 12:3

• Isaiah 49:10they shall not hunger or thirst, neither scorching wind nor sun shall strike them, for he who has pity on them will lead them, and by springs of water will guide them.
• Isaiah 55:1"Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
• Psalms 36:9For with you is the fountain of life; in your light do we see light.
• Jeremiah 2:13for my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed out cisterns for themselves, broken cisterns that can hold no water.
• John 1:16For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace.
• John 4:10Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water."
• John 7:37On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, "If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink.
• Revelation 7:17For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd, and he will guide them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes."
• Revelation 22:1Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb

Commentaries on Isaiah 12:3

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Therefore - In view of all his mercies, the Hebrew is, however; simply, ” and” ye shall draw.‘ It has already been intimated that the Jews applied this passage to the Holy Spirit: and that probably on this they based their custom of drawing water from the fountain of Siloam at the feast of the dedication (note, John 7:37). The fountain of Siloam was in the eastern part of the city, and the water was borne from that fountain in a golden cup, and was…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3God's salvation is like a deep, endless source of water that gives life (see also Isaiah 41:18; Psalm 87:7).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. draw water ... salvation--an expressive image in a hot country. On the last day of the feast of tabernacles the Jews used to bring water in a golden pitcher from the fountain of Siloam, and pour it, mingled with wine, on the sacrifice on the altar, with great rejoicing. This is the allusion in Jesus' words on "the last day of the feast" (Joh 7:2, 37-39). The pouring out of water indicated repentance (1Sa 7:6; compare, as to the Jews' repentance…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 12:3

• Happiness
• Joy
• Praise
• Regeneration
• Salvation
• Water
• Wells

In the dictionaries

• Canon of the Old Testament
• Drawer of Water
• Ezekiel
• Isaiah
• Well
• Isaiah, Book of

Commentaries on Isaiah 12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings