Isaiah 37:25

Isaiah 37:25 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places.
• New International Version (NIV)I have dug wells in foreign lands and drunk the water there. With the soles of my feet I have dried up all the streams of Egypt.’
• English Standard Version (ESV)I dug wells and drank waters, to dry up with the sole of my foot all the streams of Egypt.
• New King James Version (NKJV)I have dug and drunk water, And with the soles of my feet I have dried up All the brooks of defense.’

Context of Isaiah 37:25

23Whom are you defying and slandering? Against whom are you shouting? Who are you looking at so arrogantly? It is the Holy One of Israel! 24Through your servants you defy the Lord and say, “With my many chariots I’ll ride up the high mountains, up the slopes of Lebanon. I’ll cut down its tallest cedars and its finest cypresses. I’ll come to its most distant heights and its most fertile forests. I’ll dig wells and drink water. I’ll dry up all the streams of Egypt with the trampling of my feet.” 26“ ‘Haven’t you heard? I did this long ago. I planned it in the distant past. Now I make it happen so that you will turn fortified cities into piles of rubble. 27Those who live in these cities are weak, discouraged, and ashamed. They will be like plants in the field, like fresh, green grass on the roofs, dried up by the east wind.

Isaiah 37:25 word by word

אֲנִ֥י קַ֖רְתִּי וְשָׁתִ֣יתִי מָ֑יִם וְאַחְרִב֙ בְּכַף־פְּעָמַ֔י כֹּ֖ל יְאֹרֵ֥י מָצֽוֹר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• I have diggedקוּרqûr · to digH6979
• and drunkשָׁתָהshâthâh · to drinkH8354
• waterמַיmayim · waterH4325
• and with the soleכַּףkaph · palm: soleH3709
• of my feetפַּ֫עַםpa‛am pa‛ămâh · beatH6471
• have I dried upחָרֵבchârab chârêb · to dryH2717
• all the riversיְאֹרye'ôr · streamH2975
• of the besieged placesמָצוֹרmâtsôr · EgyptH4693

Cross-references for Isaiah 37:25

• Isaiah 36:12But the field commander asked, “Did my master send me to tell these things only to you and your master? Didn’t he send me to the men sitting on the wall who will have to eat their own excrement and drink their own urine with you?”
• 1 Kings 20:10Then Benhadad sent Ahab the following message: “May the gods strike me dead if there will be enough dust left from Samaria to give a handful to each soldier who follows me.”
• 2 Kings 19:23Through your servants you defy the Lord and say, “With my many chariots I’ll ride up the high mountains, up the slopes of Lebanon. I’ll cut down its tallest cedars and its finest cypresses. I’ll come to its most distant borders and its most fertile forests.

Commentaries on Isaiah 37:25

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 25Water "Strange waters" - The word זרים zarim, strange, lost out of the Hebrew text in this place, is supplied from the other copy. A MS. supplies the word רבים rabbim, many, instead of it. With the sole of my feet - With my infantry. All the rivers of the besieged places "All the canals of fenced places" - The principal cities of Egypt, the scene of his late exploits, were chiefly defended by deep moats, canals, or large lakes, made by labor and art, with…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25I have digged - That is, I have digged wells. This was regarded among eastern nations as an important achievement. It was difficult to find water, even by digging, in sandy deserts; and in a country abounding with rocks, it was an enterprise of great difficulty to sink a well. Hence, the possession of a well became a valuable property, and was sometimes the occasion of contention between neighboring tribes Genesis 26:20. Hence, also to stop up the wells…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25I have dug wells … I have dried up all the streams of Egypt: Sennacherib's boasts show his attitude of independence. However, the Lord alone is sovereign over nature (Isaiah 42:15; 43:19; 44:27).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2525. digged, and drunk water--In 2Ki 19:24, it is "strange waters." I have marched into foreign lands where I had to dig wells for the supply of my armies; even the natural destitution of water there did not impede my march. rivers of ... besieged places--rather, "the streams (artificial canals from the Nile) of Egypt." "With the sole of my foot," expresses that as soon as his vast armies marched into a region, the streams were drunk up by them; or rather…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 37:25

• Assyria
• Blasphemy
• Libnah

In the dictionaries

• Egypt
• Hezekiah
• Sennacherib
• Bible, the
• Chronicles, Books of
• Hezekiah (2)
• Isaiah
• fir, firs

Commentaries on Isaiah 37

• 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
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings