Isaiah 44:27

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“who says to the depths of the sea, ‘Be dry, and I will dry up your currents,’”

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BSBPD

“who says to the depths of the sea, ‘Be dry, and I will dry up your currents,’”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers:”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“that saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Who is saying to the deep, Be dry, and thy rivers I cause to dry up,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 44:27 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 8:1But God remembered Noah and all the animals and livestock that were with him in the ark. And God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters began to subside.
  2. Exodus 14:21Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided,
  3. Psalms 74:15You broke open the fountain and the flood; You dried up the ever-flowing rivers.
  4. Isaiah 11:15The LORD will devote to destruction the gulf of the Sea of Egypt; with a scorching wind He will sweep His hand over the Euphrates. He will split it into seven streams for men to cross with dry sandals.
  5. Isaiah 42:15I will lay waste the mountains and hills and dry up all their vegetation. I will turn the rivers into dry land and drain the marshes.
  6. Isaiah 43:16Thus says the LORD, who makes a way in the sea and a path through the surging waters,
  7. Isaiah 50:2Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold, My rebuke dries up the sea; I turn the rivers into a desert; the fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst.
  8. Isaiah 51:15For I am the LORD your God who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar— the LORD of Hosts is His name.
  9. Isaiah 63:12who sent His glorious arm to lead them by the right hand of Moses, who divided the waters before them to gain for Himself everlasting renown,
  10. Jeremiah 50:38A drought is upon her waters, and they will be dried up. For it is a land of graven images, and the people go mad over idols.
  11. Jeremiah 51:32The fords have been seized, the marshes set on fire, and the soldiers are terrified.”
  12. Jeremiah 51:36Therefore this is what the LORD says: “Behold, I will plead your case and take vengeance on your behalf; I will dry up her sea and make her springs run dry.
  13. Zechariah 10:11They will pass through the sea of distressand strike the waves of the sea;all the depths of the Nile will dry up.The pride of Assyria will be brought down,and the scepter of Egypt will depart.
  14. Revelation 16:12And the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings of the East.

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