Isaiah 50:2

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Why, when I came, was there no one? Why, when I called, was there no one to answer? Is my hand too short to redeem? Do I have no power to save? Look, at my rebuke I dry up the sea; I turn rivers into a desert, so their fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst.

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  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Why, when I came, was there no man? When I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? Or have I no power to deliver? Behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stink because there is no water and die for thirst.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Wherefore, when I came,{H935} was there no man?{H376} when I called,{H7121} was there none to answer?{H6030} Is my hand{H3027} shortened{H7114} at all,{H7114} that it cannot redeem?{H6304} or have I no power{H3581} to deliver?{H5337} Behold, at my rebuke{H1606} I dry up{H2717} the sea,{H3220} I make{H7760} the rivers{H5104} a wilderness:{H4057} their fish{H1710} stink,{H887} because there is no water,{H4325} and die{H4191} for thirst.{H6772}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Wherefore, when I came{H935}{(H8804)}, was there no man{H376}? when I called{H7121}{(H8804)}, was there none to answer{H6030}{(H8802)}? Is my hand{H3027} shortened{H7114}{(H8804)} at all{H7114}{(H8800)}, that it cannot redeem{H6304}? or have I no power{H3581} to deliver{H5337}{(H8687)}? behold, at my rebuke{H1606} I dry up{H2717}{(H8686)} the sea{H3220}, I make{H7760}{(H8799)} the rivers{H5104} a wilderness{H4057}: their fish{H1710} stinketh{H887}{(H8799)}, because there is no water{H4325}, and dieth{H4191}{(H8799)} for thirst{H6772}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    For why wolde no ma receaue me, when I came? & when I called, no man gaue me answere. Was my hode clene smyte of, that it might not helpe? or, had I not power to delyuer? lo, at a worde I drike vp the see, & of water floudes I make drie lode: so yt for want of water, the fish corruppe, and die of thurst.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Wherefore came I, & there was no man? I called, & none answered: is mine hand so shortened, that it cannot helpe? or haue I no power to deliuer? Beholde, at my rebuke I drie vp the Sea: I make the floods desert: their fish rotteth for wat of water, and dieth for thirst.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    For why woulde no man receaue me when I came? and when I called, no man gaue me aunswere? Is my hande shortened that it myght not helpe? or haue I not power to deliuer? lo, at a worde I drynke vp the sea, & of water fluddes I make drye lande: so that for want of water the fishe corrupt and dye for thirste.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Wherefore, when I came, [was there] no man? when I called, [was there] none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because [there is] no water, and dieth for thirst.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Why, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it can't redeem? or have I no power to deliver? Behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stink, because there is no water, and die for thirst.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Wherefore have I come, and there is no one? I called, and there is none answering, Hath My hand been at all short of redemption? And is there not in me power to deliver? Lo, by My rebuke I dry up a sea, I make rivers a wilderness, Their fish stinketh, for there is no water, And dieth with thirst.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? Behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stink, because there is no water, and die for thirst.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? Behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stink, because there is no water, and die for thirst.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Why, then, when I came, was there no man? and no one to give answer to my voice? has my hand become feeble, so that it is unable to take up your cause? or have I no power to make you free? See, at my word the sea becomes dry, I make the rivers a waste land: their fish are dead for need of water, and make an evil smell.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Why, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it can't redeem? or have I no power to deliver? Behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stink, because there is no water, and die for thirst.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Why does no one challenge me when I come? Why does no one respond when I call? Is my hand too weak to deliver you? Do I lack the power to rescue you? Look, with a mere shout I can dry up the sea; I can turn streams into a desert, so the fish rot away and die from lack of water.

Referenced Verses

  • Num 11:23 : 23 The LORD answered Moses, 'Is the LORD’s arm too short? Now you will see whether or not what I say will come true for you.'
  • Josh 3:16 : 16 the water flowing down from upstream stood still. It rose up in a heap a great distance away, at a town called Adam near Zarethan. Meanwhile, the water flowing down to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) was completely cut off, and the people crossed opposite Jericho.
  • Isa 59:1 : 1 Look, the arm of the LORD is not too weak to save, nor is His ear too dull to hear.
  • Gen 18:14 : 14 Is anything too hard for the LORD? At the appointed time next year, I will return to you, and Sarah will have a son.
  • Exod 14:21 : 21 Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the LORD drove the sea back with a strong east wind all night and turned it into dry land. The waters were divided.
  • Isa 66:4 : 4 So I also will choose harsh punishments for them and bring on them what they dread. For when I called, no one answered; when I spoke, they did not listen. Instead, they did what was evil in My eyes and chose what I did not delight in.
  • Nah 1:4 : 4 He rebukes the sea and dries it up; he makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither, and the blossoms of Lebanon fade.
  • Hos 11:2 : 2 But the more they were called, the more they went away from them; they sacrificed to the Baals and burned incense to the carved images.
  • John 1:11 : 11 He came to His own, but His own people did not receive Him.
  • Isa 65:12 : 12 I will destine you for the sword, and all of you will bow down to the slaughter, because when I called, you did not answer; when I spoke, you did not listen. You did evil in my sight and chose what I did not delight in.
  • Jer 35:15 : 15 I sent all My servants the prophets to you persistently, saying: 'Turn now, each one of you, from your evil ways and correct your deeds. Do not follow other gods to serve them. Then you shall dwell in the land I have given to you and your ancestors.' But you did not incline your ear or listen to Me.
  • Exod 7:18 : 18 The fish in the Nile will die, the river will stink, and the Egyptians will not be able to drink water from the Nile.
  • Exod 7:21 : 21 The fish in the Nile died, the river smelled so bad that the Egyptians could not drink its water, and blood was everywhere in Egypt.
  • Ps 106:9 : 9 He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; He led them through the depths as through a wilderness.
  • Isa 59:16 : 16 He saw that there was no one; He was appalled that there was no intercessor. So His own arm brought salvation, and His righteousness sustained Him.
  • Isa 42:15 : 15 I will lay waste the mountains and hills and dry up all their vegetation. I will turn rivers into islands and dry up the pools.
  • Isa 43:16 : 16 This is what the LORD says— He who makes a way through the sea and a path through mighty waters,
  • Prov 1:24 : 24 Because I called and you refused, I stretched out my hand, but no one paid attention,
  • Isa 19:5 : 5 The waters will dry up from the sea, and the river will be parched and dry.
  • Isa 36:20 : 20 Who among all the gods of these lands have delivered their land from my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem from my hand?
  • Isa 41:28 : 28 When I look, there is no one; there is no counselor among these whom I could ask, and who could give an answer.
  • Isa 51:10 : 10 Was it not You who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, who made the depths of the sea a road for the redeemed to cross over?
  • Isa 63:13 : 13 who led them through the depths? Like a horse in open country, they did not stumble;
  • Ps 107:33 : 33 He turns rivers into a desert, springs of water into parched ground,
  • Ps 114:3-7 : 3 The sea saw it and fled; the Jordan turned back. 4 The mountains leaped like rams, the hills like lambs. 5 What is it, sea, that you flee? Jordan, that you turn back? 6 Mountains, why do you leap like rams, and hills, like lambs? 7 Tremble, earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,
  • 2 Chr 32:15 : 15 Now do not let Hezekiah deceive you or mislead you in this way, and do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to deliver his people from my hand or the hand of my ancestors. How much less will your God save you from my hand?
  • Exod 14:29 : 29 But the Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground, with the waters forming a wall for them on their right and on their left.
  • Dan 3:15 : 15 Now, if you are ready, when you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, to fall down and worship the statue I made, very good. But if you do not worship it, you will immediately be thrown into the blazing fiery furnace. And who is the god who can rescue you from my hands?'
  • Dan 3:29 : 29 Therefore I issue a decree that any people, nation, or language that speaks against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego shall be cut into pieces and their houses reduced to rubble, for no other god can save in this way.'
  • Dan 6:20 : 20 At the first light of dawn, the king got up and hurried to the lions’ den.
  • Dan 6:27 : 27 He rescues and delivers; He performs signs and wonders in the heavens and on the earth, for He rescued Daniel from the power of the lions.'
  • Jer 5:1 : 1 Roam through the streets of Jerusalem, look and understand, search in her squares. If you find one person who acts justly and seeks truth, I will forgive the city.
  • John 3:19 : 19 This is the verdict: The light has come into the world, but people loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil.
  • Hos 11:7 : 7 My people are determined to turn from Me. Even though they call to the Most High, He will by no means exalt them together.
  • Mark 4:39 : 39 He got up, rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, 'Peace! Be still!' Then the wind died down, and it was completely calm.
  • Jer 7:13 : 13 Now, because you have done all these things, declares the LORD, and though I spoke to you persistently, you did not listen, and though I called you, you did not answer,
  • Jer 8:6 : 6 I have listened and heard, but they do not speak what is right. No one repents of their wickedness, saying, ‘What have I done?’ Everyone turns to their own course, like a horse charging into battle.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 1 This is what the LORD says: Where is the certificate of divorce for your mother, whom I sent away? Or to which of my creditors did I sell you? Behold, because of your sins, you were sold, and because of your transgressions, your mother was sent away.

  • Isa 41:17-18
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    17 The poor and needy search for water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. But I, the Lord, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

    18 I will open rivers on the barren heights and springs within the valleys. I will turn the desert into pools of water and the parched ground into flowing springs.

  • 3 I clothe the heavens with darkness and make sackcloth their covering.

  • 5 I looked, but there was no one to help; I was appalled that no one gave support. So my own arm brought me salvation, and my wrath sustained me.

  • 24 I have dug wells in foreign lands and drunk water there. With the soles of my feet, I have dried up all the streams of Egypt.

  • 24 Because I called and you refused, I stretched out my hand, but no one paid attention,

  • 36 Therefore, this is what the Lord says: 'Behold, I will defend your cause and take vengeance for you. I will dry up her sea and make her fountains dry.'

  • 10 Was it not You who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, who made the depths of the sea a road for the redeemed to cross over?

  • 25 I dug wells and drank water; with the soles of my feet, I dried up all the rivers of Egypt.

  • 5 The waters will dry up from the sea, and the river will be parched and dry.

  • 4 He rebukes the sea and dries it up; he makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither, and the blossoms of Lebanon fade.

  • Isa 42:14-15
    2 verses
    72%

    14 For a long time, I have kept silent; I have held my peace and restrained myself. But now, like a woman in labor, I will cry out; I will gasp and pant together.

    15 I will lay waste the mountains and hills and dry up all their vegetation. I will turn rivers into islands and dry up the pools.

  • 22 Should you not fear Me? declares the Lord. Should you not tremble in My presence? I made the sand a boundary for the sea, an everlasting decree it cannot cross. Though its waves surge, they cannot prevail; though they roar, they cannot cross it.

  • 11 As the waters of a lake dry up or a riverbed becomes parched and dry,

  • 18 Why has my pain become perpetual, and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? Will You indeed be to me like a deceptive stream, waters that are unreliable?

  • 1 Look, the arm of the LORD is not too weak to save, nor is His ear too dull to hear.

  • 31 You people of this generation, consider the word of the LORD: ‘Have I been a wilderness to Israel or a land of deep darkness? Why do my people say, “We are free to roam; we will come to you no more”?’

  • 28 When I look, there is no one; there is no counselor among these whom I could ask, and who could give an answer.

  • 13 Therefore, my people have gone into exile because of lack of knowledge; their nobles are dying of hunger, and their multitudes are parched with thirst.

  • 3 Therefore the land mourns, and all who live in it languish, along with the beasts of the field, the birds of the skies, and even the fish of the sea are taken away.

  • 6 'You have rejected Me,' declares the LORD. 'You keep going backward. So I have stretched out My hand against you and destroyed you; I am tired of relenting.'

  • 19 These double calamities have come upon you—destruction and devastation, famine and sword. Who will console you?

  • 6 They did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD, who brought us up out of Egypt and led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and ravines, a land of drought and deep darkness, a land where no one travels and no one lives?’

  • 27 Why do you say, Jacob, and complain, Israel, 'My way is hidden from the Lord; my cause is disregarded by my God'?

  • 12 Am I the sea, or a sea monster, that you put me under guard?

  • 42 They looked, but there was no one to save them—to the LORD, but he did not answer them.

  • 26 to water a land where no man lives, an uninhabited desert,

  • 16 This is what the LORD says— He who makes a way through the sea and a path through mighty waters,

  • 12 "Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look and see if there is any sorrow like my sorrow, which was brought upon me, which the LORD inflicted on the day of his fierce anger.

  • 5 I cared for you in the wilderness, in the land of burning heat.

  • 8 People staggered from city to city for water but were not satisfied, yet you did not return to Me,' declares the LORD.

  • 20 I cry out to You, but You do not answer; I stand up, but You just look at me.

  • 13 Even from eternity I am He; none can deliver out of My hand. When I act, who can reverse it?

  • 15 "If He holds back the waters, they dry up; if He sends them out, they overwhelm the earth."

  • 7 But now, LORD, you are our Father. We are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hands.

  • 13 Indeed, there is no help in me, and ability has been driven from me.

  • 15 Listen! They are saying to me, 'Where is the word of the LORD? Let it now be fulfilled!'

  • 41 You have made my enemies turn their backs in retreat, and I destroy those who hate me.

  • 7 Behold, I cry out, 'Violence!' but I am not answered; I call for help, but there is no justice.

  • 20 Even the wild animals pant for you; the streams of water have dried up, and fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.

  • 27 I say to the deep waters, 'Be dry,' and I will dry up your rivers.

  • 38 A drought is upon her waters; they will dry up. For it is a land of idols, and they go mad over terrifying images.

  • 4 But I said, 'I have worked in vain; I have spent my strength for nothing and futility. Yet surely my vindication is with the Lord, and my reward is with my God.'

  • 15 For I am the Lord your God, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar— the Lord of Hosts is His name.

  • 25 Keep your feet from going bare and your throat from thirst. But you said, ‘It’s hopeless! I love foreigners, and I will follow them.’

  • 12 'I will dry up the streams of Egypt, sell the land into the hands of evil men, and desolate the land and everything in it by the hand of foreigners. I, the Lord, have spoken.'

  • 16 "Because of these things I weep; my eyes, my eyes flow with tears. No one is near to comfort me, no one to restore my spirit. My children are desolate because the enemy has prevailed."

  • 15 Why do you cry out over your injury? Your pain is incurable. Because of your great guilt and many sins, I have done these things to you.