Isaiah 35:7

KJV1611 – Modern English

And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water; in the habitation of jackals, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהָיָ֤ה הַשָּׁרָב֙ לַאֲגַ֔ם וְצִמָּא֖וֹן לְמַבּ֣וּעֵי מָ֑יִם בִּנְוֵ֤ה תַנִּים֙ רִבְצָ֔הּ חָצִ֖יר לְקָנֶ֥ה וָגֹֽמֶא׃

Transliteration

wə-hāyāh ha-šārāb la-ʾăgam wə-ṣimmāʾôn lə-mabbûʿê māyim bi-nəwēh tannîm ribṣāh ḥāṣîr lə-qāneh wā-gōmeʾ

Grammar Details

• *wə*-*hāyāh*: conjunction + perfect, 3rd masculine singular, Qal - and it will be/become
• *ha-šārāb*: definite article + masculine singular noun - the mirage/heat-haze
• *la*-*ʾăgam*: preposition + masculine singular noun - to a pool/pond
• *wə*-*ṣimmāʾôn*: conjunction + masculine singular noun - and thirsty ground
• *lə*-*mabbûʿê*: preposition + masculine plural construct - to springs of
• *māyim*: masculine plural noun - waters
• *bi*-*nəwēh*: preposition + masculine singular construct - in habitation of
• *tannîm*: masculine plural noun - jackals/dragons
• *ribṣāh*: feminine singular noun with 3rd feminine singular suffix - its resting place
• *ḥāṣîr*: masculine singular noun - grass
• *lə*-*qāneh*: preposition + masculine singular noun - for reed
• *wā*-*gōmeʾ*: conjunction + masculine singular noun - and rushes

Word Meanings

• *šārāb*: mirage/heat-haze/glowing sand
• *ʾăgam*: pool/pond/swamp
• *ṣimmāʾôn*: thirsty ground/parched land
• *mabbûʿê*: springs/fountains
• *nəwēh*: habitation/dwelling/pasture
• *tannîm*: jackals/dragons/serpents
• *ḥāṣîr*: grass/hay/court
• *qāneh*: reed/cane
• *gōmeʾ*: rushes/papyrus

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  The burning sand will become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water. In the habitation of jackals, where they lie, grass will grow with reeds and rushes.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And the glowing sand{H8273} shall become a pool,{H98} and the thirsty ground{H6774} springs{H4002} of water:{H4325} in the habitation{H5116} of jackals,{H8577} where they lay,{H7258} shall be grass{H2682} with reeds{H7070} and rushes.{H1573}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And the parched ground{H8273} shall become a pool{H98}, and the thirsty land{H6774} springs{H4002} of water{H4325}: in the habitation{H5116} of dragons{H8577}, where each lay{H7258}, shall be grass{H2682} with reeds{H7070} and rushes{H1573}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  The drie grounde shal turne to ryuers, and the thurstie to springes of water. Where as dragons dwelt afore, there shal growe swete floures and grene russhes.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And the dry ground shalbe as a poole, and the thirstie (as springs of water in the habitation of dragons: where they lay) shall be a place for reedes and rushes.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  The drye grounde shal turne to riuers, and the thirstie to sprynges of water: wheras dragons dwelt afore, there shal growe sweete flowres & greene russhes.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  The glowing sand shall become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water: in the habitation of jackals, where they lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And the mirage hath become a pond, And the thirsty land fountains of waters, In the habitation of dragons, Its place of couching down, a court for reed and rush.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And the glowing sand shall become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water: in the habitation of jackals, where they lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And the glowing sand shall become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water: in the habitation of jackals, where they lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes. [

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And the burning sand will become a pool, and the dry earth springs of waters: the fields where the sheep take their food will become wet land, and water-plants will take the place of grass.

• World English Bible (2000)

  The burning sand will become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water. Grass with reeds and rushes will be in the habitation of jackals, where they lay.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The dry soil will become a pool of water, the parched ground springs of water. Where jackals once lived and sprawled out, grass, reeds, and papyrus will grow.

Referenced Verses

• Isa 49:10 : 10 They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun strike them: for he who has mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water he shall guide them.
• Isa 13:22 : 22 And the wild beasts of the islands will cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: her time is near to come, and her days will not be prolonged.
• Isa 34:13 : 13 And thorns shall come up in its palaces, nettles and brambles in its fortresses: and it shall be a habitation for dragons, and a court for owls.
• Isa 44:3-4 : 3 For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my Spirit upon your descendants, and my blessing upon your offspring: 4 And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses.
• Isa 19:6 : 6 They shall turn the rivers away; the brooks of defense shall be emptied and dried up; the reeds and rushes shall wither.
• Isa 29:17 : 17 Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest?
• Hos 1:10-11 : 10 Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass that in the place where it was said to them, You are not My people, there it shall be said to them, You are the sons of the living God. 11 Then the children of Judah and the children of Israel shall be gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come up out of the land, for great shall be the day of Jezreel.
• Matt 21:43 : 43 Therefore I say to you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you and given to a nation producing its fruits.
• Luke 13:29 : 29 And they will come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and sit down in the kingdom of God.
• John 4:14 : 14 but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
• John 7:38 : 38 He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.
• Acts 26:18 : 18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith that is in me.
• 1 Cor 6:9-9 : 9 Do you not know that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor the effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, 10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And such were some of you: but you are washed, but you are sanctified, but you are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
• 1 John 5:19-20 : 19 And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one. 20 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.
• Rev 12:9-9 : 9 And the great dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him. 10 And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, "Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren has been thrown down, who accuses them before our God day and night." 11 And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives even to death. 12 Therefore rejoice, you heavens and you who dwell in them. Woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has only a short time.
• Rev 18:2 : 2 And he cried out mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and has become the dwelling of demons, and the prison of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
• Rev 20:2-3 : 2 And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years, 3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal on him, so that he should deceive the nations no more, until the thousand years were fulfilled; and after that, he must be released for a little while.