Isaiah 21:14 “Bring water for the thirsty, O dwellers of Tema; meet the refugees wit…”

Isaiah 21:14

Bring water for the thirsty, O dwellers of Tema; meet the refugees with food.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled.

World English Bible

They brought water to him who was thirsty. The inhabitants of the land of Tema met the fugitives with their bread.

American Standard Version

Unto him that was thirsty they brought water; the inhabitants of the land of Tema did meet the fugitives with their bread.

Geneva Bible 1599

O inhabitants of the lande of Tema, bring foorth water to meete the thirstie, and preuent him that fleeth with his bread.

Darby Translation

Bring ye water to meet the thirsty! The inhabitants of the land of Tema come forth with their bread for him that fleeth.

Young's Literal Translation

To meet the thirsty brought water have Inhabitants of the land of Tema, With his bread they came before a fugitive.

Bible in Basic English

Give water to him who is in need of water; give bread, O men of the land of Tema, to those in flight.

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Cross references

“Tema”

Genesis 25:15 Job 6:19 1 Chronicles 1:30

Genesis 25:15 · BSB

Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.

Job 6:19 · BSB

The caravans of Tema look for water; the travelers of Sheba hope to find it.

1 Chronicles 1:30 · BSB

Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema,

“brought”

Proverbs 25:21 Romans 12:20 Judges 8:4–8 1 Peter 4:9 Isaiah 16:3 Isaiah 16:4

Proverbs 25:21 · BSB

If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.

Romans 12:20 · BSB

On the contrary, “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink. For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head.”

Judges 8:4–8 · BSB

Then Gideon and his three hundred men came to the Jordan and crossed it, exhausted yet still in pursuit.

1 Peter 4:9 · BSB

Show hospitality to one another without complaining.

Isaiah 16:3 · BSB

“Give us counsel; render a decision. Shelter us at noonday with shade as dark as night. Hide the refugees; do not betray the one who flees.

Isaiah 16:4 · BSB

Let my fugitives stay with you; be a refuge for Moab from the destroyer.” When the oppressor has gone, destruction has ceased, and the oppressors have vanished from the land,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

13This is the burden against Arabia: In the thickets of Arabia you must lodge, O caravans of Dedanites.

15For they flee from the sword— the sword that is drawn— from the bow that is bent, and from the stress of battle.

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