Isaiah 35:6 “Then the lame will leap like a deer and the mute tongue will shout for…”

Isaiah 35:6

Then the lame will leap like a deer and the mute tongue will shout for joy. For waters will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.

World English Bible

Then the lame man will leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute will sing; for waters will break out in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.

American Standard Version

Then shall the lame man leap as a hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall sing; for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then shall ye lame man leape as an hart, and the dumme mans tongue shall sing: for in the wildernes shall waters breake out, and riuers in ye desert.

Darby Translation

then shall the lame [man] leap as a hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and torrents in the desert.

Young's Literal Translation

Then leap as a hart doth the lame, And sing doth the tongue of the dumb, For broken up in a wilderness have been waters, And streams in a desert.

Bible in Basic English

Then will the feeble-footed be jumping like a roe, and the voice which was stopped will be loud in song: for in the waste land streams will be bursting out, and waters in the dry places.

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Cross references

“shall the lame”

Matthew 11:5 Matthew 21:14 Acts 3:2 Acts 3:6–8 Acts 8:7 Acts 14:8–10

Matthew 11:5 · BSB

The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.

Matthew 21:14 · BSB

The blind and the lame came to Him at the temple, and He healed them.

Acts 3:2 · BSB

And a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those entering the temple courts.

Acts 3:6–8 · BSB

But Peter said, “Silver or gold I do not have, but what I have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk! ”

Acts 8:7 · BSB

With loud shrieks, unclean spirits came out of many who were possessed, and many of the paralyzed and lame were healed.

Acts 14:8–10 · BSB

In Lystra there sat a man crippled in his feet, who was lame from birth and had never walked.

“the tongue”

Luke 11:14 Isaiah 32:4 Matthew 12:22 Psalm 51:15 Luke 1:64 Mark 7:32–37

Luke 11:14 · BSB

One day Jesus was driving out a demon that was mute. And when the demon was gone, the man who had been mute spoke. The crowds were amazed,

Isaiah 32:4 · BSB

The mind of the rash will know and understand, and the stammering tongue will speak clearly and fluently.

Matthew 12:22 · BSB

Then a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute was brought to Jesus, and He healed the man so that he could speak and see.

Psalm 51:15 · BSB

O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare Your praise.

Luke 1:64 · BSB

Immediately Zechariah’s mouth was opened and his tongue was released, and he began to speak, praising God.

Mark 7:32–37 · BSB

Some people brought to Him a man who was deaf and hardly able to speak, and they begged Jesus to place His hand on him.

“for”

John 7:37–39 Isaiah 48:21 Exodus 17:6 Numbers 20:11 Nehemiah 9:15 Psalm 46:4

John 7:37–39 · BSB

On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.

Isaiah 48:21 · BSB

They did not thirst when He led them through the deserts; He made water flow for them from the rock; He split the rock, and water gushed out.

Exodus 17:6 · BSB

Behold, I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. And when you strike the rock, water will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.

Numbers 20:11 · BSB

Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff, so that a great amount of water gushed out, and the congregation and their livestock were able to drink.

Nehemiah 9:15 · BSB

In their hunger You gave them bread from heaven; in their thirst You brought them water from the rock. You told them to go in and possess the land that You had sworn to give them.

Psalm 46:4 · BSB

There is a river whose streams delight the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.

Also

Isaiah 35:1

Isaiah 35:1 · BSB

The wilderness and the dry land will be glad; the desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose.

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

In context

5Then the eyes of the blind will be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped.

7The parched ground will become a pool, the thirsty land springs of water. In the haunt where jackals once lay, there will be grass and reeds and papyrus.

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