Isaiah 37:25 “I have dug wells and drunk foreign waters. With the soles of my feet I…”

Isaiah 37:25

I have dug wells and drunk foreign waters. With the soles of my feet I have dried up all the streams of Egypt.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places.

World English Bible

I have dug and drunk water, and with the sole of my feet I will dry up all the rivers of Egypt.”

American Standard Version

I have digged and drunk water, and with the sole of my feet will I dry up all the rivers of Egypt.

Geneva Bible 1599

I haue digged and drunke the waters, and with the plant of my feete haue I dryed all the riuers closed in.

Darby Translation

I have digged and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the streams of Matsor.

Young's Literal Translation

I — I have dug and drunk waters, And I dry up with the sole of my steps All floods of a bulwark.

Bible in Basic English

I have made water-holes and taken their waters, and with my foot I have made all the rivers of Egypt dry.

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Cross references

“with the sole”

1 Kings 20:10 Isaiah 36:12 2 Kings 19:23 2 Kings 19:24

1 Kings 20:10 · BSB

Then Ben-hadad sent another message to Ahab: “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if enough dust remains of Samaria for each of my men to have a handful.”

Isaiah 36:12 · BSB

But the Rabshakeh replied, “Has my master sent me to speak these words only to you and your master, and not to the men sitting on the wall, who are destined with you to eat their own dung and drink their own urine?”

2 Kings 19:23 · BSB

Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the remote peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest o…

2 Kings 19:24 · BSB

I have dug wells and drunk foreign waters. With the soles of my feet I have dried up all the streams of Egypt.”

Also

Deuteronomy 11:10

Deuteronomy 11:10 · BSB

For the land that you are entering to possess is not like the land of Egypt, from which you have come, where you sowed your seed and irrigated on foot, like a vegetable garden.

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

In context

24Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the remote peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest of its cypresses. I have reached its farthest heights, the densest of its forests.

26Have you not heard? Long ago I ordained it; in days of old I planned it. Now I have brought it to pass, that you should crush fortified cities into piles of rubble.

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