Parallel Verses

Amplified


Restore our captivity, O Lord,
As the stream-beds in the South (the Negev) [are restored by torrents of rain].

New American Standard Bible

Restore our captivity, O Lord,
As the streams in the South.

King James Version

Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south.

Holman Bible

Restore our fortunes, Lord,
like watercourses in the Negev.

International Standard Version

Restore our exiles, LORD, like the streams of the Negev.

A Conservative Version

Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the South.

American Standard Version

Turn again our captivity, O Jehovah, As the streams in the South.

Darby Translation

Turn our captivity, O Jehovah, as the streams in the south.

Julia Smith Translation

Jehovah turned back our captivity, as torrents in the south.

King James 2000

Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the South.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Restore, O Yahweh, our fortunes like the streams in the Negeb.

Modern King James verseion

Turn again our captivity, O Jehovah, as the streams in the south.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Turn our captivity, O LORD, as the rivers in the south.

NET Bible

O Lord, restore our well-being, just as the streams in the arid south are replenished.

New Heart English Bible

Restore our fortunes again, LORD, like the streams in the Negev.

The Emphasized Bible

Bring thou back, O Yahweh, our captives, like channels in the South.

Webster

Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south.

World English Bible

Restore our fortunes again, Yahweh, like the streams in the Negev.

Youngs Literal Translation

Turn again, O Jehovah, to our captivity, As streams in the south.

References

Fausets

Context Readings

Zion's Restoration

3
The Lord has done great things for us;
We are glad!
4 
Restore our captivity, O Lord,
As the stream-beds in the South (the Negev) [are restored by torrents of rain].
5
They who sow in tears shall reap with joyful singing.


Cross References

Joshua 3:16

the waters which were flowing down from above stopped and rose up in one mass a great distance away at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan. Those [waters] flowing downward toward the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, were completely cut off. So the people crossed [the river] opposite Jericho.

Psalm 85:4


Restore us, O God of our salvation,
And cause Your indignation toward us to cease.

Psalm 126:1

When the Lord brought back the captives to Zion (Jerusalem),
We were like those who dream [it seemed so unreal].

Isaiah 35:6


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

Isaiah 41:18


“I will open rivers on the barren heights
And springs in the midst of the valleys;
I will make the wilderness a reed-pool of water
And the dry land springs of water.

Isaiah 43:19


“Listen carefully, I am about to do a new thing,
Now it will spring forth;
Will you not be aware of it?
I will even put a road in the wilderness,
Rivers in the desert.

Hosea 1:11


Then the sons of Judah and the sons of Israel shall be gathered together,
And they will appoint for themselves one leader,
And they will go up from the land,
For great and glorious will be the day of Jezreel.

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