Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

Cold water to someone who is thirsty that's what good news from a distant land is.

New American Standard Bible

Like cold water to a weary soul,
So is good news from a distant land.

King James Version

As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

Holman Bible

Good news from a distant land
is like cold water to a parched throat.

A Conservative Version

[As] cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

American Standard Version

As cold waters to a thirsty soul, So is good news from a far country.

Amplified


Like cold water to a thirsty soul,
So is good news from a distant land.

Bible in Basic English

As cold water to a tired soul, so is good news from a far country.

Darby Translation

As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

Julia Smith Translation

Cold waters to the fainting soul, and a good message from a land far off.

King James 2000

As cold water is to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

Lexham Expanded Bible

[Like] cold water upon a weary soul, [so too is] good news from a distant place.

Modern King James verseion

Like cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

A good report out of a far country, is like cold water to a thirsty soul.

NET Bible

Like cold water to a weary person, so is good news from a distant land.

New Heart English Bible

Like cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

The Emphasized Bible

As cold water to a thirsty soul, so is a good report from a far country.

Webster

As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

World English Bible

Like cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

Youngs Literal Translation

As cold waters for a weary soul, So is a good report from a far country.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
As cold
קר 
Qar 
Usage: 2

to a thirsty
עיף 
`ayeph 
Usage: 17

נפשׁ 
Nephesh 
Usage: 753

שׁמוּעה 
Sh@muw`ah 
Usage: 27

from a far
מרחק 
merchaq 
Usage: 18

Context Readings

More Proverbs Of Solomon

24 It's better to live in a corner on the roof than in a house with a contentious woman. 25 Cold water to someone who is thirsty that's what good news from a distant land is. 26 A muddied spring or a polluted well that's what a righteous person is who compromises with the wicked.


Cross References

Proverbs 15:30

Bright eyes encourage the heart; good news nourishes the body.

Genesis 21:16-19

Then she went and sat by herself about a distance of a bowshot away, because she kept saying to herself, "I can't bear to watch the child die!" That's why she sat a short distance away, crying aloud and weeping.

Exodus 17:2-3

The people quarreled with Moses: "Give us water to drink." Moses told them, "Why are you quarreling with me? Why are you testing the LORD?"

Exodus 17:6

I'll be standing there in front of you on the rock at Horeb. You are to strike the rock and water will come out of it, so the people can drink." Moses did this in front of the elders of Israel.

Judges 15:18-19

Aferward, he became thirsty, called out to the LORD, and told him, "So, you provided this great deliverance at the hands of your servant, but now I'm to die of thirst and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised?"

2 Samuel 23:15

David expressed his longing, "Oh, how I wish someone would get me a drink of water from the Bethlehem well that's by the city gate!"

Psalm 42:1-2

As an antelope pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, God.

Psalm 63:1

God, you are my God! I will fervently seek you. My soul thirsts for you; my flesh longs for you in a dry, weary, and parched land.

Isaiah 52:7

"How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of the one who brings news of peace, who announces good things, who announces salvation, who says to Zion, "Your God reigns!'

Isaiah 55:1

"Come, everyone who is thirsty, come to the waters! Also, you that have no money, come, buy, and eat! Come! Buy wine and milk without money and without price.

Jeremiah 18:14

Does the snow of Lebanon ever vanish from its rocky slopes? Or does the cold water from a foreign land ever cease to flow?

Nahum 1:15

Look! There on the mountains! The feet of the one who brings good news, who broadcasts a message of peace. Judah, celebrate your solemn festivals and keep your vows, because the wicked will never again invade you. Nineveh will be completely eliminated!

Luke 2:10-11

Then the angel told them, "Stop being afraid! Listen! I am bringing you good news of great joy for all the people.

John 7:37

On the last and most important day of the festival, Jesus stood up and shouted, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink!

Romans 10:15

And how can people preach unless they are sent? As it is written, "How beautiful are those who bring the good news!"

1 Timothy 1:15

This is a trustworthy saying that deserves complete acceptance: To this world Messiah came, sinful people to reclaim.

Revelation 21:6

Then he told me, "It has happened! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will freely give a drink from the spring of the water of life to the one who is thirsty.

Revelation 22:17

The Spirit and the bride say, "Come!" Let everyone who hears this say, "Come!" Let everyone who is thirsty come! Let anyone who wants the water of life take it as a gift!

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