Parallel Verses New International Version They will spring up like grass in a meadow, like poplar trees by flowing streams. King James Bible And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses. Darby Bible Translation And they shall spring up among the grass, as willows by the water-courses. World English Bible and they will spring up among the grass, as willows by the watercourses. Young's Literal Translation And they have sprung up as among grass, As willows by streams of water. Isaiah 44:4 Parallel Commentary Clarke's Commentary on the BibleThey shall spring up as among the grass "They shall spring up as the grass among the waters" - בבין חציר bebeyn chatsir, "They shall spring up to the midst of, or rather, in among, the grass. "This cannot be right: eleven MSS., and thirteen editions, have כבין kebeyn, or כבן keben. Twenty-four MSS. read it without the י yod, בבן beben, in the son of the grass; and so reads the Chaldee; בבן beben, in the son of the grass. Twenty-four MSS. of Dr. Kennicott's, thirty-three of De Rossi's, and one of my own, with six editions, have this reading. The Syriac, מבין mibbeyn. The true reading is in all probability כבין kebeyn; and the word מים mayim, which should have followed it, is lost out of the text: but it is happily supplied by the Septuagint, ὡς ανα μεσον ὑδατος, as among the water "In every place where there is water, there is always grass; for water makes every thing grow in the east." Sir John Chardin's note on 1 Kings 17:5. Harmer's Observations 1:64. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge spring Acts 5:14 And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.) willows Psalm 137:1,2 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion... Library Feeding on Ashes'He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?'--ISAIAH xliv. 20. The prophet has been pouring fierce scorn on idolaters. They make, he says, the gods they worship. They take a tree and saw it up: one log serves for a fire to cook their food, and with compass and pencil and plane they carve the figure of a man, and then they bow down to it and say, 'Deliver me, for thou art my god!' He sums up the whole … Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture The Privilege of Prayer Centenary Commemoration "But if Ye have Bitter Envying and Strife in Your Hearts, Glory Not," &C. Cross References Leviticus 23:40 On the first day you are to take branches from luxuriant trees--from palms, willows and other leafy trees--and rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days. Job 5:25 You will know that your children will be many, and your descendants like the grass of the earth. Job 40:22 The lotuses conceal it in their shadow; the poplars by the stream surround it. Psalm 137:2 There on the poplars we hung our harps, Isaiah 48:19 Your descendants would have been like the sand, your children like its numberless grains; their name would never be blotted out nor destroyed from before me." Ezekiel 17:5 "'He took one of the seedlings of the land and put it in fertile soil. He planted it like a willow by abundant water, Jump to Previous Amid Courses Field Flowing Grass Meadow Poplar Poplars Spring Sprung Streams Trees Water Watercourses Water-Courses Water-Plants Waters Well-Watered WillowsJump to Next Amid Courses Field Flowing Grass Meadow Poplar Poplars Spring Sprung Streams Trees Water Watercourses Water-Courses Water-Plants Waters Well-Watered WillowsLinks Isaiah 44:4 NIVIsaiah 44:4 NLT Isaiah 44:4 ESV Isaiah 44:4 NASB Isaiah 44:4 KJV Isaiah 44:4 Bible Apps Isaiah 44:4 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 44:4 Chinese Bible Isaiah 44:4 French Bible Isaiah 44:4 German Bible Isaiah 44:4 Commentaries THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica®. Bible Hub |