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2 Kings 19:24

22 Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.

23 By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel.

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

25 Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps.

26 Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.

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BSB
I have dug wells and drunk foreign waters. With the soles of my feet I have dried up all the streams of Egypt.”
KJV
I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.
WEB
I have dug and drunk strange waters, and I will dry up all the rivers of Egypt with the sole of my feet.”
ASV
I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet will I dry up all the rivers of Egypt.
DARBY
I have digged, and have drunk strange waters, And with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the streams of Matsor.
BLB
I have dug and I have drunk strange waters, and I have dried up with the soles of my feet all the brooks of Egypt.”
ÅB
jeg gravde brønner og drakk av fremmede vann, og jeg tørker ut alle Egypts strømmer med mine fotsåler.
OTB
Jeg gravde brønner og drakk vann fra fremmede land,
Og med mine fotsåler tørket jeg opp
Alle Egyptens elver."'
B1930
jeg gravde brønner og drakk av fremmede vann, og jeg tørker ut alle Egyptens strømmer med mine fotsåler.

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Cross references

  • 1 Kings 20:10

    And Ben-hadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.

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  • Exodus 15:9

    The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.

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  • Isaiah 19:6

    And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.

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  • 2 Samuel 17:13

    Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there be not one small stone found there.

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  • Daniel 4:30

    The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?

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