Isaiah 21:14
12 The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire, enquire ye: return, come.
13 The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanim.
The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled.
15 For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.
16 For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Bring water for the thirsty, O dwellers of Tema; meet the refugees with food.
- KJV
- The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled.
- WEB
- They brought water to him who was thirsty. The inhabitants of the land of Tema met the fugitives with their bread.
- ASV
- Unto him that was thirsty they brought water; the inhabitants of the land of Tema did meet the fugitives with their bread.
- DARBY
- Bring ye water to meet the thirsty! The inhabitants of the land of Tema come forth with their bread for him that fleeth.
- BLB
- to meet the thirsty one. Bring water, O dwellers of the land of Tema, with his bread meet the one fleeing.
- ÅB
- Ut til de tørste fører de vann; de som bor i Temas land, kommer de flyktende i møte med brød;
- OTB
- bring vann til de tørste; dere innbyggere i Tema, møt flyktningene med brød.
- B1930
- Ut til de tørste fører de vann; de som bor i Temas land, kommer de flyktende i møte med brød;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 6:19
The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.
Read in contextGenesis 25:15
Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:
Read in contextRomans 12:20
Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.
Read in contextProverbs 25:21
If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:
Read in contextJudges 8:4–8
And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them.
Read in contextIsaiah 16:3–4
Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth.
Read in context1 Peter 4:9
Use hospitality one to another without grudging.
Read in context1 Chronicles 1:30
Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema,
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