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Isaiah 41:17

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17“The 1afflicted and needy are seeking awater, but there is none,

And their tongue is parched with thirst;

I, Yahweh, bwill answer them Myself,

As the God of Israel I cwill not forsake them.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Or poor

Cross references

  1. aIs 43:20; 44:3; 49:10; 55:1
  2. bIs 30:19; 65:24
  3. cIs 42:16; 62:12

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

When the poor and needy seek water,

and there is none,

and their tongue is parched with thirst,

I the Lord will answer them;

I the God of Israel will not forsake them.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“The poor and needy search for water,

but there is none;

their tongues are parched with thirst.

But I the Lord will answer them;

I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The poor and the needy seek water, but there is none;

their tongues are parched with thirst.

I will answer them.

I am the Lord, the God of Israel. I will not abandon them.

NLTNew Living Translation

“When the poor and needy search for water and there is none,

and their tongues are parched from thirst,

then I, the Lord, will answer them.

I, the God of Israel, will never abandon them.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

The poor and the needy are seeking water and there is none;

their tongue is dried up with thirst.

I, Yahweh, will answer them;

I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

KJV 1900King James Version

When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none,

And their tongue faileth for thirst,

I the Lord will hear them,

I the God of Israel will not forsake them.