Isaiah 42:15

World English Bible (WEB)

I will destroy mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs. I will make the rivers islands, and will dry up the pools.

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13 The LORD will go out like a mighty man. He will stir up zeal like a man of war. He will raise a war cry. Yes, he will shout aloud. He will triumph over his enemies.

14 “I have been silent a long time. I have been quiet and restrained myself. Now I will cry out like a travailing woman. I will both gasp and pant.

15 I will destroy mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs. I will make the rivers islands, and will dry up the pools.

16 I will bring the blind by a way that they don’t know. I will lead them in paths that they don’t know. I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. I will do these things, and I will not forsake them.

17 “Those who trust in engraved images, who tell molten images, ‘You are our gods,’ will be turned back. They will be utterly disappointed.

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Isaiah 42:15 in every translation

WEB World English Bible: I will destroy mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs. I will make the rivers islands, and will dry up the pools.
KJV King James Version: I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.
BSB Berean Standard Bible: I will lay waste the mountains and hills and dry up all their vegetation. I will turn the rivers into dry land and drain the marshes.
ASV American Standard Version: I will lay waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and will dry up the pools.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: I make waste mountains and hills, And all their herbs I dry up, And I have made rivers become isles, And ponds I dry up.
DBY Darby Translation: I will lay waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.
WBS Webster Bible: I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers to be islands, and I will dry up the pools.