King James Version

Isaiah 37:25

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

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אֲנִ֥יanimineאֲנִיpronoun, personal, 1st person, common, singular — “mine”H589II, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, [idiom] which, [idiom] who.קַ֖רְתִּיqartibreak downקוּרverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “break down”, a completed actionH6979to trench; by implication, to throw forth; to wall up, whether literal (to build a wall) or figurative (to estop)break down, cast out, destroy, dig.וְשָׁתִ֣יתִיveshatitiand banquetשָׁתָהconjunction, verb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “and banquet”, a completed actionH8354to imbibe (literally or figuratively)[idiom] assuredly, banquet, [idiom] certainly, drink(-er, -ing), drunk ([idiom] -ard), surely. (Prop. intensive of H8248 (שָׁקָה).)מָ֑יִםmayimwaterמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “water”, the ordinary formH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).וְאַחְרִב֙veachrivand desolateחָרַבconjunction, verb, hiphil, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “and desolate”, an unfinished actionH2717to parch (through drought) i.e. (by analogy,) to desolate, destroy, killdecay, (be) desolate, destroy(-er), (be) dry (up), slay, [idiom] surely, (lay, lie, make) waste.בְּכַףbekhafin hand , -dle,כַּףpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “in hand , -dle,”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3709the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-tree); figuratively, powerbranch, [phrase] foot, hand((-ful), -dle, (-led)), hollow, middle, palm, paw, power, sole, spoon.פְּעָמַ֔יpeamayanvilפַּעַםnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “anvil”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6471a stroke, literally or figuratively (in various applications, as follow)anvil, corner, foot(-step), going, (hundred-) fold, [idiom] now, (this) [phrase] once, order, rank, step, [phrase] thrice, (often-), second, this, two) time(-s), twice, wheel.כֹּ֖לkolallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).יְאֹרֵ֥יyeoreriverיְאֹרnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “river”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2975a channel, e.g. a fosse, canal, shaft; specifically the Nile, as the one river of Egypt, including its collateral trenches; also the Tigris, as the main river of Assyriabrook, flood, river, stream.מָצֽוֹרmatsorbesieged placesמָצוֹרnoun, proper name — “besieged places”H4693Egypt (as the border of Palestine)besieged places, defense, fortified.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

I have digged and drunk water, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of Egypt.

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American Standard Version (1901)

I have digged and drunk water, and with the sole of my feet will I dry up all the rivers of Egypt.

Young’s Literal Translation

I — I have dug and drunk waters, And I dry up with the sole of my steps All floods of a bulwark.

World English Bible

I have dug and drunk water, and with the sole of my feet I will dry up all the rivers of Egypt.”

Darby Translation

I have digged and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the streams of Matsor.

Douay-Rheims

I have digged, and drunk water, and have dried up with the sole of my foot, all the rivers shut up in banks.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

I have digged and drunk water, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of Egypt.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

and I have made a bridge, and dried up the waters, and every pool of water.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ ἔθηκα γέφυραν, καὶ ἠρήμωσα ὕδατα καὶ πᾶσαν συναγωγὴν ὕδατος.