King James Version

Isaiah 44:27

That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers:

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הָאֹמֵ֥רhaomerthe sayאָמַרdefinite article, verb, qal, participle, absolute — “the say”, a verb used as a describing wordH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…לַצּוּלָ֖הlatsulahto deepצוּלָהpreposition, with the article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “to deep”, the ordinary formH6683an abyss (of the sea)deep.חֳרָ֑בִיchoravidesolateחָרַבverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “desolate”, a commandH2717to 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.וְנַהֲרֹתַ֖יִךְvenaharotayikhand floodנָהָרconjunction, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “and flood”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5104a stream (including the sea; expectation the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperityflood, river.אוֹבִֽישׁovishbe ashamedיָבֵשׁverb, hiphil, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “be ashamed”, an unfinished actionH3001to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage)be ashamed, clean, be confounded, (make) dry (up), (do) shame(-fully), [idiom] utterly, wither (away).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

That saith to the deep: 'Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers';

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American Standard Version (1901)

that saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers;

Young’s Literal Translation

Who is saying to the deep, Be dry, and thy rivers I cause to dry up,

World English Bible

who says to the deep, ‘Be dry,’ and ‘I will dry up your rivers,’

Darby Translation

that saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers;

Douay-Rheims

Who say to the deep: Be thou desolate, and I will dry up thy rivers.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

That saith to the deep: 'Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers';

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Who says to the deep, Thou shalt be dried up, and I will dry up the rivers.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὁ λέγων τῇ ἀβύσσῳ, ἐρημωθήσῃ, καὶ τοὺς ποταμούς σου ξηρανῶ·