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The Burden against Arabia

Isaiah 21:14

In 11 translations

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.brought: or, bring ye
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.
LSV
Inhabitants of the land of Tema || Have brought water to meet the thirsty, || With his bread they came before a fugitive.
YLT
To meet the thirsty brought water have Inhabitants of the land of Tema, With his bread they came before a fugitive.
DBY
Bring ye water to meet the thirsty! The inhabitants of the land of Tema come forth with their bread for him that fleeth.
DRC
Meeting the thirsty bring him water, you that inhabit the land of the south, meet with bread him that fleeth.
GNV
O inhabitants of the lande of Tema, bring foorth water to meete the thirstie, and preuent him that fleeth with his bread.
JPS
Unto him that is thirsty bring ye water! The inhabitants of the land of Tema did meet the fugitive with his bread.
LXXE
Ye that dwell in the country of Thæman, bring water to meet him that is thirsty;

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Original-language editions

WLC
לִקְרַ֥את צָמֵ֖א הֵתָ֣יוּ מָ֑יִם יֹשְׁבֵי֙ אֶ֣רֶץ תֵּימָ֔א בְּלַחְמ֖וֹ קִדְּמ֥וּ נֹדֵֽד׃
LXX-Br
Εἰς συνάντησιν διψῶντι ὕδωρ φέρετε οἱ ἐνοικοῦντες ἐν χώρᾳ Θαιμὰν, ἄρτοις συναντᾶτε τοῖς φεύγουσι

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Romans 12:20On the contrary, “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink. For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head.”
  • Genesis 25:15Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.
  • Job 6:19The caravans of Tema look for water; the travelers of Sheba hope to find it.
  • Proverbs 25:21If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.
  • Isaiah 16:3–4“Give us counsel; render a decision. Shelter us at noonday with shade as dark as night. Hide the refugees; do not betray the one who flees. Let my fugitives stay with you; be a refuge for Moab from the destroyer.” When…
  • Judges 8:4–8Then Gideon and his three hundred men came to the Jordan and crossed it, exhausted yet still in pursuit. So Gideon said to the men of Succoth, “Please give my troops some bread, for they are exhausted, and I am still…
  • 1 Chronicles 1:30Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema,
  • 1 Peter 4:9Show hospitality to one another without complaining.

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