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Isaiah 41

Isa. 41:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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When the poor
`aniy (Hebrew #6041)
depressed, in mind or circumstances (practically the same as 6035, although the margin constantly disputes this, making 6035 subjective and 6041 objective)
KJV usage: afflicted, humble, lowly, needy, poor.
Pronounce: aw-nee'
Origin: from 6031
and needy
'ebyown (Hebrew #34)
destitute
KJV usage: beggar, needy, poor (man).
Pronounce: eb-yone'
Origin: from 14, in the sense of want (especially in feeling)
seek
baqash (Hebrew #1245)
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
KJV usage: ask, beg, beseech, desire, enquire, get, make inquisition, procure, (make) request, require, seek (for).
Pronounce: baw-kash'
Origin: a primitive root
water
mayim (Hebrew #4325)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
KJV usage: + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
Pronounce: mah'-yim
Origin: dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense)
, and there is none, and their tongue
lashown (Hebrew #3956)
also (in plural) feminine lshonah {lesh-o-naw'}; from 3960; the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water)
KJV usage: + babbler,bay, + evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge.
Pronounce: law-shone'
Origin: or lashon {law-shone'}
faileth
nashath (Hebrew #5405)
properly, to eliminate, i.e. (intransitively) to dry up
KJV usage: fail.
Pronounce: naw-shath'
Origin: a primitive root
for thirst
tsama' (Hebrew #6772)
thirst (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: thirst(-y).
Pronounce: tsaw-maw'
Origin: from 6770
, I the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
will hear
`anah (Hebrew #6030)
properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extens. to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce
KJV usage: give account, afflict (by mistake for 6031), (cause to, give) answer, bring low (by mistake for 6031), cry, hear, Leannoth, lift up, say, X scholar, (give a) shout, sing (together by course), speak, testify, utter, (bear) witness. See also 1042, 1043.
Pronounce: aw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
them, I the God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
of Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
will not forsake
`azab (Hebrew #5800)
to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.
KJV usage: commit self, fail, forsake, fortify, help, leave (destitute, off), refuse, X surely.
Pronounce: aw-zab'
Origin: a primitive root
them.

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the poor.
seek.
Isa. 55:1• 1Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters; and he that hath no money, come ye, buy and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. (Isa. 55:1)
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Ex. 17:3,6• 3{i}And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Why is it that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?{/i}
6{i}Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock on Horeb; and thou shalt strike the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so before the eyes of the elders of Israel.{/i}
(Ex. 17:3,6)
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Psa. 42:2• 2My soul hath thirsted for God, for the living God:{HR}When shall I come and appear before God? (Psa. 42:2)
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Psa. 63:1‑2• 1A psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.{HR}O God, my God [art] thou;{HR}Early will I seek thee.{HR}For thee thirsteth my soul,{HR}For thee longeth my flesh,{HR}In a land dry and weary without water;
2So as I have beheld thee in the holy place,{HR}To see thy power and thy glory;
(Psa. 63:1‑2)
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Amos 8:11‑13• 11{i}Behold, days come, saith the Lord Jehovah, when I will send a famine in the land; not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of Jehovah.{/i}
12{i}And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north to the east; they shall run to and fro to seek the word of Jehovah, and shall not find it.{/i}
13{i}In that day shall the fair virgins and the young men faint for thirst;{/i}
(Amos 8:11‑13)
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Matt. 5:6• 6Blessed they that hunger and thirst after righteousness; for they shall be filled. (Matt. 5:6)
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John 4:10‑15• 10Jesus answered and said to her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink, thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
11The woman saith to him, Sir, thou hast no bucket, and the well is deep: whence then hast thou the living water?
12Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank of it himself and his sons and his cattle?
13Jesus answered and said to her, Every one that drinketh of this water shall thirst again;
14but whosoever drinketh of the water which I shall give him, shall in no way thirst forever, but the water which I shall give him shall become in him a fountain of water springing up into life eternal.
15The woman saith to him, Sir, give me this water that I may not thirst nor come here to draw.
(John 4:10‑15)
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John 7:37‑39• 37Now in the last, the great, day of the feast Jesus stood and cried, saying, If anyone thirst, let him come unto me and drink.
38He that believeth on me, even as the scripture said, Out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
39But this said he of the Spirit, which they that believed on him were about to receive, for [the] Spirit was not yet, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
(John 7:37‑39)
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Rev. 21:6• 6And he said to me, They are done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To him that is athirst I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely. (Rev. 21:6)
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Rev. 22:17• 17And the Spirit and the bride say, Come; and let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come; let him that willeth take life's water freely. (Rev. 22:17)
their tongue.
I the Lord.
I the God.

J. N. Darby Translation

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The afflicted and the needy seek water, and there is none; their tongue faileth for thirst: I, Jehovah, will answer them, I , the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

W. Kelly Translation

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The afflicted and the needy seek water, and [there is] none; their tongue faileth for thirst: I Jehovah will hear them, [I] the God of Israel will not forsake them.