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OEB  ⇔ Thus therefore saith Jehovah:
 ⇔ See! I will defend thy cause,
 ⇔ And I will take vengeance for thee;
 ⇔ Her sea I will dry up,
 ⇔ And her fountain I will wither.

WEBBE  ¶ Therefore the LORD says:
 ⇔ “Behold, I will plead your cause,
 ⇔ and take vengeance for you.
 ⇔ I will dry up her sea,
 ⇔ and make her fountain dry.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Therefore the Lord says,
 ⇔ “I will stand up for your cause.
 ⇔ I will pay the Babylonians back for what they have done to you.
 ⇔ I will dry up their sea.
 ⇔ I will make their springs run dry.

LSV Therefore, thus said YHWH: Behold, I am pleading your cause,
And I have avenged your vengeance,
And dried up her sea, and made her fountains dry.

FBV This is what the Lord says: Watch as I present your case for you and make your enemies pay for what they did to you. I'm going to dry up her river and her springs.

T4T And this is what Yahweh replies to the people of Jerusalem:
 ⇔ “I will be like your lawyer to defend you,
 ⇔ and I will avenge you.
 ⇔ I will dry up the river in Babylon
 ⇔ and all the springs of water.

LEB  • Therefore[fn] thus says Yahweh, “Look, I am going to contend your case, •  and I will avenge your vengeance, •  and I will cause her sea to dry up, •  and I will cause her fountain to dry up.

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BBE For this reason the Lord has said: See, I will give support to your cause, and take payment for what you have undergone; I will make her sea dry, and her fountain without water.

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JPS Therefore thus saith the LORD: Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her fountain dry.

ASV Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her fountain dry.

DRA Therefore thus saith the Lord: Behold I will judge thy cause, and will take vengeance for thee, and I will make her sea desolate, and will dry up her spring.

YLT Therefore, thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am pleading thy cause, And I have avenged thy vengeance, And dried up its sea, and made its fountains dry.

Drby Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her spring dry.

RV Therefore thus saith the LORD: Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her fountain dry.

Wbstr Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.

KJB-1769 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.
   (Therefore thus saith/says the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy/your cause, and take vengeance for thee/you; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry. )

KJB-1611 Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I wil plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee, and I will drie vp her sea, and make her springs drie.
   (Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps Therfore thus saith the Lorde, Beholde I wyll defende thy cause, and auenge thee, I wyll drynke vp her sea, and drye vp her water sprynges.
   (Therefore thus saith/says the Lord, Behold I will defende thy/your cause, and auenge thee/you, I will drink up her sea, and drye up her water springes.)

Gnva Therefore thus sayth the Lord, Beholde, I will maintayne thy cause, and take vengeance for thee, and I will drie vp the sea, and drie vp her springes.
   (Therefore thus saith/says the Lord, Behold, I will maintayne thy/your cause, and take vengeance for thee/you, and I will dry up the sea, and dry up her springes. )

Cvdl Therfore thus saieth the LORDE: Beholde, I wil defende thy cause, & avenge the: I will drynke vp hir see, & drye vp hir water sprynges.
   (Therefore thus saith/says the LORD: Behold, I will defende thy/your cause, and avenge them: I will drink up her see, and drye up her water springes.)

Wycl Therfor the Lord seith these thingis, Lo! Y schal deme thi cause, and Y schal venge thi veniaunce; and Y schal make the see therof forsakun, and Y schal make drie the veyne therof.
   (Therefore the Lord saith/says these things, Lo! I shall deme thy/your cause, and I shall venge thy/your veniaunce; and I shall make the sea thereof forsaken, and I shall make dry the veyne thereof.)

Luth Darum spricht der HErr also: Siehe, ich will dir deine Sache ausführen und dich rächen; ich will ihr Meer austrocknen und ihre Brunnen versiegen lassen.
   (Therefore says the/of_the LORD also: See, I will you/to_you your matter ausführen and you/yourself rächen; I will you/their/her sea austrocknen and their/her Brunnen versiegen lassen.)

ClVg Propterea hæc dicit Dominus: Ecce ego judicabo causam tuam, et ulciscar ultionem tuam: et desertum faciam mare ejus, et siccabo venam ejus.
   (That's_why these_things dicit Master: Behold I yudicabo causam your, and ulciscar ultionem tuam: and desert I_will_do the_sea his, and siccabo venam his. )