Isaiah 15:6

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

¶ For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.

Complete Jewish Bible:

The waters of Nimrim are desolate, the grass is dried up, the new growth fails, nothing green is left.

Berean Standard Bible:

The waters of Nimrim are dried up, and the grass is withered; the vegetation is gone, and the greenery is no more.

American Standard Version:

For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate; for the grass is withered away, the tender grass faileth, there is no green thing.

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

For the waters{H4325} of Nimrim{H5249} shall be desolate{H4923}: for the hay{H2682} is withered away{H3001}, the grass{H1877} faileth{H3615}, there is no green thing{H3418}.

Cross-References (KJV):

Joel 1:10

  • The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.

Joel 1:12

  • The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, [even] all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.

Isaiah 19:5

  • And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up.

Isaiah 19:7

  • The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and every thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and be no [more].

Numbers 32:36

  • And Bethnimrah, and Bethharan, fenced cities: and folds for sheep.

Numbers 32:3

  • Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,

Revelation 8:7

  • ¶ The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.

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Commentary for Isaiah 15:6

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H4325
    There are 525 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: מַיִם
    Transliteration: mayim
    Pronunciation: mah'-yim
    Description: dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense); water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen; [phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
  2. Strong's Number: H5249
    There are 2 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: נִמְרִים
    Transliteration: Nimrîym
    Pronunciation: nim-reem'
    Description: plural of a masculine corresponding to נִמְרָה; clear waters; Nimrim, a place East of the Jordan; Nimrim. Compare בֵּית נִמְרָה.
  3. Strong's Number: H4923
    There are 7 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: מְשַׁמָּה
    Transliteration: mᵉshammâh
    Pronunciation: mesh-am-maw'
    Description: from שָׁמֵם; a waste or amazement; astonishment, desolate.
  4. Strong's Number: H2682
    There are 20 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: חָצִיר
    Transliteration: châtsîyr
    Pronunciation: khaw-tseer'
    Description: perhaps originally the same as חָצִיר, from the greenness of a courtyard; grass; also a leek (collectively); grass, hay, herb, leek.
  5. Strong's Number: H3001
    There are 67 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: יָבֵשׁ
    Transliteration: yâbêsh
    Pronunciation: yaw-bashe'
    Description: a primitive root; to 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).
  6. Strong's Number: H1877
    There are 15 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: דֶּשֶׁא
    Transliteration: desheʼ
    Pronunciation: deh'-sheh
    Description: from דָּשָׁא; a sprout; by analogy, grass; (tender) grass, green, (tender) herb.
  7. Strong's Number: H3615
    There are 200 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: כָּלָה
    Transliteration: kâlâh
    Pronunciation: kaw-law'
    Description: a primitive root; to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume); accomplish, cease, consume (away), determine, destroy (utterly), be (when... were) done, (be an) end (of), expire, (cause to) fail, faint, finish, fulfil, [idiom] fully, [idiom] have, leave (off), long, bring to pass, wholly reap, make clean riddance, spend, quite take away, waste.
  8. Strong's Number: H3418
    There are 6 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: יֶרֶק
    Transliteration: yereq
    Pronunciation: yeh'-rek
    Description: from יָרָק (in the sense of vacuity of color); properly, pallor, i.e. hence, the yellowish green of young and sickly vegetation; concretely, verdure, i.e. grass or vegetation; grass, green (thing).