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href="/bsb/isaiah/44.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/isaiah/44.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />They will spring up like grass in a meadow, like poplar trees by flowing streams.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/isaiah/44.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />They will thrive like watered grass, like willows on a riverbank.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/44.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />They shall spring up among the grass like willows by flowing streams.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/44.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />They will sprout among the grass like willows by flowing streams.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/44.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And they shall spring up <i>as</i> among the grass, as willows by the water courses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/44.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />They will spring up among the grass Like willows by the watercourses.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/44.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And they will spring up among the grass Like poplars by streams of water.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/44.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />And they will spring up among the grass Like poplars by streams of water.&#8217<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/44.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And they will spring up among the grass Like poplars by streams of water.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/44.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And they will spring up among the grass Like poplars by streams of water.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/44.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />And they will spring up among the grass Like willows by the streams of water.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/44.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They will sprout among the grass like poplars by flowing streams.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/44.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They will sprout among the grass like poplars by flowing streams. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/44.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />and they shall spring up among the grass, as willows by the watercourses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/44.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />They will spring up like grass or like willow trees near flowing streams. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/44.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />and they shall spring up among the grass, as willows by the watercourses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/44.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />They will spring up with the grass as poplars spring up by streams.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/44.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />They will thrive like well-watered grass, like willows by streams of running water. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/44.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />They'll spring up as among the green grass, like willows by flowing streams.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/44.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />They will sprout among the grass like willows by flowing streams.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/44.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />They will sprout up like a tree in the grass, like poplars beside channels of water. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/44.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />and they will spring up among the grass, as willows by the watercourses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/44.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the watercourses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/44.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />and they will spring up among the grass, as willows by the watercourses. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/44.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And they have sprung up as among grass, "" As willows by conduits of water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/44.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And they have sprung up as among grass, As willows by streams of water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/44.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And they sprung up in the midst of the enclosure as willows by streams of water.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/44.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And they shall spring up among the herbs, as willows beside the running waters. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/44.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And they will spring up among the plants, like willows beside running waters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/44.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />They shall spring forth amid grass like poplars beside flowing waters. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/44.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />They shall spring up like a green tamarisk, like willows by flowing streams.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/44.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the running streams.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/44.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And they shall sprout up from among the grass as willows that are by streams of waters<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/44.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And they shall spring up among the grass, As willows by the watercourses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/44.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />and they shall spring up as grass between brooks, and as willows on <i>the banks of</i> running water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/44-4.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=9682" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/44.htm">The LORD has Chosen Israel</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">3</span>For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring. <span class="reftext">4</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6779.htm" title="6779: wə·ṣā·mə·ḥū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To sprout, spring up. A primitive root; to sprout.">They will sprout</a> <a href="/hebrew/996.htm" title="996: bə·ḇên (Prep-b) -- An interval, space between. ">among</a> <a href="/hebrew/2682.htm" title="2682: ḥā·ṣîr (N-ms) -- Green grass, herbage. Perhaps originally the same as chatsiyr, from the greenness of a courtyard; grass; also a leek.">the grass</a> <a href="/hebrew/6155.htm" title="6155: ka·‘ă·rā·ḇîm (Prep-k:: N-fp) -- (a kind of tree) perhaps poplar, also a wadi in Moab. From arab; a willow.">like willows</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">by</a> <a href="/hebrew/2988.htm" title="2988: yiḇ·lê- (N-mpc) -- Watercourse, stream. From yabal; a stream.">flowing</a> <a href="/hebrew/4325.htm" title="4325: mā·yim (N-mp) -- Waters, water. Dual of a primitive noun; water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen.">streams.</a> </span><span class="reftext">5</span>One will say, ‘I belong to the LORD,’ another will call himself by the name of Jacob, and still another will write on his hand, ‘The LORD’s,’ and will take the name of Israel.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/1-3.htm">Psalm 1:3</a></span><br />He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/17-8.htm">Jeremiah 17:8</a></span><br />He is like a tree planted by the waters that sends out its roots toward the stream. It does not fear when the heat comes, and its leaves are always green. It does not worry in a year of drought, nor does it cease to produce fruit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/47-12.htm">Ezekiel 47:12</a></span><br />Along both banks of the river, fruit trees of all kinds will grow. Their leaves will not wither, and their fruit will not fail. Each month they will bear fruit, because the water from the sanctuary flows to them. Their fruit will be used for food and their leaves for healing.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/7-38.htm">John 7:38</a></span><br />Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/22-1.htm">Revelation 22:1-2</a></span><br />Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb / down the middle of the main street of the city. On either side of the river stood a tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit and yielding a fresh crop for each month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/92-12.htm">Psalm 92:12-14</a></span><br />The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon. / Planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God. / In old age they will still bear fruit; healthy and green they will remain,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/14-5.htm">Hosea 14:5-7</a></span><br />I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon. / His shoots will sprout, and his splendor will be like the olive tree, his fragrance like the cedars of Lebanon. / They will return and dwell in his shade; they will grow grain and blossom like the vine. His renown will be like the wine of Lebanon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/13-31.htm">Matthew 13:31-32</a></span><br />He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and planted in his field. / Although it is the smallest of all seeds, yet it grows into the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/4-14.htm">John 4:14</a></span><br />But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/3-6.htm">1 Corinthians 3:6-7</a></span><br />I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow. / So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/128-3.htm">Psalm 128:3</a></span><br />Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/10-1.htm">Zechariah 10:1</a></span><br />Ask the LORD for rain in springtime; the LORD makes the storm clouds, and He will give everyone showers of rain and crops in the field.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/2-17.htm">Acts 2:17-18</a></span><br />‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams. / Even on My menservants and maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/2-28.htm">Joel 2:28-29</a></span><br />And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions. / Even on My menservants and maidservants, I will pour out My Spirit in those days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/9-10.htm">2 Corinthians 9:10</a></span><br />Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your store of seed and will increase the harvest of your righteousness.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses.</p><p class="hdg">spring</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/58-11.htm">Isaiah 58:11</a></b></br> And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/61-11.htm">Isaiah 61:11</a></b></br> For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/1-3.htm">Psalm 1:3</a></b></br> And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.</p><p class="hdg">willows</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/137-1.htm">Psalm 137:1,2</a></b></br> By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/17-5.htm">Ezekiel 17:5</a></b></br> He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed <i>it</i> by great waters, <i>and</i> set it <i>as</i> a willow tree.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/55-14.htm">Amid</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/1-6.htm">Courses</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-20.htm">Field</a> <a href="/isaiah/34-3.htm">Flowing</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-24.htm">Grass</a> <a href="/genesis/41-18.htm">Meadow</a> <a href="/genesis/30-37.htm">Poplar</a> <a href="/isaiah/15-7.htm">Poplars</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-19.htm">Spring</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-42.htm">Sprung</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-3.htm">Streams</a> <a href="/isaiah/41-19.htm">Trees</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-3.htm">Water</a> <a href="/isaiah/32-2.htm">Watercourses</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-25.htm">Water-Courses</a> <a href="/isaiah/35-7.htm">Water-Plants</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-3.htm">Waters</a> <a href="/job/8-16.htm">Well-Watered</a> <a href="/isaiah/15-7.htm">Willows</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/32-20.htm">Amid</a> <a href="/judges/5-20.htm">Courses</a> <a href="/isaiah/55-12.htm">Field</a> <a href="/isaiah/48-21.htm">Flowing</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-12.htm">Grass</a> <a href="/hosea/4-16.htm">Meadow</a> <a href="/hosea/14-5.htm">Poplar</a> <a href="/hosea/4-13.htm">Poplars</a> <a href="/isaiah/45-8.htm">Spring</a> <a href="/matthew/4-16.htm">Sprung</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-27.htm">Streams</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-14.htm">Trees</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-12.htm">Water</a> <a href="/ezekiel/6-3.htm">Watercourses</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-6.htm">Water-Courses</a> <a href="/exodus/2-3.htm">Water-Plants</a> <a href="/isaiah/48-1.htm">Waters</a> <a href="/ezekiel/45-15.htm">Well-Watered</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-40.htm">Willows</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 44</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/44-1.htm">God comforts the church with his promises</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/44-7.htm">The vanity of idols</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/44-9.htm">And folly of idol makers</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/44-21.htm">He exhorts to praise God for his redemption and omnipotence</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In biblical context, grass often represents transience and mortality (<a href="/isaiah/40-6.htm">Isaiah 40:6-8</a>), but here, the sprouting indicates a divine intervention that brings life and renewal. The imagery of sprouting among grass can be seen as a metaphor for the spiritual revival and prosperity of Israel, reflecting God's promise to restore His people. This growth is not just physical but also spiritual, indicating a renewal of faith and commitment to God.<p><b>like willows by flowing streams</b><br>Willows are trees that thrive in moist environments, often found near water sources. This imagery conveys a sense of stability, nourishment, and continuous growth. In the ancient Near East, water was a precious resource, and trees planted by water were seen as blessed and prosperous. The reference to "flowing streams" suggests a constant supply of life-giving water, symbolizing the Holy Spirit's work in the believer's life (<a href="/john/7-38.htm">John 7:38-39</a>). This phrase also echoes <a href="/psalms/1-3.htm">Psalm 1:3</a>, where the righteous are likened to a tree planted by streams of water, bearing fruit in its season. The willows' resilience and ability to thrive in challenging conditions can be seen as a type of Christ, who provides living water to His followers, ensuring their spiritual sustenance and growth.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a></b><br>A major prophet in the Old Testament, Isaiah is the author of the book bearing his name. He prophesied to the Kingdom of Judah during a time of moral and spiritual decline.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The nation to whom Isaiah is prophesying. In this context, Israel is being reassured of God's continued blessing and restoration.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/w/willows.htm">Willows</a></b><br>A type of tree that thrives near water sources, symbolizing growth, vitality, and prosperity.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/f/flowing_streams.htm">Flowing Streams</a></b><br>Represents the life-giving and sustaining power of God, often used as a metaphor for spiritual nourishment and blessing.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_growth_and_nourishment.htm">Spiritual Growth and Nourishment</a></b><br>Just as willows thrive by streams, believers are called to root themselves in God's Word and presence for spiritual growth and vitality.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/dependence_on_god.htm">Dependence on God</a></b><br>The imagery of flowing streams reminds us of our need to depend on God for sustenance and strength, much like trees rely on water.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/promise_of_restoration.htm">Promise of Restoration</a></b><br><a href="/isaiah/44-4.htm">Isaiah 44:4</a> reassures us of God's promise to restore and bless His people, encouraging us to trust in His faithfulness even in times of spiritual drought.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_and_fellowship.htm">Community and Fellowship</a></b><br>The collective growth "among the grass" suggests the importance of community and fellowship in the Christian life, where believers support and encourage one another.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_and_renewal.htm">Hope and Renewal</a></b><br>This verse offers hope for renewal and revival, encouraging believers to anticipate God's work in their lives and communities.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_44.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 44</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_can_god_direct_cruel_rulers'_hearts.htm">Proverbs 21:1: How can a king's heart be completely directed by God if history is full of cruel rulers who appear to have acted against any divine morality?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_is_the_temple_'raised'_in_isaiah_2_2.htm">In Isaiah 2:2, how can the temple be literally 'raised above all hills' when no physical elevation change is recorded in history?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_all_faiths_coexist_per_isaiah_2_2-3.htm">If Isaiah 2:2-3 indicates all peoples will stream to the Lord's mountain, how do we reconcile this with other faiths continuing to flourish?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_micah_4_1-2_predict_future_peace.htm">How can Micah 4:1-2 predict a future peace on an actual mountain when no archeological evidence supports such a global gathering place?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/44.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(4) <span class= "bld">As willows.</span>--The same word as in <a href="/psalms/137-2.htm" title="We hanged our harps on the willows in the middle thereof.">Psalm 137:2</a> and <a href="/isaiah/15-7.htm" title="Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows.">Isaiah 15:7</a>. Botanists identify it with a species of <span class= "ital">Viburnum, </span>which grows on the banks of streams, rather than with the <span class= "ital">"</span>weeping" or other species of <span class= "ital">Salix.</span><p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/44.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 4.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">They shall spring up as among the grass</span>. The LXX. have, "As grass among the waters;" and this reading is followed by Bishop Lowth, Ewald, and Mr. Cheyne. But there does not seem to be any necessity for departing from the existing Hebrew text. <span class="cmt_word">As willows</span>. There is some doubt whether the Hebrew word used ('<span class="accented">ereb</span>) is rightly translated "willows." The modern <span class="accented">yarab</span> seems certainly not to be a "willow," but rather a species of <span class="accented">Viburnum</span> (see the long note in Delitzsch's 'Commentary on Isaiah,' vol. 2. pp. 203, 204, Eng. trans.). It is, however, most strictly a water-plant, growing only "near flowing water." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/44-4.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">They will sprout</span><br /><span class="heb">וְצָמְח֖וּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ṣā·mə·ḥū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6779.htm">Strong's 6779: </a> </span><span class="str2">To sprout, spring up</span><br /><br /><span class="word">among</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּבֵ֣ין</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḇên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_996.htm">Strong's 996: </a> </span><span class="str2">An interval, space between</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the grass</span><br /><span class="heb">חָצִ֑יר</span> <span class="translit">(ḥā·ṣîr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2682.htm">Strong's 2682: </a> </span><span class="str2">Green grass, herbage</span><br /><br /><span class="word">like poplars</span><br /><span class="heb">כַּעֲרָבִ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(ka·‘ă·rā·ḇîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6155.htm">Strong's 6155: </a> </span><span class="str2">(a kind of tree) perhaps poplar, also a wadi in Moab</span><br /><br /><span class="word">by</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">flowing</span><br /><span class="heb">יִבְלֵי־</span> <span class="translit">(yiḇ·lê-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2988.htm">Strong's 2988: </a> </span><span class="str2">Watercourse, stream</span><br /><br /><span class="word">streams.</span><br /><span class="heb">מָֽיִם׃</span> <span class="translit">(mā·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4325.htm">Strong's 4325: </a> </span><span class="str2">Water, juice, urine, semen</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/44-4.htm">Isaiah 44:4 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/44-4.htm">Isaiah 44:4 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/44-4.htm">Isaiah 44:4 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/44-4.htm">Isaiah 44:4 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/44-4.htm">Isaiah 44:4 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/44-4.htm">Isaiah 44:4 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/44-4.htm">Isaiah 44:4 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/44-4.htm">Isaiah 44:4 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/44-4.htm">Isaiah 44:4 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/44-4.htm">Isaiah 44:4 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/44-4.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 44:4 And they will spring up among (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/44-3.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 44:3"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 44:3" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/44-5.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 44:5"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 44:5" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>