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Good News Translation

Isaiah 12:3

As fresh water brings joy to the thirsty, so God's people rejoice when he saves them."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Happiness;   Joy;   Praise;   Regeneration;   Salvation;   Water;   Wells;   Thompson Chain Reference - Desire-Satisfaction;   Joy;   Joy-Sorrow;   Life, Water of;   Thirst, Spiritual;   Water of Life;   The Topic Concordance - Living Waters;   Salvation;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Feast of Tabernacles, the;   Happiness of Saints in This Life;   Joy;   Salvation;   Wells;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Tabernacle;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Praise;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Drink;   Salvation;   Water;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Baca;   Hosanna;   Mulberry Trees;   Sacrifice;   Samuel;   Tabernacles, Feast of;   Wilderness of the Wanderings;   Zacharias;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Isaiah;   Remnant;   Water;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Psalms;   Weights and Measures;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Living (2);   Old Testament (Ii. Christ as Student and Interpreter of).;   Ransom;   Salvation;   Salvation Save Saviour;   Thirst;   Waterpot ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Fountain;   Wells;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Beer-elim;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Tabernacles feast of;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Well;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Water;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Drawer of Water;   Isaiah;   Well;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Abbahu;   Baptism;   Eschatology;   Habdalah;   Inspiration;   Poetry;   Shirah, Pereḳ (Pirḳe);   Tabernacles, Feast of;   Water-Drawing, Feast of;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for May 30;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
You will joyfully draw waterfrom the springs of salvation,
Hebrew Names Version
Therefore with joy you shall draw water out of the wells of yeshu`ah.
King James Version
Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.
English Standard Version
With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.
New American Standard Bible
Therefore you will joyously draw water From the springs of salvation.
New Century Version
You will receive your salvation with joy as you would draw water from a well.
Amplified Bible
Therefore with joy you will draw water From the springs of salvation.
World English Bible
Therefore with joy you shall draw water out of the wells of salvation.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Therefore with ioy shall ye drawe waters out of the welles of saluation.
Legacy Standard Bible
Therefore you will joyously draw waterFrom the springs of salvation.
Berean Standard Bible
With joy you will draw water from the springs of salvation,
Contemporary English Version
With great joy, you people will get water from the well of victory.
Complete Jewish Bible
Then you will joyfully draw water from the springs of salvation.
Darby Translation
And with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.
Easy-to-Read Version
You people will get your water from the spring of salvation. Then you will be happy.
George Lamsa Translation
Therefore with joy shall you draw water out of the spring of salvation.
Lexham English Bible
And you will draw water from the wells of salvation in joy.
Literal Translation
And you shall draw waters out of the wells of salvation with joy.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Therfore with ioye shal ye drawe water out of the welles of the Sauioure,
American Standard Version
Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.
Bible in Basic English
So with joy will you get water out of the springs of salvation.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.
King James Version (1611)
Therefore with ioy shall yee draw water out of the wels of saluation.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Therfore with ioy shall ye drawe water out of the welles of saluation:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Draw ye therefore water with joy out of the wells of salvation.
English Revised Version
Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Ye schulen drawe watris with ioie of the wellis of the sauyour.
Update Bible Version
Therefore with joy you shall draw water out of the wells of salvation.
Webster's Bible Translation
Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.
New English Translation
Joyfully you will draw water from the springs of deliverance.
New King James Version
Therefore with joy you will draw water From the wells of salvation.
New Living Translation
With joy you will drink deeply from the fountain of salvation!
New Life Bible
As water from a well brings joy to the thirsty, so people have joy when He saves them.
New Revised Standard
With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Therefore shall ye draw water, with rejoicing, - out of the fountains of salvation.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou shall draw waters with joy out of the saviour’s fountains:
Revised Standard Version
With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.
Young's Literal Translation
And ye have drawn waters with joy Out of the fountains of salvation,
THE MESSAGE
Joyfully you'll pull up buckets of water from the wells of salvation. And as you do it, you'll say, "Give thanks to God . Call out his name. Ask him anything! Shout to the nations, tell them what he's done, spread the news of his great reputation!
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Therefore you will joyously draw water From the springs of salvation.

Contextual Overview

1 A day is coming when people will sing, "I praise you, Lord ! You were angry with me, but now you comfort me and are angry no longer. 2 God is my savior; I will trust him and not be afraid. The Lord gives me power and strength; he is my savior. 3 As fresh water brings joy to the thirsty, so God's people rejoice when he saves them."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

with joy: Isaiah 49:10, Isaiah 55:1-3, Psalms 36:9, Song of Solomon 2:3, Jeremiah 2:13, John 1:16, John 4:10-14, John 7:37-39, Revelation 7:17, Revelation 22:1, Revelation 22:17

Reciprocal: Exodus 15:27 - Elim Numbers 21:16 - Gather Numbers 29:35 - eighth day Deuteronomy 12:18 - rejoice Deuteronomy 27:7 - rejoice Judges 5:11 - in the places 1 Samuel 2:1 - I rejoice 1 Chronicles 11:17 - of the water Psalms 9:14 - I will Psalms 32:10 - but Psalms 87:7 - all my Isaiah 30:19 - thou shalt Isaiah 41:18 - General Luke 1:47 - God John 7:38 - out John 7:39 - this spake John 14:1 - ye Philippians 3:1 - rejoice 1 Peter 1:6 - ye greatly Revelation 8:10 - the fountains Revelation 21:6 - I will

Cross-References

Genesis 18:18
His descendants will become a great and mighty nation, and through him I will bless all the nations.
Genesis 27:29
May nations be your servants, and may peoples bow down before you. May you rule over all your relatives, and may your mother's descendants bow down before you. May those who curse you be cursed, and may those who bless you be blessed."
Genesis 28:14
They will be as numerous as the specks of dust on the earth. They will extend their territory in all directions, and through you and your descendants I will bless all the nations.
Genesis 30:27
Laban said to him, "Let me say this: I have learned by divination that the Lord has blessed me because of you.
Genesis 30:30
The little you had before I came has grown enormously, and the Lord has blessed you wherever I went. Now it is time for me to look out for my own interests."
Genesis 39:5
From then on, because of Joseph the Lord blessed the household of the Egyptian and everything that he had in his house and in his fields.
Exodus 23:22
But if you obey him and do everything I command, I will fight against all your enemies.
Numbers 24:9
The nation is like a mighty lion; When it is sleeping, no one dares wake it. Whoever blesses Israel will be blessed, And whoever curses Israel will be cursed."
Psalms 72:17
May the king's name never be forgotten; may his fame last as long as the sun. May all nations ask God to bless them as he has blessed the king.
Matthew 25:40
The King will reply, ‘I tell you, whenever you did this for one of the least important of these followers of mine, you did it for me!'

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Therefore with joy shall ye draw water,.... These words are either an exhortation to others, as the Septuagint and Arabic versions render it, "draw ye"; and so likewise an encouragement to them by her example, or a prophecy that they should do this; that is, apply to Christ for grace, and receive it from him: for by "water" is meant grace, which is compared to it, because it is softening, purifying, fructifying, cooling, and refreshing, and extinguishes thirst; and this is to be "drawn", it is to be come at, though the well in which it is be deep, and not in the reach of everyone; the bucket is faith that it is drawn with, and this is the gift of God; and it is in the exercise of this grace, which requires diligence, strength, and labour, that saints receive from Christ, and grace for grace; and this is exercised in the use of means, by prayer, reading of the Scriptures, and attendance on the word and ordinances, by which faith draws hard, and receives much, and, when it does, it is attended "with joy": salvation itself is received with joy, and so is the Saviour; as also a justifying righteousness, and pardoning grace, and likewise every supply of grace; which joy is of a spiritual kind, is in a way of believing, what a stranger intermeddles not with, and is unspeakable and full of glory:

out of the wells of salvation, or "fountains"; as all the three Persons are; Jehovah the Father, as he is called "the fountain of living water", Jeremiah 2:13 so he is the fountain of salvation; it springs from him, from his everlasting love, his eternal purposes, his infinite wisdom, his sure and unalterable covenant, his free grace in the mission of his Son; and he himself is the God of grace, from whence it all comes, and every supply of it. The Spirit and his grace are called a "well of living water", John 4:14 and he also is a well of salvation; it is he that convinces men of their need of it, that brings near this salvation to them, and shows them their interest in it, and bears witness to it, and is the earnest and pledge of it; and he is the author of all that grace which makes them meet for it, and from whom are all the supplies of it by the way. But more especially Christ is meant, who is the "fountain of gardens, and well of living water", Song of Solomon 4:15 in whom salvation is, and in no other: the words may be rendered, "the wells" or "fountains of the Saviour" r, yea, of Jesus; and which are no other than the fulness of grace in him: the phrase denotes the abundance of grace in Christ, much of which is given out in conversion; an abundance of it is received with the free gift of righteousness for justification; and a large measure of it in the pardon of sins, and in all the after supplies, through the wilderness of this world, till the saints come to glory; and which is vouchsafed to a great number, to all the elect angels and elect men, to all the churches, and the members thereof, in all ages; and this always has been and ever will be communicating to them. The Targum is,

"and ye shall receive a new doctrine from the chosen, the righteous;''

or of the righteous; which is true of the doctrine of the Gospel, received by the hands of chosen men, the apostles of Christ. The Jews s make use of this passage, in confirmation of the ceremony of drawing of water at the feast of tabernacles; and say t it signifies the drawing of the Holy Ghost; that is, his grace.

r ממעיני הישועה "de fontibus Salvatoris", V. L.; Vatablus. s T. Bab. Succa, fol. 48. 2. & 50. 2. t Bereshit Rabba, sect. 70. fol. 62. 3. T. Hieros. Succa, fol. 55. 1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Therefore - In view of all his mercies, the Hebrew is, however; simply, ‘” and” ye shall draw.’ It has already been intimated that the Jews applied this passage to the Holy Spirit: and that probably on this they based their custom of drawing water from the fountain of Siloam at the feast of the dedication (note, John 7:37). The fountain of Siloam was in the eastern part of the city, and the water was borne from that fountain in a golden cup, and was poured, with every expression of rejoicing, on the sacrifice on the altar. It is not probable, however, that this custom was in use in the time of Isaiah. The language is evidently figurative; but the meaning is obvious. A fountain, or a well, in the sacred writings, is an emblem of that which produces joy and refreshment; which sustains and cheers. The figure is often employed to denote that which supports and refreshes the soul; which sustains man when sinking from exhaustion, as the babbling, fountain or well refreshes the weary and fainting pilgrim (compare John 4:14).

It is thus applied to God as an overflowing fountain, suited to supply the needs of all his creatures Jeremiah 2:13; Jeremiah 17:13; Psalms 36:9; Proverbs 14:27; and to his plan of salvation - the sources of comfort which he has opened in the scheme of redeeming mercy to satisfy the needs of the souls of people Zechariah 13:1; Isaiah 41:18; Revelation 7:17. The word ‘rivers’ is used in the same sense as ‘fountains’ in the above places Isaiah 42:15; Isaiah 43:19-20. Generally, in the Scriptures, streams, fountains, rivers, are used as emblematic of the abundant fullness and richness of the mercies which God has provided to supply the spiritual necessities of men. The idea here is, therefore, that they should partake abundantly of the mercies of salvation; that it was free, overflowing, and refreshing - like waters to weary pilgrims in the desert; and that their partaking of it would be with joy. It would fill the soul with happiness; as the discovery of an abundant fountain, or a well in the desert, fills the thirsty pilgrim with rejoicing.


 
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