Isaiah 49:10 They will not hunger or thirst, nor will scorching heat or sun beat down on them. For He who has compassion on them will guide them and lead them beside springs of water.

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New International Version
They will neither hunger nor thirst, nor will the desert heat or the sun beat down on them. He who has compassion on them will guide them and lead them beside springs of water.

New Living Translation
They will neither hunger nor thirst. The searing sun will not reach them anymore. For the LORD in his mercy will lead them; he will lead them beside cool waters.

English Standard Version
they shall not hunger or thirst, neither scorching wind nor sun shall strike them, for he who has pity on them will lead them, and by springs of water will guide them.

Berean Standard Bible
They will not hunger or thirst, nor will scorching heat or sun beat down on them. For He who has compassion on them will guide them and lead them beside springs of water.

King James Bible
They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.

New King James Version
They shall neither hunger nor thirst, Neither heat nor sun shall strike them; For He who has mercy on them will lead them, Even by the springs of water He will guide them.

New American Standard Bible
“They will not hunger or thirst, Nor will the scorching heat or sun strike them down; For He who has compassion on them will lead them, And He will guide them to springs of water.

NASB 1995
“They will not hunger or thirst, Nor will the scorching heat or sun strike them down; For He who has compassion on them will lead them And will guide them to springs of water.

NASB 1977
“They will not hunger or thirst, Neither will the scorching heat or sun strike them down; For He who has compassion on them will lead them, And will guide them to springs of water.

Legacy Standard Bible
They will not hunger or thirst, Nor will the scorching heat or sun strike them down; For He who has compassion on them will guide them And will lead them to springs of water.

Amplified Bible
“They will not hunger or thirst, Nor will the scorching heat or sun strike them down; For He who has compassion on them will lead them, And He will guide them to springs of water.

Christian Standard Bible
They will not hunger or thirst, the scorching heat or sun will not strike them; for their compassionate one will guide them, and lead them to springs.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They will not hunger or thirst, the scorching heat or sun will not strike them; for their compassionate One will guide them, and lead them to springs of water.

American Standard Version
They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them will lead them, even by springs of water will he guide them.

Contemporary English Version
They won't go hungry or get thirsty; they won't be bothered by the scorching sun or hot desert winds. I will be merciful while leading them along to streams of water.

English Revised Version
They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
They will never be hungry or thirsty, nor will the sun or the burning, hot wind strike them. The one who has compassion on them will lead them and guide them to springs.

Good News Translation
they will never be hungry or thirsty. Sun and desert heat will not hurt them, for they will be led by one who loves them. He will lead them to springs of water.

International Standard Version
They won't hunger or thirst, nor will the desert heat or sun beat upon them; for the one who has compassion on them will drive them and guide them alongside springs of water.

Majority Standard Bible
They will not hunger or thirst, nor will scorching heat or sun beat down on them. For He who has compassion on them will guide them and lead them beside springs of water.

NET Bible
They will not be hungry or thirsty; the sun's oppressive heat will not beat down on them, for one who has compassion on them will guide them; he will lead them to springs of water.

New Heart English Bible
They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun strike them: for he who has mercy on them will lead them, even by springs of water he will guide them.

Webster's Bible Translation
They shall not hunger nor thirst, neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.

World English Bible
They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun strike them, for he who has mercy on them will lead them. He will guide them by springs of water.

Literal Translations

Literal Standard Version
They do not hunger, nor thirst, "" Nor do mirage and sun strike them, "" For He who is pitying them leads them, "" And tends them by fountains of waters.

Young's Literal Translation
They do not hunger, nor thirst, Nor smite them doth mirage and sun, For He who is pitying them doth lead them, And by fountains of waters doth tend them.

Smith's Literal Translation
They shall not hunger and they shall not thirst, and the heat shall not strike them, and the sun: for he pitying them shall lead them, and to fountains of water he shall conduct them.

Catholic Translations

Douay-Rheims Bible
They shall not hunger, nor thirst, neither shall the heat nor the sun strike them: for he that is merciful to them, shall be their shepherd, and at the fountains of waters he shall give them drink.

Catholic Public Domain Version
They will not hunger or thirst, nor will the heat of the sun beat down upon them. For the one who takes pity on them will rule them, and he will give them to drink from fountains of waters.

New American Bible
They shall not hunger or thirst; nor shall scorching wind or sun strike them; For he who pities them leads them and guides them beside springs of water.

New Revised Standard Version
they shall not hunger or thirst, neither scorching wind nor sun shall strike them down, for he who has pity on them will lead them, and by springs of water will guide them.

Translations from Aramaic

Lamsa Bible
They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the sultry heat nor the sun smite them; for he who is merciful to them shall lead them, and by the springs of water shall he bring them.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
They will not hunger and they will not thirst, and heat or the sun does not hurt them, because their Lover will lead them, and to fountains of waters he shall bring them

OT Translations

JPS Tanakh 1917
They shall not hunger nor thirst, Neither shall the heat nor sun smite them; For He that hath compassion on them will lead them, Even by the springs of water will He guide them.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
They shall not hunger, neither shall they thirst; neither shall the heat nor the sun smite them; but he that has mercy on them shall comfort them, and by fountains of waters shall he lead them.

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Context

You are My Servant
…9to say to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’ and to those in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’ They will feed along the pathways, and find pasture on every barren hill. 10They will not hunger or thirst, nor will scorching heat or sun beat down on them. For He who has compassion on them will guide them and lead them beside springs of water. 11I will turn all My mountains into roads, and My highways will be raised up.…

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Cross References

Revelation 7:16-17
‘Never again will they hunger, and never will they thirst; nor will the sun beat down upon them, nor any scorching heat.’ / For the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. ‘He will lead them to springs of living water,’ and ‘God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’”

Psalm 23:1-2
A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. / He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters.

John 4:14
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.”

John 6:35
Jesus answered, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to Me will never hunger, and whoever believes in Me will never thirst.

Revelation 21:4
‘He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,’ and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away.”

Matthew 5:6
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.

Jeremiah 31:9
They will come with weeping, and by their supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk beside streams of waters, on a level path where they will not stumble. For I am Israel’s Father, and Ephraim is My firstborn.”

Ezekiel 34:23-24
I will appoint over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them. He will feed them and be their shepherd. / I, the LORD, will be their God, and My servant David will be a prince among them. I, the LORD, have spoken.

Psalm 121:5-6
The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is the shade on your right hand. / The sun will not strike you by day, nor the moon by night.

Isaiah 25:8
He will swallow up death forever. The Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from every face and remove the disgrace of His people from the whole earth. For the LORD has spoken.

Isaiah 35:6-7
Then the lame will leap like a deer and the mute tongue will shout for joy. For waters will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert. / The parched ground will become a pool, the thirsty land springs of water. In the haunt where jackals once lay, there will be grass and reeds and papyrus.

Isaiah 41:17-18
The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them. / I will open rivers on the barren heights, and fountains in the middle of the valleys. I will turn the desert into a pool of water, and the dry land into flowing springs.

Isaiah 55:1
“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost!

Psalm 107:9
For He satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.

Psalm 42:1-2
For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God. / My soul thirsts for God, the living God. When shall I come and appear in God’s presence?

Treasury of Scripture

They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that has mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.

shall not

Matthew 5:6
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

John 6:35
And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

Revelation 7:16,17
They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat…

neither

Isaiah 4:6
And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain.

Isaiah 25:4
For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.

Isaiah 32:2
And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.

he that

Isaiah 54:10
For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee.

Psalm 23:2-5
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters…

Jeremiah 31:9
They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.

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Isaiah 49

1. Christ being sent to the Jews, complains of them
5. He is sent to the Gentiles with gracious promises
13. God's love is perpetual to his church
18. The ample restoration of the church
24. The powerful deliverance out of captivity

Berean Study Bible

They will not hunger or thirst
This phrase speaks to the divine provision and care that God promises to His people. In the Hebrew context, hunger and thirst are not just physical needs but also spiritual ones. The imagery here is reminiscent of God's provision for the Israelites in the wilderness, where He provided manna and water from the rock. The promise of not hungering or thirsting is a metaphor for the spiritual sustenance that God provides, fulfilling the deepest needs of the soul. In the New Testament, Jesus echoes this promise in John 6:35, where He declares Himself the "bread of life."

nor will the scorching heat or sun beat down on them
This phrase evokes the harsh conditions of the desert, a familiar setting for the Israelites. The "scorching heat" and "sun" symbolize trials and tribulations. In the ancient Near East, the sun was often seen as a relentless force, capable of causing great harm. Here, God promises protection from such adversities. This assurance is a reflection of God's role as a shepherd, as seen in Psalm 121:6, where it is promised that "the sun will not harm you by day." It is a reminder of God's constant protection and care.

For He who has compassion on them
The word "compassion" is derived from the Hebrew root "racham," which conveys a deep, tender love and mercy. This is not a distant or detached concern but an intimate, heartfelt empathy. God's compassion is a central theme throughout Scripture, highlighting His loving-kindness and mercy. This compassion is not just a feeling but is demonstrated through action, as God actively intervenes in the lives of His people. It is a reassurance that God is not indifferent to human suffering but is moved to act on behalf of His people.

will guide them
The concept of guidance here is akin to a shepherd leading his flock. The Hebrew word for "guide" suggests leading with care and purpose. This guidance is not arbitrary but is directed towards a specific goal or destination. In the biblical narrative, God’s guidance is often associated with His covenant promises, leading His people towards fulfillment and blessing. This is a promise of divine direction, ensuring that His people are led in paths of righteousness for His name's sake, as expressed in Psalm 23.

and lead them beside springs of water
The imagery of "springs of water" is rich with meaning. Water is a symbol of life, refreshment, and renewal. In the arid climate of the Middle East, springs were vital sources of life. This promise of being led beside springs of water signifies not only physical sustenance but also spiritual renewal and abundance. It is reminiscent of the living water that Jesus offers in John 4:14, which becomes a "spring of water welling up to eternal life." This is a promise of ongoing spiritual vitality and refreshment, provided by God Himself.

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(10) Neither shall the heat . . .--The word is the same as the "parched ground" of Isaiah 35:7, and stands, as there, for the mirage of the scorching desert.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 10. - They shall not hunger nor thirst (cf. John 4:14; John 6:35). God's grace is sufficient for his faithful ones. They are content with the sustenance which he awards them, and neither "hunger" nor "thirst." Neither shall the heat nor sun smite them; rather, neither shall the glowing sand nor the sun smite them (see Isaiah 35:7). To those who walk at noonday over the "glowing sand" of the desert, the heat which "smites them" seems to come as much from below as from above, the white ground reflecting the sun's rays with a force almost equal to that wherewith the rays themselves beat down upon them from the sky. The Lord's faithful ones, in their passage through the wilderness of life, shall be free Item these fearful trials. "The sun shall not smite them by day, neither the moon by night" (Psalm 121:6) He that hath mercy on them; or, that hath compassion on them - that sympathizes with their sufferings, and pities them in their trials (comp. vers. 13 and 15). Shall lead them (comp. Psalm 23:2; Isaiah 40:11). The Oriental shepherd for the most part goes before his flock.

Parallel Commentaries ...

Hebrew

They will not
לֹ֤א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

hunger
יִרְעָ֙בוּ֙ (yir·‘ā·ḇū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 7456: To be hungry

or thirst,
יִצְמָ֔אוּ (yiṣ·mā·’ū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 6770: To be thirsty

nor will
וְלֹא־ (wə·lō-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

the scorching heat
שָׁרָ֖ב (šā·rāḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 8273: Burning heat, parched ground

or sun
וָשָׁ֑מֶשׁ (wā·šā·meš)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - common singular
Strong's 8121: The sun, the east, a ray, a notched battlement

strike them.
יַכֵּ֥ם (yak·kêm)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 5221: To strike

For
כִּי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

He who has compassion on them
מְרַחֲמָ֣ם (mə·ra·ḥă·mām)
Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 7355: To fondle, to love, to compassionate

will guide them
יְנַהֲגֵ֔ם (yə·na·hă·ḡêm)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 5090: To drive forth, lead, carry away, to proceed, to sigh

and lead them
יְנַהֲלֵֽם׃ (yə·na·hă·lêm)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 5095: To lead or guide to a watering place, bring to a place of rest, refresh

beside
וְעַל־ (wə·‘al-)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

springs
מַבּ֥וּעֵי (mab·bū·‘ê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 4002: A spring (of water)

of water.
מַ֖יִם (ma·yim)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

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