As waters fail from a lake, and a river wastes away and dries up,
As the waters fail from the sea, And the flood decayeth and drieth up:
As waters evaporate from the lake, and the river drains and dries up,
As the waters fail from the sea, And the river wasteth and drieth up;
Water vanishes from the sea; a river dries up completely.
It is as if the waters had receded from the sea and an emptied river had dried up;
As if the waters should depart out of the sea, and an emptied river should be dried up:
so mortals lie down and do not rise again; until the heavens are no more, they will not awake or be roused out of their sleep.
The waters of the Nile will be dried up, and the river will be parched and dry;
Why is my pain unceasing, my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? Truly, you are to me like a deceitful brook, like waters that fail.