Isaiah 2:21

Isaiah chapter 2 · verse 21 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

to go into the caverns of the rocks, and into the clefts of the ragged rocks, from before the terror of Jehovah, and from the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake mightily the earth.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

to go into the caverns of the rocks, and into the clefts of the ragged rocks, from before the terror of Jehovah, and from the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake mightily the earth.

Context

v.20In that day men shall cast away their idols of silver, and their idols of gold, which have been made for them to worship, to the moles and to the bats;

v.21This passage

v.22Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for wherein is he to be accounted of?

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Isaiah 2:19

    And men shall go into the caves of the rocks, and into the holes of the earth, from before the terror of Jehovah, and from the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake mightily the earth.

  • Song of Solomon 2:14

    O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, In the covert of the steep place, Let me see thy countenance, Let me hear thy voice; For sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.

  • Job 30:6

    So that they dwell in frightful valleys, In holes of the earth and of the rocks.

  • Isaiah 2:10

    Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, from before the terror of Jehovah, and from the glory of his majesty.

  • Exodus 33:22

    and it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a cleft of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand until I have passed by: