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Isaiah 22:9

What does Isaiah 22:9 mean?

A plain-English look at Isaiah 22:9 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And ye saw the breaches of the city of David, that they were many; and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool;

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And ye saw the breaches of the city of David, that they were many; and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool;

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And you saw all the broken places in the wall of the town of David: and you got together the waters of the lower pool.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And the breaches of the city of David ye have seen, For they have become many, And ye gather the waters of the lower pool,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And you shall see the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and you have gathered together the waters of the lower pool,

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

and ye have seen the breaches of the city of David, that they are many; and ye have gathered together the waters of the lower pool;

Context

v.8And he took away the covering of Judah; and thou didst look in that day to the armor in the house of the forest.

v.9This passage

v.10and ye numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and ye brake down the houses to fortify the wall;

Cross references

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

  • 2 Chronicles 32:30

    This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper spring of the waters of Gihon, and brought them straight down on the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.

  • 2 Chronicles 32:1

    After these things, and this faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fortified cities, and thought to win them for himself.

  • 2 Kings 20:20

    Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made the pool, and the conduit, and brought water into the city, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

  • Nehemiah 3:16

    After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of half the district of Beth-zur, unto the place over against the sepulchres of David, and unto the pool that was made, and unto the house of the mighty men.

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