Isaiah 26:16
What does Isaiah 26:16 mean?
A plain-English look at Isaiah 26:16 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Jehovah, in trouble have they visited thee; they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Lord, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Jehovah, in trouble have they visited thee; they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Lord, in trouble our eyes have been turned to you, we sent up a prayer when your punishment was on us.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862O Jehovah, in distress they missed Thee, They have poured out a whisper, Thy chastisement <FI>is<Fi> on them.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Lord, they have sought after thee in distress, in the tribulation of murmuring thy instruction was with them.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Jehovah, in trouble they sought thee; they poured out [their] whispered prayer when thy chastening was upon them.
Context
v.15Thou hast increased the nation, O Jehovah, thou hast increased the nation; thou art glorified; thou hast enlarged all the borders of the land.
v.16This passage
v.17Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain and crieth out in her pangs; so we have been before thee, O Jehovah.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 91:15
He shall call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble: I will deliver him, and honor him.
- Psalms 77:1
I will cry unto God with my voice, Even unto God with my voice; and he will give ear unto me.
- Psalms 50:15
And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
- Deuteronomy 4:29
But from thence ye shall seek Jehovah thy God, and thou shalt find him, when thou searchest after him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
- 2 Chronicles 33:12
And when he was in distress, he besought Jehovah his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.
- Psalms 42:4
These things I remember, and pour out my soul within me, How I went with the throng, and led them to the house of God, With the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping holyday.
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