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Isaiah 37:28

What does Isaiah 37:28 mean?

A plain-English look at Isaiah 37:28 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

But I know thy sitting down, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy raging against me.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

But I know thy sitting down, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy raging against me.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

But I have knowledge of your getting up and your resting, of your going out and your coming in.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And thy sitting down, and thy going out, And thy coming in, I have known, And thy anger towards Me.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

I know thy dwelling, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

But I know thine abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy raging against me.

Context

v.27Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as a field of grain before it is grown up.

v.28This passage

v.29Because of thy raging against me, and because thine arrogancy is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.

Cross references

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

  • Proverbs 5:21

    For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah; And he maketh level all his paths.

  • Jeremiah 23:23

    Am I a God at hand, saith Jehovah, and not a God afar off?

  • Proverbs 15:3

    The eyes of Jehovah are in every place, Keeping watch upon the evil and the good.

  • Revelation 2:13

    I know where thou dwellest, even where Satan’s throne is; and thou holdest fast my name, and didst not deny my faith, even in the days of Antipas my witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan dwelleth.

  • Psalms 139:1

    O Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and knownme.

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