Isaiah 44:22

What does Isaiah 44:22 mean?

A plain-English look at Isaiah 44:22 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

I have put your evil doings out of my mind like a thick cloud, and your sins like a mist: come back to me; for I have taken up your cause.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

I have blotted out, as <FI>by<Fi> a thick cloud, Thy transgressions, And as <FI>by<Fi> a cloud thy sins, Return unto Me, for I have redeemed thee.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

I have blotted out thy iniquities as a cloud, and thy sins as a mist: return to me, for I have redeemed thee.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.

Context

v.21Remember these things, O Jacob, and Israel; for thou art my servant: I have formed thee; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me.

v.22This passage

v.23Sing, O ye heavens, for Jehovah hath done it; shout, ye lower parts of the earth; break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for Jehovah hath redeemed Jacob, and will glorify himself in Israel.

Cross references

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

  • Isaiah 59:20

    And a Redeemer will come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith Jehovah.

  • Isaiah 1:27

    Zion shall be redeemed with justice, and her converts with righteousness.

  • Jeremiah 33:8

    And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned against me, and whereby they have transgressed against me.

  • Lamentations 3:42

    We have transgressed and have rebelled; thou hast not pardoned.

  • Hosea 14:1

    O Israel, return unto Jehovah thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.

  • 1 Peter 1:18

    knowing that ye were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from your vain manner of life handed down from your fathers;

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