Isaiah 49:16
What does Isaiah 49:16 mean?
A plain-English look at Isaiah 49:16 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949See, your name is marked on my hands; your walls are ever before me.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Lo, on the palms of the hand I have graven thee, Thy walls <FI>are<Fi> before Me continually.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Behold, I have graven thee in my hands: thy walls are always before my eyes.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Lo, I have graven thee upon the palms of [my] hands; thy walls are continually before me.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Revelation 21:10
And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,
- Psalms 48:12
Walk about Zion, and go round about her; Number the towers thereof;
- Isaiah 62:6
I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem; they shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that are Jehovah’s remembrancers, take ye no rest,
- Isaiah 26:1
In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; salvation will he appoint for walls and bulwarks.
- Isaiah 60:18
Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, desolation nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.
- Exodus 13:9
And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thy hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the law of Jehovah may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath Jehovah brought thee out of Egypt.
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