Devine Scripture

Isaiah 49:16

Isaiah chapter 49 · verse 16 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.

Context

v.15Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, these may forget, yet will not I forget thee.

v.16This passage

v.17Thy children make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth from thee.

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.