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Isaiah 49:20

What does Isaiah 49:20 mean?

A plain-English look at Isaiah 49:20 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

The children of thy bereavement shall yet say in thine ears, The place is too strait for me; give place to me that I may dwell.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other, shall say again in thine ears, The place is too strait for me: give place to me that I may dwell.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

The children of thy bereavement shall yet say in thine ears, The place is too strait for me; give place to me that I may dwell.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

The children to whom you gave birth in other lands will say in your ears, The place is not wide enough for me: make room for me to have a resting-place.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Again do the sons of thy bereavement say in thine ears: `The place is too strait for me, Come nigh to me--and I dwell.'

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

The children of thy barrenness shall still say in thy ears: The place is too strait for me, make me room to dwell in.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

The children of thy bereavement shall yet say in thine ears, The place is too narrow for me: make room for me, that I may dwell.

Context

v.19For, as for thy waste and thy desolate places, and thy land that hath been destroyed, surely now shalt thou be too strait for the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.

v.20This passage

v.21Then shalt thou say in thy heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have been bereaved of my children, and am solitary, an exile, and wandering to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where were they?

Cross references

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

  • Isaiah 54:1

    Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith Jehovah.

  • Hosea 1:10

    Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass that, in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.

  • Matthew 3:9

    and think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.

  • Isaiah 60:4

    Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: they all gather themselves together, they come to thee; thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be carried in the arms.

  • 2 Kings 6:1

    And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell before thee is too strait for us.

  • Joshua 17:14

    And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me but one lot and one part for an inheritance, seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as hitherto Jehovah hath blessed me?

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