Isaiah 51:15
What does Isaiah 51:15 mean?
A plain-English look at Isaiah 51:15 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000For I am Jehovah thy God, who stirreth up the sea, so that the waves thereof roar: Jehovah of hosts is his name.
KJV
King James Version · 1611But I am the Lord thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The Lord of hosts is his name.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901For I am Jehovah thy God, who stirreth up the sea, so that the waves thereof roar: Jehovah of hosts is his name.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949For I am the Lord your God, who makes the sea calm when its waves are thundering: the Lord of armies is his name.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah thy God, Quieting the sea, when its billows roar, Jehovah of Hosts <FI>is<Fi> His name.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752But I am the Lord thy God, who trouble the sea, and the waves thereof swell: the Lord of hosts is my name.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And I am Jehovah thyGod, who raiseth the sea, so that its waves roar: Jehovah of hosts is his name.
Context
v.14The captive exile shall speedily be loosed; and he shall not die and go down into the pit, neither shall his bread fail.
v.15This passage
v.16And I have put my words in thy mouth, and have covered thee in the shadow of my hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 26:12
He stirreth up the sea with his power, And by his understanding he smiteth through Rahab.
- Psalms 136:13
To him that divided the Red Sea in sunder; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever;
- Isaiah 48:2
(for they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; Jehovah of hosts is his name):
- Nehemiah 9:11
And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their pursuers thou didst cast into the depths, as a stone into the mighty waters.
- Isaiah 51:10
Is it not thou that driedst up the sea, the waters of the great deep; that madest the depths of the sea a way for the redeemed to pass over?
- Psalms 74:13
Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: Thou brakest the heads of the sea-monsters in the waters.
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