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Isaiah 63:17

Isaiah chapter 63 · verse 17 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

O Jehovah, why dost thou make us to err from thy ways, and hardenest our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants’ sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

O Lord, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants’ sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

O Jehovah, why dost thou make us to err from thy ways, and hardenest our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants’ sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.

Context

v.16For thou art our Father, though Abraham knoweth us not, and Israel doth not acknowledge us: thou, O Jehovah, art our Father; our Redeemer from everlasting is thy name.

v.17This passage

v.18Thy holy people possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.

Cross references

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

  • Numbers 10:36

    And when it rested, he said, Return, O Jehovah, unto the ten thousands of the thousands of Israel.

  • Isaiah 6:10

    Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn again, and be healed.

  • 2 Thessalonians 2:11

    And for this cause God sendeth them a working of error, that they should believe a lie:

  • Psalms 90:13

    Return, O Jehovah; how long? And let it repent thee concerning thy servants.

  • Isaiah 29:13

    And the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw nigh unto me, and with their mouth and with their lips do honor me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which hath been taught them;

  • Psalms 119:36

    Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, And not to covetousness.