Isaiah 63:19

What does Isaiah 63:19 mean?

A plain-English look at Isaiah 63:19 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

We are become as they over whom thou never barest rule, as they that were not called by thy name.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

We are thine: thou never barest rule over them; they were not called by thy name.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

We are become as they over whom thou never barest rule, as they that were not called by thy name.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

We have become as those who were never ruled by you, on whom your name was not named.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

We have been from of old, Thou hast not ruled over them, Not called is Thy name upon them!

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

We are become as in the beginning, when thou didst not rule over us, and when we were not called by thy name.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

We have become [like those] over whom thou never barest rule, those not called by thy name.

Context

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

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Cross references

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

  • Acts 14:16

    who in the generations gone by suffered all the nations to walk in their own ways.

  • Amos 9:12

    that they may possess the remnant of Edom, and all the nations that are called by my name, saith Jehovah that doeth this.

  • Psalms 79:6

    Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that know thee not, And upon the kingdoms that call not upon thy name.

  • Ephesians 2:12

    that ye were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

  • Psalms 135:4

    For Jehovah hath chosen Jacob unto himself, AndIsrael for his own possession.

  • Acts 15:17

    That the residue of men may seek after the Lord, And all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called,

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