Isaiah 64:1
What does Isaiah 64:1 mean?
A plain-English look at Isaiah 64:1 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might quake at thy presence,
KJV
King James Version · 1611Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might quake at thy presence,
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949O let the heavens be broken open and come down, so that the mountains may be shaking before you,
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Didst Thou not rend the heavens? Thou didst come down, From thy presence did mountains flow,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752O that thou wouldst rend the heavens, and wouldst come down: the mountains would melt away at thy presence.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Oh, that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, — that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,
Context
v.1This passage
v.2as when fire kindleth the brushwood, and the fire causeth the waters to boil; to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence!
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Revelation 20:11
And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat upon it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
- Mark 1:10
And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens rent asunder, and the Spirit as a dove descending upon him:
- Micah 1:3
For, behold, Jehovah cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.
- Exodus 19:11
and be ready against the third day; for the third day Jehovah will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.
- Judges 5:4
Jehovah, when thou wentest forth out of Seir, When thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, The earth trembled, the heavens also dropped, Yea, the clouds dropped water.
- 2 Peter 3:10
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
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