Isaiah 33:21 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“But there the glorious Lord will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby.”

Isaiah 33:21 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Isaiah 33:21 in 6 Bible Translations

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Isaiah 33:21 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“But there Yahweh will be with us in majesty, a place of wide rivers and streams, in which no galley with oars will go, neither will any gallant ship pass by there.”

Isaiah 33:21 — World English Bible

Isaiah 33:21 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“But there Jehovah will be with us in majesty, a place of broad rivers and streams, wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby. ”

Isaiah 33:21 — American Standard Version

Isaiah 33:21 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“But there mighty <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah for us, A place of rivers--streams broad of sides, No ship with oars doth go into it, And a mighty ship doth not pass over it.”

Isaiah 33:21 — Young's Literal Translation

Isaiah 33:21 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“but there Jehovah is unto us glorious, — a place of rivers, of broad streams: no galley with oars shall go there, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby. ”

Isaiah 33:21 — Darby Translation

Isaiah 33:21 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“For surely there the mightie Lord will be vnto vs, as a place of floods and broade riuers, whereby shall passe no shippe with oares, neither shall great shippe passe thereby.”

Isaiah 33:21 — Geneva Bible

Isaiah 33:21 in Context — Isaiah 33

19 Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.

20 Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.

21 But there the glorious Lord will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby.

22 For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king; he will save us.

23 Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey.

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What Does Isaiah 33:21 Mean?

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