Isaiah 49:16 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.”
Isaiah 49:16 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Isaiah 49:16 in 6 Bible Translations
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Isaiah 49:16 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands. Your walls are continually before me.”
Isaiah 49:16 — World English Bible
Isaiah 49:16 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me. ”
Isaiah 49:16 — American Standard Version
Isaiah 49:16 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Lo, on the palms of the hand I have graven thee, Thy walls <FI>are<Fi> before Me continually.”
Isaiah 49:16 — Young's Literal Translation
Isaiah 49:16 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Lo, I have graven thee upon the palms of [my] hands; thy walls are continually before me. ”
Isaiah 49:16 — Darby Translation
Isaiah 49:16 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Behold, I haue grauen thee vpon the palme of mine hands: thy walles are euer in my sight.”
Isaiah 49:16 — Geneva Bible
Isaiah 49:16 in Context — Isaiah 49
14 But Zion said, The Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me.
15 Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.
16 Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.
17 Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee.
18 Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, and come to thee. As I live, saith the Lord, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them on thee, as a bride doeth.
What Does Isaiah 49:16 Mean?
Isaiah 49:16 is a verse from the Book of Isaiah, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Isaiah chapter 49. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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