Isaiah 49:18 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“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.”

Isaiah 49:18 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Isaiah 49:18 in 6 Bible Translations

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Isaiah 49:18 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Lift up your eyes all around, and see: all these gather themselves together, and come to you. As I live,” says Yahweh, “you shall surely clothe yourself with them all as with an ornament, and dress yourself with them, like a bride.”

Isaiah 49:18 — World English Bible

Isaiah 49:18 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, and come to thee. As I live, saith Jehovah, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all as with an ornament, and gird thyself with them, like a bride. ”

Isaiah 49:18 — American Standard Version

Isaiah 49:18 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“Lift up round about thine eyes and see, All of them have been gathered, They have come to thee. I live, an affirmation of Jehovah! Surely all of them as an ornament thou puttest on, And thou bindest them on like a bride.”

Isaiah 49:18 — Young's Literal Translation

Isaiah 49:18 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“Lift up thine eyes round about and behold: they all gather themselves together, they come to thee. As I live, saith Jehovah, thou shalt indeed clothe thee with them all as with an ornament, and bind them on as a bride doth. ”

Isaiah 49:18 — Darby Translation

Isaiah 49:18 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Lift vp thine eies round about and behold: all these gather themselues together and come to thee: as I liue, sayeth the Lord, thou shalt surely put them all vpon thee as a garment, and girde thy selfe with them like a bride.”

Isaiah 49:18 — Geneva Bible

Isaiah 49:18 in Context — Isaiah 49

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.

19 For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.

20 The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other, shall say again in thine ears, The place is too strait for me: give place to me that I may dwell.

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