Isaiah 51:11 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.”

Isaiah 51:11 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Isaiah 51:11 in 6 Bible Translations

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Isaiah 51:11 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Those ransomed by Yahweh will return, and come with singing to Zion. Everlasting joy shall be on their heads. They will obtain gladness and joy. Sorrow and sighing shall flee away.”

Isaiah 51:11 — World English Bible

Isaiah 51:11 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“And the ransomed of Jehovah shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and sighing shall flee away. ”

Isaiah 51:11 — American Standard Version

Isaiah 51:11 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And the ransomed of Jehovah turn back, And they have come to Zion with singing, And joy age-during <FI>is<Fi> on their head, Gladness and joy they attain, Fled away have sorrow and sighing,”

Isaiah 51:11 — Young's Literal Translation

Isaiah 51:11 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“So the ransomed of Jehovah shall return, and come to Zion with singing; and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads: they shall obtain gladness and joy; sorrow and sighing shall flee away. ”

Isaiah 51:11 — Darby Translation

Isaiah 51:11 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall returne, and come with ioy vnto Zion, and euerlasting ioy shalbe vpon their head: they shall obtaine ioy, and gladnesse: and sorow and mourning shall flee away.”

Isaiah 51:11 — Geneva Bible

Isaiah 51:11 in Context — Isaiah 51

9 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?

10 Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over?

11 Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.

12 I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass;

13 And forgettest the Lord thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?

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What Does Isaiah 51:11 Mean?

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