Isaiah 63:18 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.”

Isaiah 63:18 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Isaiah 63:18 in 6 Bible Translations

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Isaiah 63:18 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Your holy people possessed it but a little while. Our adversaries have trodden down your sanctuary.”

Isaiah 63:18 — World English Bible

Isaiah 63:18 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Thy holy people possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.”

Isaiah 63:18 — American Standard Version

Isaiah 63:18 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“For a little while did Thy holy people possess, Our adversaries have trodden down Thy sanctuary.”

Isaiah 63:18 — Young's Literal Translation

Isaiah 63:18 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“Thy holy people have possessed [it] but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.”

Isaiah 63:18 — Darby Translation

Isaiah 63:18 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“The people of thine holinesse haue possessed it, but a litle while: for our aduersaries haue troden downe thy Sanctuarie.”

Isaiah 63:18 — Geneva Bible

Isaiah 63:18 in Context — Isaiah 63

16 Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O Lord, art our father, our redeemer; thy name is from everlasting.

17 O Lord, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants’ sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.

18 The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.

19 We are thine: thou never barest rule over them; they were not called by thy name.

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What Does Isaiah 63:18 Mean?

Isaiah 63:18 is a verse from the Book of Isaiah, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Isaiah chapter 63. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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