Parallel Verses
World English Bible
Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are continually before me.
New American Standard Bible
Your
King James Version
Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.
Holman Bible
your walls are continually before Me.
International Standard Version
Look! I've inscribed you on the palms of my hands, and your walls are forever before me.
A Conservative Version
Behold, I have engraved thee upon the palms of my hands. Thy walls are continually before me.
American Standard Version
Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.
Amplified
“Indeed, I have inscribed [a picture of] you on the
Your city walls [Zion] are continually before Me.
Bible in Basic English
See, your name is marked on my hands; your walls are ever before me.
Darby Translation
Lo, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.
Julia Smith Translation
Behold, upon the palms I engraved thee; thy walls before me continually.
King James 2000
Behold, I have engraved you upon the palms of my hands; your walls are continually before me.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Look, I have inscribed you on the palms of [my] hands; your walls [are] continually before me.
Modern King James verseion
Behold, I have carved you on the palms of My hands; your walls are forever before Me.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Behold, I have written thee up upon my hands, thy walls are ever in my sight.
NET Bible
Look, I have inscribed your name on my palms; your walls are constantly before me.
New Heart English Bible
Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are continually before me.
The Emphasized Bible
Lo! on the palms of my hands, have portrayed thee, - Thy walls are before me continually.
Webster
Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.
Youngs Literal Translation
Lo, on the palms of the hand I have graven thee, Thy walls are before Me continually.
Themes
Breastplate » Worn as a memorial
Contention » Who the lord contends with
Gentiles/heathen » The gentiles nursing israel
hands » Parts of, mentioned » The palm
God, Love Of » Described as » Unfailing
Opposition » Who the lord opposes
Oppression » Those that oppress israel
Remembrance » Who the lord will remember
Interlinear
Chaqaq
Kaph
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 49:16
Prayers for Isaiah 49:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
Yahweh Remembers Zion
15 "Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yes, these may forget, yet I will not forget you! 16 Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are continually before me. 17 Your children make haste; your destroyers and those who made you waste shall go forth from you.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Song of Songs 8:6
Set me as a seal on your heart, as a seal on your arm; for love is strong as death. Jealousy is as cruel as Sheol. Its flashes are flashes of fire, a very flame of Yahweh.
Haggai 2:23
In that day, says Yahweh of Armies, will I take you, Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel,' says Yahweh, 'and will make you as a signet, for I have chosen you,' says Yahweh of Armies."
Exodus 13:9
It shall be for a sign to you on your hand, and for a memorial between your eyes, that the law of Yahweh may be in your mouth; for with a strong hand Yahweh has brought you out of Egypt.
Psalm 48:12-13
Walk about Zion, and go around her. Number its towers.
Isaiah 26:1
In that day, this song will be sung in the land of Judah: "We have a strong city. God appoints salvation for walls and bulwarks.
Isaiah 54:12
I will make your pinnacles of rubies, and your gates of sparkling jewels, and all your walls of precious stones.
Isaiah 60:18
Violence shall no more be heard in your land, desolation nor destruction within your borders; but you shall call your walls Salvation, and your gates Praise.
Isaiah 62:6
I have set watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem; they shall never hold their peace day nor night: you who call on Yahweh, take no rest,
Jeremiah 22:24
As I live, says Yahweh, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet on my right hand, yet would I pluck you there;
Revelation 21:10-21
He carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,