Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
O let the heavens be broken open and come down, so that the mountains may be shaking before you,
New American Standard Bible
That the mountains might
King James Version
Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,
Holman Bible
and come down,
so that mountains would quake at Your presence
International Standard Version
If only you would tear open the heavens and come down, so that the mountains would quake at your presence
A Conservative Version
Oh that thou would rend the heavens, that thou would come down, that the mountains might quake at thy presence,
American Standard Version
Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might quake at thy presence,
Amplified
That the mountains might quake at Your presence—
Darby Translation
Oh, that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,
Julia Smith Translation
Would that thou didst rend the heavens; thou camest down; the mountains flowed from before thee.
King James 2000
Oh that you would rend the heavens, that you would come down, that the mountains might flow down at your presence.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Would that you would tear [the] heavens [and] come down; [the] mountains would quake before you,
Modern King James verseion
Oh that You would tear the heavens and come down, that mountains would quake before You,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
O that thou wouldest cleave the heaven in sunder, and come down: that the mountains might melt away at thy presence,
NET Bible
If only you would tear apart the sky and come down! The mountains would tremble before you!
New Heart English Bible
Oh that you would tear the heavens, that you would come down, that the mountains might quake at your presence,
The Emphasized Bible
Would that thou hadst rent the heavens, hadst come down,
Webster
Oh that thou wouldst rend the heavens, that thou wouldst come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,\
World English Bible
Oh that you would tear the heavens, that you would come down, that the mountains might quake at your presence,
Youngs Literal Translation
Didst Thou not rend the heavens? Thou didst come down, From thy presence did mountains flow,
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 64:1
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Prayers for Isaiah 64:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Prayer For Mercy
1 O let the heavens be broken open and come down, so that the mountains may be shaking before you, 2 As when fire puts the brushwood in flames, or as when water is boiling from the heat of the fire: to make your name feared by your haters, so that the nations may be shaking before you;
Phrases
Cross References
Micah 1:3-4
For see, the Lord is coming out from his place, and will come down, stepping on the high places of the earth.
Psalm 68:8
The earth was shaking and the heavens were streaming, because God was present; even Sinai itself was moved before God, the God of Israel.
Exodus 3:8
And I have come down to take them out of the hands of the Egyptians, guiding them out of that land into a good land and wide, into a land flowing with milk and honey; into the place of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite.
Exodus 19:11
And by the third day let them be ready: for on the third day the Lord will come down on Mount Sinai, before the eyes of all the people.
Exodus 19:18-19
And all the mountain of Sinai was smoking, for the Lord had come down on it in fire: and the smoke of it went up like the smoke of a great burning; and all the mountain was shaking.
Judges 5:4-5
Lord, when you went out from Seir, moving like an army from the field of Edom, the earth was shaking and the heavens were troubled, and the clouds were dropping water.
Psalm 18:7-15
Then trouble and shock came on the earth; and the bases of the mountains were moved and shaking, because he was angry.
Psalm 46:6
The nations were angry, the kingdoms were moved; at the sound of his voice the earth became like wax.
Psalm 114:4-7
The mountains were jumping like goats, and the little hills like lambs.
Isaiah 63:15
Let your eyes be looking down from heaven, from your holy and beautiful house: where is your deep feeling, the working of your power? do not keep back the moving of your pity and your mercies:
Amos 9:5
For the Lord, the God of armies, is he at whose touch the land is turned to water, and everyone in it will be given up to sorrow; all of it will be overflowing like the River, and will go down again like the River of Egypt;
Amos 9:13
See, the days will come, says the Lord, when the ploughman will overtake him who is cutting the grain, and the crusher of the grapes him who is planting seed; and sweet wine will be dropping from the mountains, and the hills will be turned into streams of wine.
Nahum 1:5-6
The mountains are shaking because of him, and the hills flowing away; the earth is falling to bits before him, the world and all who are in it.
Habakkuk 3:1-13
A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, put to Shigionoth.
Mark 1:10
And straight away, coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens broken open and the Spirit coming down on him as a dove:
2 Peter 3:10-12
But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; and in that day the heavens will be rolled up with a great noise, and the substance of the earth will be changed by violent heat, and the world and everything in it will be burned up.
Revelation 20:11
And I saw a great white seat, and him who was seated on it, before whose face the earth and the heaven went in flight; and there was no place for them.