Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Oh, that You would rend the heavens and come down,
That the mountains might quake at Your presence—

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

If only You would tear the heavens open
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

Oh, that You would tear open the heavens and come down,
That the mountains might quake at Your presence—

Bible in Basic English

O let the heavens be broken open and come down, so that the mountains may be shaking before you,

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

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Oh
לוּ לא לוּא 
Luw' 
if, would God, O that, Oh, would it might be, if haply, peradventure, Oh that, pray thee, Though, would
Usage: 22

קרע 
Qara` 
Usage: 63

the heavens
שׁמה שׁמים 
Shamayim 
Usage: 420

ירד 
Yarad 
Usage: 378

הר 
Har 
Usage: 544

זלל 
Zalal 
Usage: 9

Devotionals

Devotionals about Isaiah 64:1

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Images Isaiah 64:1

Prayers for Isaiah 64:1

Context Readings

Prayer For Mercy

1 Oh, that You would rend the heavens and come down,
That the mountains might quake at Your presence—
2 As fire kindles the brushwood, as fire causes water to boil—
To make Your name known to Your adversaries,
That the nations may tremble at Your presence!



Cross References

Micah 1:3-4

For behold, the Lord is coming forth from His place.
He will come down and tread on the high places of the earth.

Psalm 68:8

The earth quaked;
The heavens also dropped rain at the presence of God;
Sinai itself quaked at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

Exodus 3:8

So I have come down to deliver them from the power of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a good and spacious land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite.

Exodus 19:11

and let them be ready for the third day, for on the third day the Lord will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.

Exodus 19:18-19

Now Mount Sinai was all in smoke because the Lord descended upon it in fire; and its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked violently.

Judges 5:4-5

Lord, when You went out from Seir,
When You marched from the field of Edom,
The earth quaked, the heavens also dripped,
Even the clouds dripped water.

Psalm 18:7-15

Then the earth shook and quaked;
And the foundations of the mountains were trembling
And were shaken, because He was angry.

Psalm 46:6

The nations made an uproar, the kingdoms tottered;
He raised His voice, the earth melted.

Psalm 114:4-7

The mountains skipped like rams,
The hills, like lambs.

Psalm 144:5-6

Bow Your heavens, O Lord, and come down;
Touch the mountains, that they may smoke.

Isaiah 63:15

Look down from heaven and see from Your holy and glorious habitation;
Where are Your zeal and Your mighty deeds?
The stirrings of Your heart and Your compassion are restrained toward me.

Amos 9:5

The Lord God of hosts,
The One who touches the land so that it melts,
And all those who dwell in it mourn,
And all of it rises up like the Nile
And subsides like the Nile of Egypt;

Amos 9:13

“Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord,
“When the plowman will overtake the reaper
And the treader of grapes him who sows seed;
When the mountains will drip sweet wine
And all the hills will be dissolved.

Nahum 1:5-6

Mountains quake because of Him
And the hills dissolve;
Indeed the earth is upheaved by His presence,
The world and all the inhabitants in it.

Habakkuk 3:1-13

A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, according to Shigionoth.

Mark 1:10

Immediately coming up out of the water, He saw the heavens opening, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon Him;

2 Peter 3:10-12

But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and the earth and its works will be burned up.

Revelation 20:11

Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat upon it, from whose presence earth and heaven fled away, and no place was found for them.

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