Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
And the breaches in the city of David, ye beheld for they were many, - So ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool;
New American Standard Bible
In the wall of the city of David were many;
And you
King James Version
Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool.
Holman Bible
You saw that there were many breaches in the walls of the city of David.
International Standard Version
At that time, you looked at the arsenal of the Palace of the Forest, and saw that there were many breaches in the City of David. So you stored up water from the Lower Pool,
A Conservative Version
And ye saw the breaches of the city of David, that they were many. And to fortify the wall, ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool,
American Standard Version
And ye saw the breaches of the city of David, that they were many; and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool;
Amplified
You saw that the breaches
In the wall of the City of David [the citadel of Zion] were many;
You collected [within the city’s walls] the waters of the Lower Pool (Siloam).
Bible in Basic English
And you saw all the broken places in the wall of the town of David: and you got together the waters of the lower pool.
Darby Translation
and ye have seen the breaches of the city of David, that they are many; and ye have gathered together the waters of the lower pool;
Julia Smith Translation
The clefts of the city of David ye saw, that they were many: and ye shall gather the water of the lowest pool.
King James 2000
You have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and you gathered together the waters of the lower pool.
Lexham Expanded Bible
and you saw that the breaches in the walls of the city of David were many, and you gathered the waters of the lower pool.
Modern King James verseion
You have seen also the breaks in the city of David, that they are many; and you gathered the waters of the lower pool.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
There shall ye see the rifts in the walls of the city of David, whereof there shall be many. Ye shall gather together the waters of the lower pool,
NET Bible
You saw the many breaks in the walls of the city of David; you stored up water in the lower pool.
New Heart English Bible
You saw the breaches of the City of David, that they were many; and you gathered together the waters of the lower pool.
Webster
Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and ye collected the waters of the lower pool.
World English Bible
You saw the breaches of the city of David, that they were many; and you gathered together the waters of the lower pool.
Youngs Literal Translation
And the breaches of the city of David ye have seen, For they have become many, And ye gather the waters of the lower pool,
Themes
hezekiah » King of judah » Conducts the gihon brook into jerusalem
Jerusalem » Water supply brought in from the gihon brook by hezekiah
Jerusalem » The names given to » City of david
Jerusalem » Called » City of david
Pool » Of jerusalem » Lower pool
Pools and ponds » Mentioned in scripture » The lower pool
Sieges » Cities invested by » Repaired and newly fortified beforehand
Interlinear
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Qabats
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 22:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Oracle Against Jerusalem
8 Then removed he the veil of Judah, - Yea thou didst peer on that day, into the armoury of the forest-house; 9 And the breaches in the city of David, ye beheld for they were many, - So ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool; 10 And the houses of Jerusalem, ye counted, - And brake down the houses, to fortify the wall;
Cross References
2 Kings 20:20
Now, the rest of the story of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made a pool and an aqueduct, and brought water into the city, are, they, not written in the book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
2 Chronicles 32:1-6
After these things done in faithfulness, came Sennacherib king of Assyria, - and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fortified cities, and thought to break into them for himself.
2 Chronicles 32:30
And, the same Hezekiah, stopped up the upper spring of the waters of Gihon, and brought them straight down the west side of the city of David, - and Hezekiah prospered in all his work.
Nehemiah 3:16
after him, repaired, Nehemiah son of Azbuk, ruler of the half-circuit of Beth-zur, - as far as over against the sepulchres of David, even unto the pool which had been made, and unto the house of heroes;