Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Your ears will hear a word behind you, “This is the way, walk in it,” whenever you turn to the right or to the left.

King James Version

And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.

Holman Bible

and whenever you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear this command behind you: “This is the way. Walk in it.”

International Standard Version

And whether you turn to the right or turn to the left, your ears will hear a message behind you: "This is the way, walk in it."

A Conservative Version

And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.

American Standard Version

and thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it; when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.

Amplified

Your ears will hear a word behind you, “This is the way, walk in it,” whenever you turn to the right or to the left.

Bible in Basic English

And at your back, when you are turning to the right hand or to the left, a voice will be sounding in your ears, saying, This is the way in which you are to go.

Darby Translation

And when ye turn to the right hand or when ye turn to the left, thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it.

Julia Smith Translation

And thine ears shall hear the word from after thee, saying, This the way, go ye in it when ye shall turn to the right, and when ye shall turn to the left

King James 2000

And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, This is the way, walk you in it, when you turn to the right hand, and when you turn to the left.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And your ears shall hear a word from behind you, saying, "this [is] the way; walk in it," when you go to your right and when you go to your left.

Modern King James verseion

And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, This is the way, walk in it, when you turn to the right hand and when you turn to the left.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

and thine ears hearken to his word that cryeth after thee and sayeth, "This is the way. Walk ye in it. Turn not aside; neither to the righthand nor to the left."

NET Bible

You will hear a word spoken behind you, saying, "This is the correct way, walk in it," whether you are heading to the right or the left.

New Heart English Bible

and when you turn to the right hand, and when you turn to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, "This is the way. Walk in it."

The Emphasized Bible

So shall, thine own ears, hear a word from behind thee saying, - This, is the way, walk ye therein, When ye would turn to the right hand Or when ye would turn to the left.

Webster

And thy ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.

World English Bible

and when you turn to the right hand, and when you turn to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, "This is the way. Walk in it."

Youngs Literal Translation

And thine ear heareth a word behind thee, Saying, 'This is the way, go ye in it,' When ye turn to the right, And when ye turn to the left.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And thine ears
אזן 
'ozen 
Usage: 187

a word
דּבר 
Dabar 
Usage: 1438

אחר 
'achar 
Usage: 488

This is the way
דּרך 
Derek 
Usage: 704

walk ye in it
ילך 
Yalak 
Usage: 0

when ye turn to the right hand
אמן 
'aman 
turn to the right
Usage: 1

Devotionals

Devotionals about Isaiah 30:21

Devotionals containing Isaiah 30:21

References

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Images Isaiah 30:21

Prayers for Isaiah 30:21

Context Readings

The Lord Will Heal His People's Wounds

20 But the Lord shall give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction; thy rain shall never more be taken away, but thine eyes shall see thy rain: 21 Your ears will hear a word behind you, “This is the way, walk in it,” whenever you turn to the right or to the left. 22 Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver and the protection of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Go away from here.



Cross References

Psalm 25:8-9

Cheth Good and upright is the LORD: therefore he will teach sinners in the way.

Psalm 32:8

I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go; I will fix mine eyes upon thee.

Isaiah 35:8-9

And a highway shall be there and a way, and it shall be called The Way of Holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; and for those in it there shall be someone to go with them, in such a manner that the foolish shall not err therein.

Isaiah 42:16

And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will cause them to walk in paths that they have not known; I will make darkness light before them and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them and not forsake them.

Deuteronomy 5:32

Ye shall observe to do, therefore, as the LORD your God has commanded you; ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.

Joshua 1:7

Only be thou strong and very courageous that thou mayest keep and do according to all the law, which Moses my slave commanded thee; turn not from it to the right hand or to the left that thou may be prospered in all the things that thou doest.

Joshua 23:6

Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses without turning aside to the right hand or to the left

2 Kings 22:2

And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD and walked in all the way of David, his father, and did not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.

Psalm 143:8-10

Cause me to hear thy mercy in the morning, for in thee do I trust; cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul unto thee.

Proverbs 3:5-6

Trust in the LORD with all thine heart and lean not unto thine own understanding.

Proverbs 4:27

Turn not to the right hand nor to the left; remove thy foot from evil.

Isaiah 29:24

and those that erred in spirit shall learn understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine.

Isaiah 48:17

Thus has the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel said: I am the LORD thy God who teaches thee to profit, who causes thee to walk by the way in which thou dost walk.

Isaiah 58:11

And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.

Jeremiah 6:16

Thus hath the LORD said, Stand ye in the ways and see and ask for the old paths, where the good way is and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.

1 John 2:20

But ye have the anointing of the Holy One, and ye know all things.

1 John 2:27

But the anointing which ye have received of him abides in you, and ye do not need that anyone teach you; but as the same anointing teaches you of all things and is truth, and is no lie; and even as it has taught you, abide ye in him.

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