Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands;
Your walls are continually before Me.

King James Version

Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.

Holman Bible

Look, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands;
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 palms of My hands;
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.

World English Bible

Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your 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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
חקק 
Chaqaq 
Usage: 19

thee upon the palms of my hands
כּף 
Kaph 
Usage: 192

חומה 
Chowmah 
Usage: 133

Context Readings

Yahweh Remembers Zion

15 Can a woman forget her sucking child that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Even though they may forget, I will not forget thee. 16 “Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands;
Your walls are continually before Me.
17 Thy builders shall come in haste; thy destroyers and those that made thee waste shall go forth of thee.

Cross References

Song of Songs 8:6

Set me as a seal upon thine heart as a sign upon thine arm; for love is strong as death; jealousy is hard as Sheol; the coals thereof are coals of fire, which have a most vehement flame.

Haggai 2:23

In that day, said the LORD of the hosts, I will take thee, O Zerubbabel, my slave, the son of Shealtiel, said the LORD, and will make thee as a signet ring; for I have chosen thee, saith the LORD of the hosts.

Exodus 13:9

And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thy hand and for a memorial before thine eyes, that the LORD's law may be in thy mouth; for with a strong hand the LORD has brought thee out of Egypt.

Psalm 48:12-13

Walk about Zion and go round about her; tell the towers thereof.

Isaiah 26:1

In that day they shall sing this song in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; God has appointed saving health for walls and bulwarks.

Isaiah 54:12

And I will make thy windows of precious stones, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of stones of great price.

Isaiah 60:18

Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Saving Health and thy gates Praise.

Isaiah 62:6

I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night; ye that make mention of the LORD, do not keep silent

Jeremiah 22:24

As I live, saith the LORD, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet I would pluck thee from there;

Revelation 21:10-21

And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain and showed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of the heaven from and with God,

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