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 nursing child
And have no compassion on the son of her womb?
Even these may forget, but I will not forget you.
16 “Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands;
Your walls are continually before Me.
17 “Your builders hurry;
Your destroyers and devastators
Will depart from you.


Cross References

Song of Songs 8:6

“Put me like a seal over your heart,
Like a seal on your arm.
For love is as strong as death,
Jealousy is as severe as Sheol;
Its flashes are flashes of fire,
The very flame of the Lord.

Haggai 2:23

‘On that day,’ declares the Lord of hosts, ‘I will take you, Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, My servant,’ declares the Lord, ‘and I will make you like a signet ring, for I have chosen you,’” declares the Lord of hosts.

Exodus 13:9

And it shall serve as a sign to you on your hand, and as a reminder on your forehead, that the law of the Lord may be in your mouth; for with a powerful hand the Lord brought you out of Egypt.

Psalm 48:12-13

Walk about Zion and go around her;
Count her towers;

Isaiah 26:1

In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah:
“We have a strong city;
He sets up walls and ramparts for security.

Isaiah 54:12

“Moreover, I will make your battlements of rubies,
And your gates of crystal,
And your entire wall of precious stones.

Isaiah 60:18

Violence will not be heard again in your land,
Nor devastation or destruction within your borders;
But you will call your walls salvation, and your gates praise.

Isaiah 62:6

On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have appointed watchmen;
All day and all night they will never keep silent.
You who remind the Lord, take no rest for yourselves;

Jeremiah 22:24

“As I live,” declares the Lord, “even though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were a signet ring on My right hand, yet I would pull you off;

Revelation 21:10-21

And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,

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