Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Lo, on the palms of the hand I have graven thee, Thy walls are before Me continually.
New American Standard Bible
Your
King James Version
Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.
Holman Bible
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
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.
Themes
Breastplate » Worn as a memorial
Contention » Who the lord contends with
Gentiles/heathen » The gentiles nursing israel
hands » Parts of, mentioned » The palm
God, Love Of » Described as » Unfailing
Opposition » Who the lord opposes
Oppression » Those that oppress israel
Remembrance » Who the lord will remember
Interlinear
Chaqaq
Kaph
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 49:16
Prayers for Isaiah 49:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
Yahweh Remembers Zion
15 Forget doth a woman her suckling, The loved one -- the son of her womb? Yea, these forget -- but I -- I forget not thee. 16 Lo, on the palms of the hand I have graven thee, Thy walls are before Me continually. 17 Hastened have those building thee, Those destroying thee, and laying thee waste, go out from thee.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Song of Songs 8:6
Set me as a seal on thy heart, as a seal on thine arm, For strong as death is love, Sharp as Sheol is jealousy, Its burnings are burnings of fire, a flame of Jah!
Haggai 2:23
In that day -- an affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts, I take thee, Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, My servant -- an affirmation of Jehovah, And have set thee as a signet, for on thee I have fixed, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts!
Exodus 13:9
and it hath been to thee for a sign on thy hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, so that the law of Jehovah is in thy mouth, for by a strong hand hath Jehovah brought thee out from Egypt;
Psalm 48:12-13
Compass Zion, and go round her, count her towers,
Isaiah 26:1
In that day sung is this song in the land of Judah: 'We have a strong city, Salvation He doth make walls and bulwark.
Isaiah 54:12
And have made of agate thy pinnacles, And thy gates of carbuncle stones, And all thy border of stones of delight,
Isaiah 60:18
Violence is not heard any more in thy land, Spoiling and destruction in thy borders, And thou hast called 'Salvation' thy walls, And thy gates, 'Praise.'
Isaiah 62:6
'On thy walls, O Jerusalem, I have appointed watchmen, All the day, and all the night, Continually, they are not silent.' O ye remembrancers of Jehovah, Keep not silence for yourselves,
Jeremiah 22:24
I live -- an affirmation of Jehovah, Though Coniah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah Were a seal on My right hand, Surely thence I draw thee away,
Revelation 21:10-21
and he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and did shew to me the great city, the holy Jerusalem, coming down out of the heaven from God,