Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“O afflicted one, storm-tossed, and not comforted,
Behold, I will set your stones in antimony,
And your foundations I will lay in sapphires.

King James Version

O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.

Holman Bible

“Poor Jerusalem, storm-tossed, and not comforted,
I will set your stones in black mortar,
and lay your foundations in sapphires.

International Standard Version

"O afflicted one, passed back and forth, and not comforted, Look! I am about to set your stones in antimony, and lay your foundations with sapphires.

A Conservative Version

O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will set thy stones in fair colors, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.

American Standard Version

O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will set thy stones in fair colors, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.

Amplified


“O you afflicted [city], storm-tossed, and not comforted,
Listen carefully, I will set your [precious] stones in mortar,
And lay your foundations with sapphires.

Bible in Basic English

O troubled one, storm-crushed, uncomforted! see, your stones will be framed in fair colours, and your bases will be sapphires.

Darby Translation

Thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, not comforted! Behold, I will set thy stones in antimony, and lay thy foundations with sapphires;

Julia Smith Translation

Thou afflicted, tossed about, not comforted behold me laying thy stones with paint, and I founded thee with sapphires

King James 2000

O you afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay your stones with colorful gems, and lay your foundations with sapphires.

Lexham Expanded Bible

"O afflicted [one], driven away, [who] is not consoled. Look! I [am] about to set your stones in hard mortar, and I will lay your foundation with sapphires.

Modern King James verseion

Afflicted one, storm-tossed and not comforted, behold, I will lay your stones among antimony, and lay your foundations with sapphires.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Behold thou poor, vexed, and despised: I will make thy walls of precious stones, and thy foundation of Sapphires;

NET Bible

"O afflicted one, driven away, and unconsoled! Look, I am about to set your stones in antimony and I lay your foundation with lapis-lazuli.

New Heart English Bible

"You afflicted, tossed with storms, and not comforted, behold, I will set your stones in beautiful colors, and lay your foundations with sapphires.

The Emphasized Bible

O thou humbled one storm-tossed, uncomforted, - Lo! I, am about to set in antimony, thy stones, And will found thee in sapphires;

Webster

Oh thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colors, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.

World English Bible

"You afflicted, tossed with storms, and not comforted, behold, I will set your stones in beautiful colors, and lay your foundations with sapphires.

Youngs Literal Translation

O afflicted, storm-tossed, not comforted, Lo, I am laying with cement thy stones, And have founded thee with sapphires,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
O thou afflicted
עני 
`aniy 
Usage: 75

סער 
Ca`ar 
Usage: 7

and not comforted
נחם 
Nacham 
Usage: 108

behold, I will lay
רבץ 
Rabats 
Usage: 30

with fair colours
פּוּך 
Puwk 
Usage: 4

Context Readings

The Fertile Wife Of Yahweh

10 Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed, says Jehovah. I have compassion on you. 11 “O afflicted one, storm-tossed, and not comforted,
Behold, I will set your stones in antimony,
And your foundations I will lay in sapphires.
12 I will make your battlements of rubies, your gates of sparkling jewels, and all your walls of precious stones.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 29:2

I have made every effort to prepare materials for the Temple: gold, silver, bronze, iron, timber, precious stones and gems, stones for mosaics, and quantities of marble.

Exodus 2:23

Time went by and the king of Egypt died. The Israelites still groaned because they were slaves. So they cried out, and their cries for help went up to God.

Exodus 3:2

There the angel of Jehovah appeared to him in a flame of fire coming from the middle of a bush. Moses saw that the bush was on fire but that it was not burning up.

Exodus 3:7

Jehovah said: I have seen how my people are suffering as slaves in Egypt. I have heard them beg for my help because of the way they are being mistreated. I feel sorry for them.

Exodus 24:10

They saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was something that looked like a pavement made out of sapphire. It was as bright as the sky.

Exodus 28:17-20

Fasten four rows of precious stones on it. Put red quartz, topaz, and emerald in the first row.

Exodus 39:10-14

They mounted four rows of precious stones on it. Ruby was mounted on the first row along with topaz, and garnet.

Deuteronomy 31:17

My anger will be kindled against them in that day. I will abandon them and hide my face from them. They will be consumed by many evils and troubles. They will say in that day: 'Is it because our God is not among us that these evils have come upon us?'

1 Kings 5:17

King Solomon command that they cut fine large stones for the foundation of the Temple.

Psalm 34:19

The righteous person has many troubles, but Jehovah rescues him from all of them.

Psalm 129:1-3

Many times they have persecuted me from my youth up, Let Israel now say:

Song of Songs 5:14

His hands are as gold rings set with beryl. His belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires.

Isaiah 14:32

What then will one answer the messengers that come to us from Philistia? We will tell them that Jehovah has established Zion and in her the poor and afflicted of his people find refuge.

Isaiah 28:16

Therefore this is what The Sovereign Lord Jehovah says: Behold, I lay in Zion a stone for a foundation. It is a tried stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; whoever believes will not act hastily.

Isaiah 49:14

Zion replied: Jehovah has forsaken me and Jehovah has forgotten me!

Isaiah 51:17-19

Awake, awake! Rise up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of Jehovah the cup of his wrath, you who have drained to its dregs the goblet that makes men stagger.

Isaiah 51:21

Therefore hear this, you afflicted one, made drunk, but not with wine.

Isaiah 51:23-5

I will put it into the hands of your tormentors, who said to you: 'Lie down that we may walk all over you. You made your back like the ground like a street to be walked over.'

Isaiah 54:6

Jehovah will call you back as if you were a wife deserted and distressed in spirit; a wife, who married young, only to be rejected, says your God.

Isaiah 60:15

You have been abandoned and hated. No one has passed through you. But now I will make you a foundation of everlasting pride, a joy for all generations.

Jeremiah 30:17

I will restore your health and heal your wounds, proclaims Jehovah. People call you an outcast: 'Zion, no one cares for you.'

Lamentations 1:1-2

She sits alone. She was a town full of people! Once great among the nations she has become like a widow! She who was a princess among the countries has come under the yoke of forced labor!

Lamentations 1:16-17

For these things I weep. My eye streams with water because the comforter who might give me new life is far from me. My children are desolate because the enemy is strong.

Lamentations 1:21

Listen to the voice of my grief. I have no comforter. All my enemies have news of my troubles. They are glad because you did it. Let the day come when they will be like me.

Ezekiel 1:26

Above the dome over their heads was something that looked like a throne made of sapphire. On the throne was a figure that looked like a human.

Ezekiel 10:1

I looked at the dome over the heads of the angels. And I saw something that looked like a throne made of sapphire.

Ezekiel 40:1-42

It was the tenth day of the month in the beginning of the twenty-fifth year of our captivity and fourteen years after Jerusalem was captured. At that time Jehovah's power came over me, and he brought me to Jerusalem.

Matthew 8:24

Suddenly a storm blew in and the boat was covered with waves. Jesus was asleep.

John 16:20-22

Truly I tell you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.

John 16:33

I spoke to you that in me you might have peace. In the world you have tribulation. Be of good cheer for I have conquered the world!

Acts 14:22

They strengthened the disciples and encouraged them to continue in the faith. They said, We must enter the kingdom of God through much tribulation.

Acts 27:18-20

The violent storm continued. The next day they began to throw some of the ship's cargo overboard.

Ephesians 2:20

You are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets. Christ Jesus is the chief corner stone.

1 Peter 2:4-6

You came to him, a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen and precious with God.

Revelation 11:3-10

I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy a thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.

Revelation 12:13-17

When the dragon saw that he was thrown to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male-child.

Revelation 21:18-21

The structure of the wall was jasper: and the city was pure gold, like clear glass.

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