Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Oh that thou would rend the heavens, that thou would come down, that the mountains might quake at thy presence,
New American Standard Bible
That the mountains might
King James Version
Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,
Holman Bible
and come down,
so that mountains would quake at Your presence
International Standard Version
If only you would tear open the heavens and come down, so that the mountains would quake at your presence
American Standard Version
Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might quake at thy presence,
Amplified
That the mountains might quake at Your presence—
Bible in Basic English
O let the heavens be broken open and come down, so that the mountains may be shaking before you,
Darby Translation
Oh, that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,
Julia Smith Translation
Would that thou didst rend the heavens; thou camest down; the mountains flowed from before thee.
King James 2000
Oh that you would rend the heavens, that you would come down, that the mountains might flow down at your presence.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Would that you would tear [the] heavens [and] come down; [the] mountains would quake before you,
Modern King James verseion
Oh that You would tear the heavens and come down, that mountains would quake before You,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
O that thou wouldest cleave the heaven in sunder, and come down: that the mountains might melt away at thy presence,
NET Bible
If only you would tear apart the sky and come down! The mountains would tremble before you!
New Heart English Bible
Oh that you would tear the heavens, that you would come down, that the mountains might quake at your presence,
The Emphasized Bible
Would that thou hadst rent the heavens, hadst come down,
Webster
Oh that thou wouldst rend the heavens, that thou wouldst come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,\
World English Bible
Oh that you would tear the heavens, that you would come down, that the mountains might quake at your presence,
Youngs Literal Translation
Didst Thou not rend the heavens? Thou didst come down, From thy presence did mountains flow,
Interlinear
Luw'
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 64:1
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Prayers for Isaiah 64:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Prayer For Mercy
1 Oh that thou would rend the heavens, that thou would come down, that the mountains might quake at thy presence, 2 as when fire kindles the brushwood, [and] the fire causes the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence!
Phrases
Cross References
Micah 1:3-4
For, behold, LORD comes forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.
Psalm 68:8
the earth trembled, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God, Sinai at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
Exodus 3:8
And I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the A
Exodus 19:11
and be ready for the third day, for the third day LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.
Exodus 19:18-19
And mount Sinai, the whole of it, smoked, because LORD descended upon it in fire, and the smoke of it ascended as the smoke of a furnace. And the whole mount quaked greatly.
Judges 5:4-5
LORD, when thou went forth out of Seir, when thou marched out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, the heavens also dropped, yea, the clouds dropped water.
Psalm 18:7-15
Then the earth shook and trembled. The foundations also of the mountains quaked and were shaken because he was angry.
Psalm 46:6
The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved, he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
Psalm 114:4-7
The mountains skipped like rams, the little hills like lambs.
Psalm 144:5-6
Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down. Touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
Isaiah 63:15
Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory. Where are thy zeal and thy mighty acts? The yearning of thy heart and thy compassions are restrained toward me.
Amos 9:5
For the Lord, LORD of hosts, [is] he who touches the land and it melts, and all who dwell therein shall mourn. And it shall rise up wholly like the River, and shall sink again like the River of Egypt.
Amos 9:13
Behold, the days come, says LORD, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him who sows seed, and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.
Nahum 1:5-6
The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is up heaved at his presence. Yea, the world, and all who dwell therein.
Habakkuk 3:1-13
A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, set to Shigionoth.
Mark 1:10
And straightaway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens divided, and the Spirit descending upon him as a dove.
2 Peter 3:10-12
But the day of Lord will come as a thief in the night, during which the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the elements, being intensely hot, will be disintegrated, and the earth and the works in it will be destroyed by fire.
Revelation 20:11
And I saw a great white throne, and him who sits upon it, from whose face the earth and the sky fled away, and no place was found for them.