Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Oh, that You would rend the heavens and come down,
That the mountains might quake at Your presence—

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

If only You would tear the heavens open
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

A Conservative Version

Oh that thou would rend the heavens, that thou would come down, that the mountains might quake at thy 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

Oh, that You would tear open the heavens and come down,
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

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Oh
לוּ לא לוּא 
Luw' 
if, would God, O that, Oh, would it might be, if haply, peradventure, Oh that, pray thee, Though, would
Usage: 22

קרע 
Qara` 
Usage: 63

the heavens
שׁמה שׁמים 
Shamayim 
Usage: 420

ירד 
Yarad 
Usage: 378

הר 
Har 
Usage: 544

זלל 
Zalal 
Usage: 9

Devotionals

Devotionals about Isaiah 64:1

References

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Images Isaiah 64:1

Prayers for Isaiah 64:1

Context Readings

Prayer For Mercy

1 Oh, that You would rend the heavens and come down,
That the mountains might quake at Your presence—
2 as when the melting fire burns, the fire causes the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the Gentiles may tremble at thy presence!

Cross References

Micah 1:3-4

For, behold, the 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 shook, the heavens also dropped their rain at the presence of God; even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

Exodus 3:8

and I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land unto a good and broad land, unto a land flowing with milk and honey, unto the places of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite.

Exodus 19:11

and be ready for the third day; for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon Mount Sinai.

Exodus 19:18-19

And all Mount Sinai smoked because the LORD had descended upon it in fire, and its smoke ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.

Judges 5:4-5

LORD, when thou didst go out of Seir, when thou didst march out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped; the clouds also dropped water.

Psalm 18:7-15

Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of the mountains collapsed and were removed because he was wroth.

Psalm 46:6

The Gentiles raged, the kingdoms were moved; he uttered his voice, the earth melted.

Psalm 114:4-7

The mountains skipped like rams and 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 is thy zeal and thy strength, the feeling of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained?

Amos 9:5

The Lord GOD of the hosts is he that touches the earth, and it shall melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall all rise up like a river and shall be sunk, as the river of Egypt.

Amos 9:13

Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the plowman shall catch up with the reaper, and the treader of grapes with him that sows seed; and the mountains shall drop new wine, and all the hills shall melt.

Nahum 1:5-6

The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, and the world and all that dwell therein.

Habakkuk 3:1-13

A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, because of all the ignorance.

Mark 1:10

And as soon as he was come out of the water, John saw the heavens opened and the Spirit like a dove descending and resting upon him;

2 Peter 3:10-12

But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements, burning, shall be dissolved, and the earth and the works that are in it shall be burned up.

Revelation 20:11

And I saw a great white throne and him that was seated upon it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and their place was not found.

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