Parallel Verses
NET Bible
If only you would tear apart the sky and come down! The mountains would tremble before you!
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
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
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,
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
Images Isaiah 64:1
Prayers for Isaiah 64:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Prayer For Mercy
1 If only you would tear apart the sky and come down! The mountains would tremble before you! 2 As when fire ignites dry wood, or fire makes water boil, let your adversaries know who you are, and may the nations shake at your presence!
Phrases
Cross References
Micah 1:3-4
Look, the Lord is coming out of his dwelling place! He will descend and march on the earth's mountaintops!
Psalm 68:8
the earth shakes, yes, the heavens pour down rain before God, the God of Sinai, before God, the God of Israel.
Exodus 3:8
I have come down to deliver them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up from that land to a land that is both good and spacious, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the region of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
Exodus 19:11
and be ready for the third day, for on the third day the Lord will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.
Exodus 19:18-19
Now Mount Sinai was completely covered with smoke because the Lord had descended on it in fire, and its smoke went up like the smoke of a great furnace, and the whole mountain shook violently.
Judges 5:4-5
O Lord, when you departed from Seir, when you marched from Edom's plains, the earth shook, the heavens poured down, the clouds poured down rain.
Psalm 18:7-15
The earth heaved and shook; the roots of the mountains trembled; they heaved because he was angry.
Psalm 46:6
Nations are in uproar, kingdoms are overthrown. God gives a shout, the earth dissolves.
Psalm 114:4-7
The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.
Psalm 144:5-6
O Lord, make the sky sink and come down! Touch the mountains and make them smolder!
Isaiah 63:15
Look down from heaven and take notice, from your holy, majestic palace! Where are your zeal and power? Do not hold back your tender compassion!
Amos 9:5
The sovereign Lord who commands armies will do this. He touches the earth and it dissolves; all who live on it mourn. The whole earth rises like the River Nile, and then grows calm like the Nile in Egypt.
Amos 9:13
"Be sure of this, the time is coming," says the Lord, "when the plowman will catch up to the reaper and the one who stomps the grapes will overtake the planter. Juice will run down the slopes, it will flow down all the hillsides.
Nahum 1:5-6
The mountains tremble before him, the hills convulse; the earth is laid waste before him, the world and all its inhabitants are laid waste.
Habakkuk 3:1-13
This is a prayer of Habakkuk the prophet:
Mark 1:10
And just as Jesus was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens splitting apart and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.
2 Peter 3:10-12
But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; when it comes, the heavens will disappear with a horrific noise, and the celestial bodies will melt away in a blaze, and the earth and every deed done on it will be laid bare.
Revelation 20:11
Then I saw a large white throne and the one who was seated on it; the earth and the heaven fled from his presence, and no place was found for them.