Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Look! I've inscribed you on the palms of my hands, and your walls are forever before me.
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.
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.
Youngs Literal Translation
Lo, on the palms of the hand I have graven thee, Thy walls are before Me continually.
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 "Can a woman forget her nursing child, or have no compassion for the child of her womb? Even these mothers may forget; But as for me, I'll never forget you! 16 Look! I've inscribed you on the palms of my hands, and your walls are forever before me. 17 Your builders are working faster than your destroyers, and those who devastated you go away from you.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Song of Songs 8:6
Set me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm. For love is as strong as death, passion as intense as Sheol. The flames of love are flames of fire, a blaze that comes from the LORD.
Haggai 2:23
On that day,' declares the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, "I will take you, my servant Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel,' declares the LORD, "and I will set you in place like a signet ring. For I have chosen you,' declares the LORD of the Heavenly Armies."
Exodus 13:9
It is to be a sign for you on your hand and a reminder on your forehead, so that you may speak about the instruction of the LORD; for the LORD brought you out of Egypt with a strong show of force.
Psalm 48:12-13
March around Zion; encircle her; count her towers.
Isaiah 26:1
At that time, people will sing this song in the land of Judah: "We have a strong city; God crafts victory, its walls and ramparts.
Isaiah 54:12
And I'll make your battlements of rubies, and your gates of jewels, and all your walls of precious stones.
Isaiah 60:18
Then violence will no longer be heard in your land, nor devastation or destruction within your borders; but you'll call your walls "Salvation', and your gates "Praise'.
Isaiah 62:6
"Upon your walls, Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen; all day and all night they won't remain silent. You who make mention of the LORD, take no rest,
Jeremiah 22:24
"As certainly as I'm alive and living," declares the LORD, "even if Jehoiakim's son King Jehoiachin of Judah were a signet ring on my right hand, I would pull you off
Revelation 21:10-21
He carried me away in the Spirit to a large, high mountain and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven.