Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Therefore my insides moan like a lyre for Moab, and my innermost being for Kir-hareseth.
New American Standard Bible
And my
King James Version
Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kirharesh.
Holman Bible
as does my innermost being for Kir-heres.
A Conservative Version
Therefore my heart sounds like a harp for Moab, and my inward parts for Kir-heres.
American Standard Version
Wherefore my heart soundeth like a harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kir-heres.
Amplified
Therefore my heart sounds like a harp [in mournful compassion] for Moab,
And my inner being mourns for Kir-hareseth.
Bible in Basic English
For this cause the cords of my heart are sounding for Moab, and I am full of sorrow for Kir-heres.
Darby Translation
Therefore my bowels sound like a harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kirheres.
Julia Smith Translation
For this my bowels shall sound as a harp for Moab, and my inner parts for the wall of Haresh.
King James 2000
Therefore my heart shall sound like a harp for Moab, and my inner being for Kirheres.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Therefore my {heart moans} like harp for Moab and my inner parts for Kir-heres.
Modern King James verseion
Therefore my belly shall sound like a harp for Moab, and my bowels for Kir-hareseth.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Wherefore my belly rumbled as it had been a lute for Moab's sake, and mine inward members for the brick wall's sake.
NET Bible
So my heart constantly sighs for Moab, like the strumming of a harp, my inner being sighs for Kir Hareseth.
New Heart English Bible
Therefore my heart sounds like a harp for Moab, and my inward parts for Kir Heres.
The Emphasized Bible
For this cause, mine inward parts - for Moab, like a lyre, shall make a plaintive sound, - Yea what is within me, for Kir-heres.
Webster
Wherefore my bowels shall sound like a harp for Moab, and my inward parts for Kir-haresh.
World English Bible
Therefore my heart sounds like a harp for Moab, and my inward parts for Kir Heres.
Youngs Literal Translation
Therefore my bowels for Moab as a harp do sound, And mine inward parts for Kir-Haresh.
Themes
Kir-haraseth » A city » A city of moab
Moabites » Prophesies respecting » Desolation and grief
Prophets » Felt deeply on account of the calamities which they predicted
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 16:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
Moab's Hopeless Situation
10 Joy and gladness are taken away from the orchards, in the vineyards people will sing no songs, and no cheers are raised. No vintner treads out wine in the presses, because I've put an end to the shouting. 11 Therefore my insides moan like a lyre for Moab, and my innermost being for Kir-hareseth. 12 When Moab appears, when he arrives upon the high place and comes to his sanctuary to pray, he will not prevail."
Cross References
Isaiah 15:5
My heart cries out over Moab; her fugitives flee as far as Zoar, as far as Eglath-shelishiyah. For at the ascent to Luhith they go up weeping; on the road to Horonaim they raise a cry of destruction.
Isaiah 63:15
Look down from heaven, and see from your holy and glorious dwelling. Where are your zeal and your might? Where are the yearning of your heart and your compassion? They are held back from me.
Jeremiah 48:36
Therefore my heart wails for Moab like flutes and my heart wails for the men of Kir-heres like flutes. Therefore they'll lose the abundance they produced.
Hosea 11:8
"How can I give up on you, Ephraim? I will deliver you, will I not, Israel? How can I treat you like Admah? I can't make you like Zeboim, can I? My heart stirs within me; my compassion also fans into flame!
Philippians 2:1
Therefore, if there is any encouragement in the Messiah, if there is any comfort of love, if there is any fellowship in the Spirit, if there is any compassion and sympathy,
Jeremiah 4:19
"My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain. Oh, the aching of my heart! My heart pounds within me; I cannot keep silent. For I hear the sound of the trumpet, the alarm for war.
Jeremiah 31:20
"Is Ephraim my dear son? Is he a darling child? Indeed, as often as I've spoken about him, I surely still remember him. Therefore I deeply yearn for him. I'll surely have great compassion on him," declares the LORD.