Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

I will camp in a circle around you;
I will besiege you with earth ramps,
and I will set up my siege towers against you.

New American Standard Bible

I will camp against you encircling you,
And I will set siegeworks against you,
And I will raise up battle towers against you.

King James Version

And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee.

International Standard Version

Then I'll encamp against you like David, and I'll lay siege to you with towers, raise siege works against you,

A Conservative Version

And I will encamp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with posted troops. And I will raise siege works against thee.

American Standard Version

And I will encamp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with posted troops, and I will raise siege works against thee.

Amplified


I will camp against you and encircle you,
And I will hem you in with siege works,
And I will raise fortifications against you.

Bible in Basic English

And I will make war on you like David, and you will be shut in by earthworks, and I will make towers round you.

Darby Translation

And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with watch-posts, and I will raise forts against thee.

Julia Smith Translation

And I encamped as a circle upon thee, and I pressed upon thee with a garrison, and I raised intrenchments against thee.

King James 2000

And I will encamp against you round about, and will lay siege against you with a mound, and I will raise siegeworks against you.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And I will encamp {in a circle} against you, and I will lay siege to you [with] towers and I will raise up siegeworks against you.

Modern King James verseion

And I will camp against you all around, and will lay siege against you with a mount, and I will raise forts against you.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For I will lay siege to thee round about, and keep thee in with towers, and grave up dikes against thee.

NET Bible

I will lay siege to you on all sides; I will besiege you with troops; I will raise siege works against you.

New Heart English Bible

I will encamp against you all around you, and will lay siege against you with posted troops. I will raise siege works against you.

The Emphasized Bible

And I will encamp round about against thee, - And lay siege against thee with a fort, And raise against thee siege-works;

Webster

And I will encamp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee.

World English Bible

I will encamp against you all around you, and will lay siege against you with posted troops. I will raise siege works against you.

Youngs Literal Translation

And I encamped, O babbler, against thee, And I laid siege against thee -- a camp. And I raised up against thee bulwarks.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And I will camp
חנה 
Chanah 
Usage: 143

דּוּר 
Duwr 
Usage: 2

and will lay siege
צוּר 
Tsuwr 
Usage: 38

against thee with a mount
מצּב 
Mutstsab 
Usage: 1

and I will raise
קוּם 
Quwm 
Usage: 629

מצרה מצוּרה 
M@tsuwrah 
Usage: 8

Context Readings

Woe To Jerusalem

2 I will oppress Ariel,
and there will be mourning and crying,
and she will be to Me like an Ariel.
3 I will camp in a circle around you;
I will besiege you with earth ramps,
and I will set up my siege towers against you.
4 You will be brought down;
you will speak from the ground,
and your words will come from low in the dust.
Your voice will be like that of a spirit from the ground;
your speech will whisper from the dust.


Cross References

Luke 19:43-44

For the days will come on you when your enemies will build an embankment against you, surround you, and hem you in on every side.

Ezekiel 21:22

The answer marked Jerusalem appears in his right hand, indicating that he should set up battering rams, give the order to slaughter, raise a battle cry, set battering rams against the gates, build a ramp, and construct a siege wall.

2 Kings 18:17

Then the king of Assyria sent the Tartan, the Rab-saris, and the Rabshakeh, along with a massive army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. They advanced and came to Jerusalem, and they took their position by the aqueduct of the upper pool, which is by the highway to the Fuller’s Field.

2 Kings 19:32

Therefore, this is what the Lord says about the king of Assyria:
He will not enter this city
or shoot an arrow there
or come before it with a shield
or build up an assault ramp against it.

2 Kings 24:11-12

Then King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came to the city while his servants were besieging it.

2 Kings 25:1-4

In the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon advanced against Jerusalem with his entire army. They laid siege to the city and built a siege wall against it all around.

Matthew 22:7

The king was enraged, so he sent out his troops, destroyed those murderers, and burned down their city.

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