Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
Look, I have inscribed you on the palms of [my] hands; your walls [are] continually 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.
International Standard Version
Look! I've inscribed you on the palms of my hands, and your walls are forever 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.
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 suckling, [refrain] from having compassion on the child of her womb? Indeed, these may forget, but I, I will not forget you! 16 Look, I have inscribed you on the palms of [my] hands; your walls [are] continually before me. 17 Your children hasten; your destroyers and those who laid you waste depart from you.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Song of Songs 8:6
Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm; for love [is] strong as death; passion [is] fierce as Sheol; its flashes [are] flashes of fire; [it is] a blazing flame.
Haggai 2:23
'On that day,' {declares} Yahweh of hosts, 'I will take you, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, my servant,' {declares} Yahweh, 'and I will make you a signet ring, for I have chosen you,' {declares} Yahweh of hosts."
Exodus 13:9
And it will be as a sign on your hand and as a memorial between your eyes so that the law of Yahweh will be in your mouth, that with a strong hand Yahweh brought you out from Egypt.
Psalm 48:12-13
Walk about Zion and circle it; count her towers.
Isaiah 26:1
On that day, this song will be sung in the land of Judah: "{We have a strong city}; he sets up victory [like] walls and ramparts!
Isaiah 54:12
And I will {make} your battlements of ruby, and your gates of stones of beryl, and all your wall of precious stones.
Isaiah 60:18
Violence shall no longer be heard in your land; devastation or destruction on your borders. And you shall call your walls Salvation, and your gates, Praise.
Isaiah 62:6
I have appointed watchmen upon your walls, Jerusalem; all day and all night they shall never be silent. You who profess Yahweh have no rest.
Jeremiah 22:24
"As I live," {declares} Yahweh, "surely if Coniah, the son of Jehoiakim, the king of Judah, were [the] seal on my right hand, surely from there I would wrench you off.
Revelation 21:10-21
And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and lofty mountain, and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,