Isaiah 49:20

“The children which thou shalt haue, after thou hast lost the other, shall say againe in thine eares, The place is too straight for me: giue place to mee that I may dwell.”

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Other Translations for Isaiah 49:20

The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other, shall say again in thine ears, The place [is] too strait for me: give place to me that I may dwell.
- King James Version

"The children of whom you were bereaved will yet say in your ears, 'The place is too cramped for me; Make room for me that I may live {here.}'
- New American Standard Version (1995)

The children of thy bereavement shall yet say in thine ears, The place is too strait for me; give place to me that I may dwell.
- American Standard Version (1901)

The children to whom you gave birth in other lands will say in your ears, The place is not wide enough for me: make room for me to have a resting-place.
- Basic English Bible

The children of thy bereavement shall yet say in thine ears, The place is too narrow for me: make room for me, that I may dwell.
- Darby Bible

The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other, shall say again in thy ears, The place is too narrow for me: give place to me that I may dwell.
- Webster's Bible

The children of your bereavement shall yet say in your ears, The place is too small for me; give place to me that I may dwell.
- World English Bible

Again do the sons of thy bereavement say in thine ears: `The place is too strait for me, Come nigh to me -- and I dwell.'
- Youngs Literal Bible

The children of thy bereavement shall yet say in thine ears: 'The place is too strait for me; give place to me that I may dwell.'
- Jewish Publication Society Bible

Commentary for Isaiah 49:20

Wesley's Notes for Isaiah 49:20

49:20 The children - Those Gentiles which shall be begotten by thee, when thou shalt be deprived of thine own natural children, when the generality of the Jews cut themselves off from God.


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