Isaiah 26 - Compare Translations
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Isaiah 26:1
KJVIn that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks.
WEBIn that day, this song will be sung in the land of Judah:
YLTIn that day sung is this song in the land of Judah: `We have a strong city, Salvation He doth make walls and bulwark.
Isaiah 26:2
KJVOpen ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.
WEBOpen the gates, that the righteous nation may enter:
YLTOpen ye the gates, that enter may a righteous nation, Preserving stedfastness.
Isaiah 26:3
KJVThou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
WEBYou will keep whoever’s mind is steadfast in perfect peace,
YLTAn imagination supported Thou fortifiest peace -- peace! For in Thee it is confident.
Isaiah 26:4
KJVTrust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength:
WEBTrust in Yahweh forever;
YLTTrust ye in Jehovah for ever, For in Jah Jehovah [is] a rock of ages,
Isaiah 26:5
KJVFor he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust.
WEBFor he has brought down those who dwell on high, the lofty city.
YLTFor He bowed down the dwellers on high, A city set on high He maketh low, He maketh it low unto the earth, He causeth it to come unto the dust,
Isaiah 26:6
KJVThe foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.
WEBThe foot shall tread it down;
YLTTread it down doth a foot, Feet of the poor -- steps of the weak.
Isaiah 26:7
KJVThe way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.
WEBThe way of the just is uprightness.
YLTThe path for the righteous [is] uprightness, O upright One, The path of the righteous Thou dost ponder.
Isaiah 26:8
KJVYea, in the way of thy judgments, O Lord, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.
WEBYes, in the way of your judgments, Yahweh, have we waited for you.
YLTAlso, [in] the path of Thy judgments, O Jehovah, we have waited [for] Thee, To Thy name and to Thy remembrance [Is] the desire of the soul.
Isaiah 26:9
KJVWith my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
WEBWith my soul I have desired you in the night.
YLT[With] my soul I desired Thee in the night, Also, [with] my spirit within me I seek Thee earnestly, For when Thy judgments [are] on the earth, The inhabitants of the world have learned righteousness.
Isaiah 26:10
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Isaiah 26:11
KJVLord, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them.
WEBYahweh, your hand is lifted up, yet they don’t see;
YLTO Jehovah, high [is] Thy hand -- they see not, They see the zeal of the people, and are ashamed, Also, the fire -- Thine adversaries, consumeth them.
Isaiah 26:12
KJVLord, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our works in us.
WEBYahweh, you will ordain peace for us,
YLTO Jehovah, Thou appointest peace to us, For, all our works also Thou hast wrought for us.
Isaiah 26:13
KJVO Lord our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name.
WEBYahweh our God, other lords besides you have had dominion over us,
YLTO Jehovah our God, lords have ruled us besides Thee, Only, by Thee we make mention of Thy name.
Isaiah 26:14
KJVThey are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.
WEBThe dead shall not live.
YLTDead -- they live not, Rephaim, they rise not, Therefore Thou hast inspected and dost destroy them, Yea, thou destroyest all their memory.
Isaiah 26:15
KJVThou hast increased the nation, O Lord, thou hast increased the nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto all the ends of the earth.
WEBYou have increased the nation, O Yahweh.
YLTThou hast added to the nation, O Jehovah, Thou hast added to the nation, Thou hast been honoured, Thou hast put far off all the ends of earth.
Isaiah 26:16
KJVLord, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.
WEBYahweh, in trouble they have visited you.
YLTO Jehovah, in distress they missed Thee, They have poured out a whisper, Thy chastisement [is] on them.
Isaiah 26:17
KJVLike as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O Lord.
WEBJust as a woman with child, who draws near the time of her delivery,
YLTWhen a pregnant woman cometh near to the birth, She is pained -- she crieth in her pangs, So we have been from Thy face, O Jehovah.
Isaiah 26:18
KJVWe have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.
WEBWe have been with child.
YLTWe have conceived, we have been pained. We have brought forth as it were wind, Salvation we do not work in the earth, Nor do the inhabitants of the world fall.
Isaiah 26:19
KJVThy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
WEBYour dead shall live.
YLT`Thy dead live -- My dead body they rise. Awake and sing, ye dwellers in the dust, For the dew of herbs [is] thy dew, And the land of Rephaim thou causest to fall.
Isaiah 26:20
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Isaiah 26:21
KJVFor, behold, the Lord cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
WEBFor, behold, Yahweh comes out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity.
YLTFor, lo, Jehovah is coming out of His place, To charge the iniquity of the inhabitant of the earth upon him, And revealed hath the earth her blood, Nor doth she cover any more her slain!'
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