Isaiah 49:16
Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.
KJV
Ecce in manibus meis descripsi te ; muri tui coram oculis meis semper.
Vulgate
ἰδοὺ ἐπὶ τῶν χειρῶν μου ἐζωγράφηκά σου τὰ τείχη, καὶ ἐνώπιόν μου εἶ διὰ παντός,
LXX
Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.
ASV
הֵ֥ן עַל כַּפַּ֖יִם חַקֹּתִ֑י/ךְ חוֹמֹתַ֥יִ/ךְ נֶגְדִּ֖/י תָּמִֽיד
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
חוֹמָ֔ה
chvmh
noun · 128×
כַּ֥ף
kp
noun · 191×
מְחֹקֵ֖ק
mchqq
verb · 19×
נִ֨י
ny
pronoun · 313×
נֶ֣גֶד
ngd
preposition · 148×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
תָּמִ֔יד
tmyd
noun · 104×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
He contends that these testimonies already alleged cannot be understood allegorically of celestial blessings, but that they shall have their fulfilment after the coming of Antichrist, and the resurrection, in the terrestrial Jerusalem. To the former prophecies he subjoins others drawn from Isaiah, Jeremiah, and the Apocalypse of John. 1. If, however, any shall endeavour to alle…
1. Every virtue is a good thing, but most of all gentleness and meekness. This shows us men; this makes us to differ from wild beasts; this fits us to vie with Angels. Wherefore Christ continually expends many words about this virtue, bidding us be meek and gentle. Nor does He merely expend words about it, but also teaches it by His actions; at one time buffeted and bearing it,…
Cross-references
- Exod 13:9 — And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the LORD’s law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the LORD brought thee out of Egypt.
- Hag 2:23 — In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, will I take thee, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith the LORD, and will make thee as a signet: for I have chosen thee, saith the LORD of hosts.
- Isa 26:1 — In 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.
- Isa 54:12 — And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.
- Isa 60:18 — Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.
- Isa 62:6 — I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence,
- Jer 22:24 — As I live, saith the LORD, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet would I pluck thee thence;
- Ps 48:12 — Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.
- Rev 21:10 — And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
- Song 8:6 — Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.
- Song 8:6 — Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.