Isaiah 66:13
As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
KJV
Quomodo si cui mater blandiatur, ita ego consolabor vos, et in Jerusalem consolabimini.
Vulgate
ὡς εἴ τινα μήτηρ παρακαλέσει, οὕτως κἀγὼ παρακαλέσω ὑμᾶς, καὶ ἐν Ἰερουσαλὴμ παρακληθήσεσθε.
LXX
As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
ASV
כְּ/אִ֕ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֥ר אִמּ֖/וֹ תְּנַחֲמֶ֑/נּוּ כֵּ֤ן אָֽנֹכִי֙ אֲנַ֣חֶמְ/כֶ֔ם וּ/בִ/ירֽוּשָׁלִַ֖ם תְּנֻחָֽמוּ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אָנֹכִ֖י
'nky
pronoun · 356×
וֹ
v
noun · 220×
יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם
yrvshlm
proper_noun · 634×
כֵ֗ן
kn
adjective · 767×
נִי
ny
verb · 108×
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
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Cross-references
- 1Thess 2:7 — But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children:
- 1Thess 2:7 — But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children:
- 2Cor 1:4 — Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
- 2Thess 2:17 — Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.
- Isa 12:1 — And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me.
- Isa 40:1 — Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
- Isa 49:13 — Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the LORD hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted.
- Isa 51:3 — For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, t
- Isa 51:12 — I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass;
- Isa 65:18 — But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.
- Isa 66:10 — Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her:
- Ps 86:4 — Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.
- Ps 137:6 — If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
- Zech 1:17 — Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.