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Isaiah 51:8-10
GOD’S WORD Translation
Isaiah 51:8-10
GOD’S WORD Translation
8 Moths will eat them like clothing.
Worms will devour them like wool.
But my righteousness will last forever,
and my salvation will last throughout every generation.
9 Wake up! Wake up! Clothe yourself with strength, O Lord!
Wake up as you did in days long past, as in generations long ago.
Didn’t you cut Rahab [a] into pieces and stab the serpent?
10 Didn’t you dry up the sea, the water of the great ocean?
You made a road in the depths of the sea
so that the people reclaimed ⌞by the Lord⌟
might pass through it.
Footnotes
- 51:9 Rahab is the name of a demonic creature who opposes God.
Isaiah 51:8-10
New International Version
Isaiah 51:8-10
New International Version
8 For the moth will eat them up like a garment;(A)
the worm(B) will devour them like wool.
But my righteousness will last forever,(C)
my salvation through all generations.”
9 Awake, awake,(D) arm(E) of the Lord,
clothe yourself with strength!(F)
Awake, as in days gone by,
as in generations of old.(G)
Was it not you who cut Rahab(H) to pieces,
who pierced that monster(I) through?
10 Was it not you who dried up the sea,(J)
the waters of the great deep,(K)
who made a road in the depths of the sea(L)
so that the redeemed(M) might cross over?
Isaiah 51:8-10
New King James Version
Isaiah 51:8-10
New King James Version
8 For (A)the moth will eat them up like a garment,
And the worm will eat them like wool;
But My righteousness will be forever,
And My salvation from generation to generation.”
9 (B)Awake, awake, (C)put on strength,
O arm of the Lord!
Awake (D)as in the ancient days,
In the generations of old.
(E)Are You not the arm that cut (F)Rahab apart,
And wounded the (G)serpent?
10 Are You not the One who (H)dried up the sea,
The waters of the great deep;
That made the depths of the sea a road
For the redeemed to cross over?
Isaiah 51:8-10
English Standard Version
Isaiah 51:8-10
English Standard Version
8 (A)For the moth will eat them up like a garment,
and the worm will eat them like wool,
(B)but my righteousness will be forever,
and my salvation to all generations.”
9 (C)Awake, awake, (D)put on strength,
O (E)arm of the Lord;
awake, (F)as in days of old,
the generations of long ago.
Was it not you who cut (G)Rahab in pieces,
who pierced (H)the dragon?
10 (I)Was it not you who dried up the sea,
the waters of the great deep,
who made the depths of the sea a way
for the redeemed to pass over?
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