20The children of thy barrenness shall still say in thy ears: The place is too strait for me, make me room to dwell in.


In Context

17 Thy builders are come: they that destroy thee and make thee waste shall go out of thee.

18 Lift up thy eyes round about, and see all these are gathered together, they are come to thee: I live, saith the Lord, thou shalt be clothed with all these se with an ornament, and as a bride thou shalt put them about thee.

19 For thy deserts, and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction shall now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, end they that swallowed thee up shall be chased far away.

20 The children of thy barrenness shall still say in thy ears: The place is too strait for me, make me room to dwell in.

21 And thou shalt say in thy heart: Who hath begotten these? I was barren and brought not forth, led away, and captive: and who hath brought up these? I was destitute and alone: and these, where were they?

22 Thus saith the Lord God: Behold I will lift up my hand to the Gentiles, and will set up my standard to the people. And they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and carry thy daughters upon their shoulders.

Isaiah 49:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

49:20The 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

49:20The children born during your bereavement will yet say in your hearing, 'This place is too small for us; give us more space to live in.'

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

49:20The 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

49:20The 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

49:20The 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

49:20The 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

49:20The 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

49:20Again do the sons of thy bereavement say in thine ears: 'The place is too strait for me, Come nigh to me — and I dwell.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

49:20The children which you shall have, after you have lost the other, shall say again in your ears, The place is too strait for me: give place to me that I may dwell.