16Lord , they came to you in their distress; when you disciplined them, they could barely whisper a prayer.


In Context

13 O Lord , our God, other lords besides you have ruled over us, but your name alone do we honor.

14 They are now dead, they live no more; those departed spirits do not rise. You punished them and brought them to ruin; you wiped out all memory of them.

15 You have enlarged the nation, O Lord ; you have enlarged the nation. You have gained glory for yourself; you have extended all the borders of the land.

16 Lord , they came to you in their distress; when you disciplined them, they could barely whisper a prayer.

17 As a woman with child and about to give birth writhes and cries out in her pain, so were we in your presence, O Lord .

18 We were with child, we writhed in pain, but we gave birth to wind. We have not brought salvation to the earth; we have not given birth to people of the world.

Isaiah 26:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

26:16LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer [when] thy chastening [was] upon them.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

26:16Lord, they have sought after thee in distress, in the tribulation of murmuring thy instruction was with them.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

26:16Jehovah, in trouble have they visited thee; they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:16Jehovah, in trouble they sought thee; they poured out their whispered prayer when thy chastening was upon them.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

26:16LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:16LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:16Yahweh, in trouble they have visited you. They poured out a prayer when your chastening was on them.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

26:16O Jehovah, in distress they missed Thee, They have poured out a whisper, Thy chastisement is on them.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

26:16LORD, in trouble have they visited you, they poured out a prayer when your chastening was on them.