16See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me.


In Context

13 Shout for joy, O heavens; rejoice, O earth; burst into song, O mountains! For the Lord comforts his people and will have compassion on his afflicted ones.

14 But Zion said, "The Lord has forsaken me, the Lord has forgotten me."

15 "Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you!

16 See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me.

17 Your sons hasten back, and those who laid you waste depart from you.

18 Lift up your eyes and look around; all your sons gather and come to you. As surely as I live," declares the Lord , "you will wear them all as ornaments; you will put them on, like a bride.

Isaiah 49:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

49:16Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of [my] hands; thy walls [are] continually before me.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

49:16Behold, I have graven thee in my hands: thy walls are always before my eyes.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

49:16Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

49:16Lo, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

49:16Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

49:16Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

49:16Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are continually before me.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

49:16Lo, on the palms of the hand I have graven thee, Thy walls are before Me continually.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

49:16Behold, I have graven you on the palms of my hands; your walls are continually before me.