Parallel Verses

New Heart English Bible

I will tell the north, 'Give them up.' and tell the south, 'Do not hold them back. Bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth?

New American Standard Bible

“I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’
And to the south, ‘Do not hold them back.’
Bring My sons from afar
And My daughters from the ends of the earth,

King James Version

I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth;

Holman Bible

I will say to the north: Give them up!
and to the south: Do not hold them back!
Bring My sons from far away,
and My daughters from the ends of the earth

International Standard Version

I'll say to the north, "Give them up'! and to the south, "Don't keep them back!' Bring my sons from far away and my daughters from the ends of the earth

A Conservative Version

I will say to the north, Give up, and to the south, Keep not back. Bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the end of the earth,

American Standard Version

I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back; bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the end of the earth;

Amplified


“I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’
And to the south, ‘Do not hold them back.’
Bring My sons from far way
And My daughters from the ends of the earth,

Bible in Basic English

I will say to the north, Give them up; and to the south, Do not keep them back; send back my sons from far, and my daughters from the end of the earth;

Darby Translation

I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from afar, and my daughters from the end of the earth,

Julia Smith Translation

Say to the north, Thou shalt give, and to the south thou shalt not withhold: bring in my sons from far off, and my daughters from the extremities of the earth;

King James 2000

I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from afar, and my daughters from the ends of the earth;

Lexham Expanded Bible

I will say to the north, 'Give!' and to [the] south, 'You must not withhold!' Bring my sons from far away, and my daughters from the end of the earth--

Modern King James verseion

I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Do not keep back; bring My sons from far and My daughters from the ends of the earth;

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

I will say to the North, 'Let go.' And to the South, 'Keep not back: but bring me my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the world:

NET Bible

I will say to the north, 'Hand them over!' and to the south, 'Don't hold any back!' Bring my sons from distant lands, and my daughters from the remote regions of the earth,

The Emphasized Bible

I will say to the North Give up! And to the South Do not withhold! Bring in My sons from far, and My daughters from the end of the earth;

Webster

I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth;

World English Bible

I will tell the north, 'Give them up!' and tell the south, 'Don't hold them back! Bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth --

Youngs Literal Translation

I am saying to the north, 'Give up,' And to the south, 'Restrain not.' Bring in My sons from afar, And My daughters from the end of the earth.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
I will say

Usage: 0

to the north
צפן צפון 
Tsaphown 
Usage: 153

Give up
נתן 
Nathan 
Usage: 2011

and to the south
תּמן תּימן 
Teyman 
Usage: 23

Keep not back
כּלא 
Kala' 
Usage: 18


come, bring, ... in, enter, go, carry, ...down, pass, ...out,
Usage: 0

רחק רחוק 
Rachowq 
Usage: 85

and my daughters
בּת 
Bath 
Usage: 587

from the ends
קצה קצה 
Qatseh 
Usage: 97

References

Context Readings

The Restorer Of Israel

5 Do not be afraid; for I am with you. I will bring your seed from the east, and gather you from the west. 6 I will tell the north, 'Give them up.' and tell the south, 'Do not hold them back. Bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth? 7 everyone who is called by my name, and whom I have created for my glory, whom I have formed, yes, whom I have made.'"

Cross References

Psalm 107:3

And gathered out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.

Isaiah 18:7

In that time, a present will be brought to the LORD of hosts from a people tall and smooth, even from a people awesome from their beginning onward, a nation that measures out and treads down, whose land the rivers divide, to the place of the name of the LORD of hosts, Mount Zion.

Jeremiah 3:14

"Return, backsliding children," says the LORD; "for I am a husband to you. I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion.

Jeremiah 3:18-19

In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I gave for an inheritance to your fathers.

Hosea 1:10-11

Yet the number of the children of Israel will be as the sand of the sea, which can't be measured nor numbered; and it will come to pass that, in the place where it was said to them, 'You are not my people,' they will be called 'sons of the living God.'

Romans 9:7-8

Neither, because they are Abraham's seed, are they all children. But, "In Isaac will your seed be called."

Romans 9:25-26

As he says also in Hosea, "I will call them 'my people,' which were not my people; and her 'beloved,' who was not beloved."

2 Corinthians 6:17-18

Therefore, "'Come out from among them, and be separate,' says the Lord. 'Touch no unclean thing. I will receive you.

Galatians 3:26-29

For you are all children of God, through faith in Christ Jesus.

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