Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

For you will spread out to the right and to the left,
and your descendants will dispossess nations
and inhabit the desolate cities.

New American Standard Bible

“For you will spread abroad to the right and to the left.
And your descendants will possess nations
And will resettle the desolate cities.

King James Version

For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.

International Standard Version

For you will spread out to the right hand and to the left, and your descendants will possess the nations and will populate the deserted towns.

A Conservative Version

For thou shall spread aboard on the right hand and on the left. And thy seed shall possess the nations, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.

American Standard Version

For thou shalt spread aboard on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall possess the nations, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.

Amplified


“For you will spread out to the right and to the left;
And your descendants will take possession of nations
And will inhabit deserted cities.

Bible in Basic English

For I will make wide your limits on the right hand and on the left; and your seed will take the nations for a heritage, and make the waste towns full of people.

Darby Translation

For thou shalt spread abroad on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall possess nations, and they shall make desolate cities to be inhabited.

Julia Smith Translation

For the right and the left thou shalt break forth, and thy seed shall inherit the nations, and they shall cause desolated cities to be inhabited.

King James 2000

For you shall break forth on the right hand and on the left; and your descendants shall inherit the nations, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.

Lexham Expanded Bible

for you will spread out [to the] right and [to the] left. And your descendants will be heir [to the] nations, and they will inhabit desolate towns.

Modern King James verseion

for you shall break out on the right hand and on the left. And your seed shall inherit the nations, and people will inhabit ruined cities.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

for thou shalt be multiplied on the right side and on the left, and thy seed shall have the Gentiles in possession, and dwell in the desolate cities.

NET Bible

For you will spread out to the right and to the left; your children will conquer nations and will resettle desolate cities.

New Heart English Bible

For you shall spread out on the right hand and on the left; and your seed shall possess the nations, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.

The Emphasized Bible

For, on the right hand and on the left, shalt thou break forth, - And thy seed, shall of the nations, take possession, And forsaken cities, shall they cause to be inhabited.

Webster

For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.

World English Bible

For you shall spread out on the right hand and on the left; and your seed shall possess the nations, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.

Youngs Literal Translation

For right and left thou breakest forth, And thy seed doth nations possess,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
on the right hand
ימין 
Yamiyn 
Usage: 139

and on the left
שׂמאל שׂמאול 
S@mo'wl 
Usage: 54

and thy seed
זרע 
Zera` 
Usage: 229

ירשׁ ירשׁ 
Yarash 
Usage: 231

the Gentiles
גּי גּוי 
Gowy 
Usage: 558

and make the desolate
שׁמם 
Shamem 
Usage: 89

עיר ער עיר 
`iyr 
Usage: 1094

Context Readings

The Fertile Wife Of Yahweh

2 “Enlarge the site of your tent,
and let your tent curtains be stretched out;
do not hold back;
lengthen your ropes,
and drive your pegs deep.
3 For you will spread out to the right and to the left,
and your descendants will dispossess nations
and inhabit the desolate cities.
4 “Do not be afraid, for you will not be put to shame;
don’t be humiliated, for you will not be disgraced.
For you will forget the shame of your youth,
and you will no longer remember
the disgrace of your widowhood.

Cross References

Isaiah 43:5-6

Do not fear, for I am with you;
I will bring your descendants from the east,
and gather you from the west.

Genesis 28:14

Your offspring will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out toward the west, the east, the north, and the south. All the peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.

Genesis 49:10

The scepter will not depart from Judah
or the staff from between his feet
until He whose right it is comes
and the obedience of the peoples belongs to Him.

Psalm 72:8-11

May he rule from sea to sea
and from the Euphrates
to the ends of the earth.

Isaiah 2:2-4

In the last days
the mountain of the Lord’s house will be established
at the top of the mountains
and will be raised above the hills.
All nations will stream to it,

Isaiah 11:9-12

None will harm or destroy another
on My entire holy mountain,
for the land will be as full
of the knowledge of the Lord
as the sea is filled with water.

Isaiah 35:1-2

The wilderness and the dry land will be glad;
the desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose.

Isaiah 42:1-12

“This is My Servant; I strengthen Him,
this is My Chosen One; I delight in Him.
I have put My Spirit on Him;
He will bring justice to the nations.

Isaiah 49:8

This is what the Lord says:

I will answer you in a time of favor,
and I will help you in the day of salvation.
I will keep you, and I will appoint you
to be a covenant for the people,
to restore the land,
to make them possess the desolate inheritances,

Isaiah 49:12

See, these will come from far away,
from the north and from the west,
and from the land of Sinim.

Isaiah 49:18-19

Look up, and look around.
They all gather together; they come to you.
As I live”—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
“you will wear all your children as jewelry,
and put them on as a bride does.

Isaiah 52:9

Be joyful, rejoice together,
you ruins of Jerusalem!
For the Lord has comforted His people;
He has redeemed Jerusalem.

Isaiah 55:5

so you will summon a nation you do not know,
and nations who do not know you will run to you.
For the Lord your God,
even the Holy One of Israel,
has glorified you.”

Isaiah 60:3-13

Nations will come to your light,
and kings to the brightness of your radiance.

Isaiah 61:5-9

Strangers will stand and feed your flocks,
and foreigners will be your plowmen and vinedressers.

Ezekiel 36:35-36

Then they will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden. The cities that were once ruined, desolate, and destroyed are now fortified and inhabited.’

Romans 9:25-26

As He also says in Hosea:

I will call Not My People, My People,
and she who is Unloved, Beloved.

Romans 10:18

But I ask, “Did they not hear?” Yes, they did:

Their voice has gone out to all the earth,
and their words to the ends of the inhabited world.

Romans 11:12

Now if their stumbling brings riches for the world, and their failure riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their full number bring!

Colossians 1:23

if indeed you remain grounded and steadfast in the faith and are not shifted away from the hope of the gospel that you heard. This gospel has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and I, Paul, have become a servant of it.

King James Version Public Domain

Holman Christian Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers.

International Standard Version Copyright © 1996-2008 by the ISV Foundation.

New American Standard Bible Copyright ©1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org

American Standard Version Public Domain

NET Bible copyright © 1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. NetBible

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain