Isaiah 31:5 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁵ Like birds hovering overhead, so the Lord of hosts will protect Jerusalem; he will protect and deliver it; he will spare and rescue it.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ Like birds hovering, so will the Lord of hosts defend Jerusalem; He will protect and deliver it, He will pass over and spare and preserve it.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ As birds hovering, so will Jehovah of hosts protect Jerusalem; he will protect and deliver it, he will pass over and preserve it.

Common English Bible

⁵ Like birds flying aloft, so the LORD of heavenly forces will shield Jerusalem: shielding and saving, sparing and rescuing.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ Like birds flying, so will the Lord of hosts protect Jerusalem, protecting and freeing, passing over and saving.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ As birds flying, so will the Lord of hosts protect Jerusalem, protecting and delivering, passing over and saving.

Isaiah 31:5 Cross References

Genesis 1:2

the earth was complete chaos, and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters.

2 Kings 19:34

For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake and for the sake of my servant David.”

2 Chronicles 32:22

So the Lord saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of King Sennacherib of Assyria and from the hand of all his enemies; he gave them rest on every side.

Psalm 37:40

The Lord helps them and rescues them; he rescues them from the wicked and saves them because they take refuge in him.

Psalm 46:5

God is in the midst of the city; it shall not be moved; God will help it when the morning dawns.

Psalm 46:6

The nations are in an uproar; the kingdoms totter; he utters his voice; the earth melts.

Psalm 91:4

he will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and defense.

Exodus 12:27

you shall say, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the Lord, for he passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt when he struck down the Egyptians but spared our houses.’ ” And the people bowed down and worshiped.

Exodus 19:4

‘You have seen what I did to the Egyptians and how I bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself.

Isaiah 10:14

My hand has found, like a nest, the wealth of the peoples, and as one gathers eggs that have been forsaken, so I have gathered all the earth, and there was none that moved a wing or opened its mouth or chirped.”

Isaiah 26:1

On that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; he sets up walls and bulwarks as a safeguard.

Isaiah 27:3

I, the Lord, am its keeper; every moment I water it. I guard it night and day so that no one can harm it;

Isaiah 35:4

Say to those who are of a fearful heart, “Be strong, do not fear! Here is your God. He will come with vengeance, with terrible recompense. He will come and save you.”

Isaiah 37:35

For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake and for the sake of my servant David.”

Isaiah 38:6

I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria and defend this city.

Zechariah 9:14

Then the Lord will appear over them, and his arrow go forth like lightning; the Lord God will sound the trumpet and march forth in the whirlwinds of the south.

Zechariah 9:8

Then I will encamp at my house as a guard, so that no one shall march to and fro; no oppressor shall again overrun them, for now I have seen with my own eyes.

Deuteronomy 32:11

As an eagle stirs up its nest and hovers over its young, as it spreads its wings, takes them up, and bears them aloft on its pinions,