And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell before thee is too strait for us.
Isaiah 49:20 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 The children of thy bereavement shall yet say in thine ears, The place is too strait for me: give place to me that I may dwell. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other, shall say again in thine ears, The place is too strait for me: give place to me that I may dwell. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The children of your bereavement [born during your captivity] shall yet say in your ears, The place is too narrow for me; make room for me, that I may live. American Standard Version (1901) The children of thy bereavement shall yet say in thine ears, The place is too strait for me; give place to me that I may dwell. Common English Bible You will again hear the children who were born bereaved say, “The place is too crowded for me; make room for me to settle.” Catholic Public Domain Version Even the children of your barrenness will say in your ears: "This place is too narrow for me. Make me a spacious place in which to dwell." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The children of thy barrenness shall still say in thy ears: The place is too strait for me. Make me room to dwell in. |
And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell before thee is too strait for us.
But when he seeth his children, the work of mine hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name; yea, they shall sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall stand in awe of the God of Israel.
For the LORD hath comforted Zion: he hath comforted all her waste places, and hath made her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: they all gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be carried in the arms.
Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass that, in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.
I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, and gather them out of Assyria; and I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon; and place shall not be found for them.
and said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as villages without walls, by reason of the multitude of men and cattle therein.
and think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.