Isaiah 51:23 - Easy To Read Version

²³ I will now use my anger to punish the people that hurt you. Those people tried to kill you. They told you, ‘Bow down before us, and we will walk on you!’ They forced you to bow down before them. And then they walked on your back like dirt. You were like a road for them to walk on.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ but I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ And I will put it into the hands of your tormentors and oppressors, those who said to you, Bow down, that we may ride or tread over you; and you have made your back like the ground and like the street for them to pass over.

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ and I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee, that have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over; and thou hast laid thy back as the ground, and as the street, to them that go over.

Common English Bible

²³ I will put it in the hand of your tormentors, who said to you, “Lie down so that we can walk on you. Make your back like the ground, like a street for those walking on it.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ And I will set it in the hand of those who have humiliated you, and who have said to your soul: "Bow down, so that we pass over." And you placed your body on the ground, as a path for them to pass over.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²³ And I will put it in the hand of them that have oppressed thee and have said to thy soul: Bow down, that we may go over. And thou hast laid thy body as the ground and as a way to them that went over.

Isaiah 51:23 Tagairtí Cros

Psalm 129:3

They beat me until I had deep cuts\par in my back.\par I had long and deep wounds.\par

Psalm 66:12

You let our enemies walk on us.\par You dragged us through fire and water.\par But you brought us to a safe place.\par

Proverbs 11:8

A good person will escape trouble, and that trouble will happen to some evil person.

Proverbs 21:18

Evil people have to pay for all the bad things they do to good people. People who are not honest have to pay for the things they do to honest people.

Micah 7:10

My enemy said to me,\par “Where is the Lord your God?”\par But my enemy will see this,\par and she will be ashamed.\par At that time, I will laugh at her. {\cf2\super [81]} \par People will walk over her,\par like mud in the streets.\par

Zechariah 12:2

“Look, I will make Jerusalem like a cup of poison to the nations around her. The nations will come and attack that city. And all of Judah will be caught in the trap.

Joshua 10:24

They brought the five kings to Joshua. Joshua called all his men to come to that place. Joshua said to the officers of his army, “Come here! Put your feet on the necks of these kings.” So the officers of Joshua’s army came close. They put their feet on the necks of the kings.

Revelation 11:2

But don’t measure the yard outside the temple. Leave that alone. That has been given to the people who are not Jews. Those people will walk on the holy city for 42 months.

Revelation 17:18

The woman you saw is the great city that rules over the kings of the earth.”