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Isaiah 26

21 aligned verses; 21 with wording or punctuation differences .

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Verse KJV King James Version YLT Young's Literal Translation
In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah ; We have a strong city ; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks .
In that day sung is this song in the land of Judah : ` We have a strong city , Salvation He doth make walls and bulwark .
Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in .
Open ye the gates, that enter may a righteous nation , Preserving stedfastness .
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace , whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
An imagination supported Thou fortifiest peace -- peace! For in Thee it is confident .
Trust ye in the LORD for ever : for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:
Trust ye in Jehovah for ever , For in Jah Jehovah ` is ' a rock of ages,
For he bringeth down them that dwell on high ; the lofty city , he layeth it low ; he layeth it low , even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust .
For He bowed down the dwellers on high, A city set on high He maketh low , He maketh it low unto the earth, He causeth it to come unto the dust ,
The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor , and the steps of the needy .
Tread it down doth a foot , Feet of the poor -- steps of the weak .
The way of the just is uprightness : thou , most upright, dost weigh the path of the just .
The path for the righteous ` is ' uprightness, O upright One , The path of the righteous Thou dost ponder .
Yea , in the way of thy judgments, O LORD , have we waited for thee ; the desire of our soul is to thy name , and to the remembrance of thee .
Also , ` in ' the path of Thy judgments, O Jehovah , we have waited ` for ' Thee , To Thy name and to Thy remembrance `Is' the desire of the soul .
With my soul have I desired thee in the night ; yea , with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
` With ' my soul I desired Thee in the night, Also, ` with ' my spirit within me I seek Thee earnestly, For when Thy judgments ` are ' on the earth, The inhabitants of the world have learned righteousness.
Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness : in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly , and will not behold the majesty of the LORD .
The wicked findeth favour , He hath not learned righteousness , In a land of straightforwardness he dealeth perversely , And seeth not the excellency of Jehovah .
LORD , when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see : but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea , the fire of thine enemies shall devour them.
O Jehovah , high `is' Thy hand -- they see not, They see the zeal of the people , and are ashamed, Also, the fire -- Thine adversaries, consumeth them.
LORD , thou wilt ordain peace for us : for thou also hast wrought all our works in us.
O Jehovah , Thou appointest peace to us , For , all our works also Thou hast wrought for us.
O LORD our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us : but by thee only will we make mention of thy name.
O Jehovah our God, lords have ruled us besides Thee , Only , by Thee we make mention of Thy name.
They are dead , they shall not live ; they are deceased , they shall not rise : therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish .
Dead -- they live not , Rephaim, they rise not, Therefore Thou hast inspected and dost destroy them, Yea, thou destroyest all their memory.
Thou hast increased the nation, O LORD , thou hast increased the nation : thou art glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto all the ends of the earth.
Thou hast added to the nation, O Jehovah , Thou hast added to the nation , Thou hast been honoured, Thou hast put far off all the ends of earth.
LORD , in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.
O Jehovah , in distress they missed Thee, They have poured out a whisper, Thy chastisement `is' on them.
Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery , is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs ; so have we been in thy sight , O LORD .
When a pregnant woman cometh near to the birth , She is pained -- she crieth in her pangs , So we have been from Thy face , O Jehovah .
We have been with child , we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind ; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth ; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen .
We have conceived , we have been pained. We have brought forth as it were wind , Salvation we do not work in the earth , Nor do the inhabitants of the world fall .
Thy dead men shall live , together with my dead body shall they arise . Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust : for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead .
` Thy dead live -- My dead body they rise . Awake and sing, ye dwellers in the dust , For the dew of herbs `is' thy dew , And the land of Rephaim thou causest to fall .
Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee : hide thyself as it were for a little moment , until the indignation be overpast .
Come, My people, enter into thy inner chambers, And shut thy doors behind thee , Hide thyself shortly a moment till the indignation pass over .
For, behold , the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain .
For, lo , Jehovah is coming out of His place , To charge the iniquity of the inhabitant of the earth upon him, And revealed hath the earth her blood, Nor doth she cover any more her slain !'

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