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Isaiah 50

11 aligned verses; 11 with wording or punctuation differences .

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Verse KJV King James Version YLT Young's Literal Translation
Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother's divorcement , whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold , for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves , and for your transgressions is your mother put away.
Thus said Jehovah: ` Where ` is ' this -- the bill of your mother's divorce , Whom I sent away? Or to which of My creditors have I sold you? Lo , for your iniquities ye have been sold, And for your transgressions Hath your mother been sent away.
Wherefore , when I came , was there no man ? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all , that it cannot redeem ? or have I no power to deliver? behold , at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness : their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.
Wherefore have I come , and there is no one ? I called, and there is none answering, Hath My hand been at all short of redemption ? And is there not in me power to deliver? Lo , by My rebuke I dry up a sea, I make rivers a wilderness , Their fish stinketh, for there is no water, And dieth with thirst.
I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.
I clothe the heavens ` with ' blackness, And sackcloth I make their covering.
The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned , that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned .
The Lord Jehovah hath given to me The tongue of taught ones , To know to aid the weary `by' a word , He waketh morning by morning, He waketh for me an ear to hear as taught ones .
The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back .
The Lord Jehovah opened for me the ear, And I rebelled not -- backward I moved not .
I gave my back to the smiters , and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
My back I have given to those smiting , And my cheeks to those plucking out, My face I hid not from shame and spitting.
For the Lord GOD will help me ; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.
And the Lord Jehovah giveth help to me , Therefore I have not been ashamed, Therefore I have set my face as a flint, And I know that I am not ashamed.
He is near that justifieth me ; who will contend with me? let us stand together : who is mine adversary ? let him come near to me.
Near `is' He who is justifying me , Who doth contend with me? We stand together , who ` is ' mine opponent ? Let him come nigh unto me.
Behold , the Lord GOD will help me ; who is he that shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment ; the moth shall eat them up .
Lo , the Lord Jehovah giveth help to me , Who ` is ' he that declareth me wicked ? Lo, all of them as a garment wear out, A moth doth eat them.
Who is among you that feareth the LORD , that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness , and hath no light ? let him trust in the name of the LORD , and stay upon his God.
Who ` is ' among you, fearing Jehovah, Hearkening to the voice of His servant, That hath walked in dark places , And there is no brightness for him ? Let him trust in the name of Jehovah , And lean upon his God.
Behold , all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks : walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand ; ye shall lie down in sorrow.
Lo , all ye kindling a fire, girding on sparks , Walk ye in the light of your fire, And in the sparks ye have caused to burn, From my hand hath this been to you, In grief ye lie down !

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