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Isaiah 64

12 aligned verses; 12 with wording or punctuation differences .

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Verse KJV King James Version YLT Young's Literal Translation
Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens , that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,
Didst Thou not rend the heavens ? Thou didst come down, From thy presence did mountains flow ,
As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence !
( As fire kindleth stubble -- Fire causeth water to boil, ) To make known Thy name to Thine adversaries, From Thy presence do nations tremble.
When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for , thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence.
In Thy doing fearful things -- we expect not, Thou didst come down, From Thy presence did mountains flow .
For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen , O God , beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.
Even from antiquity ` men ' have not heard, They have not given ear, Eye hath not seen a God save Thee, He doth work for those waiting for Him.
Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways : behold , thou art wroth ; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved.
Thou hast met with the rejoicer And the doer of righteousness, In Thy ways they remember Thee , Lo, Thou hast been wroth when we sin, By them ` is ' continuance, and we are saved.
But we are all as an unclean thing , and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags ; and we all do fade as a leaf ; and our iniquities , like the wind , have taken us away.
And we are as unclean -- all of us , And as a garment passing away, all our righteous acts ; And we fade as a leaf -- all of us. And our iniquities as wind do take us away.
And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee : for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us , because of our iniquities.
And there is none calling in Thy name, Stirring up himself to lay hold on Thee , For Thou hast hid Thy face from us, And thou meltest us away by our iniquities.
But now, O LORD , thou art our father ; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
And now, O Jehovah , thou ` art ' our Father , We ` are ' the clay, and Thou our Framer, And the work of Thy hand -- all of us .
Be not wroth very sore , O LORD , neither remember iniquity for ever : behold , see , we beseech thee, we are all thy people.
Be not wroth, O Jehovah , very sore, Nor for ever remember iniquity , Lo , look attentively, we beseech Thee, Thy people `are' we all .
Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
Thy holy cities have been a wilderness, Zion a wilderness hath been , Jerusalem a desolation.
Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee , is burned up with fire : and all our pleasant things are laid waste.
Our holy and our beautiful house, Where praise Thee did our fathers, Hath become burnt with fire , And all our desirable things have become a waste.
Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things , O LORD ? wilt thou hold thy peace , and afflict us very sore ?
For these dost Thou refrain Thyself, Jehovah ? Thou art silent , and dost afflict us very sore !'

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