New International Version (NIV)
20The children born during your bereavement
will yet say in your hearing,
‘This place is too small for us;
give us more space to live in.’
Isaiah 49:20
Isaiah 49:20 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.
New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)
20“The children you lost will yet say in your ears,
‘The place is too cramped for me;
Make room for me that I may live here.’
Amplified Bible (AMP)
20“The children of your bereavement [those born in captivity] will yet say in your ears,
‘The place is too cramped for me’;
Make room for me that I may live here.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
20Yet the children of your bereavement
will say in your hearing,
‘This place is too small for us;
make room for us to live here.’
American Standard Version (ASV)
20The 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.
Geneva Bible (GNV)
20The children of thy barennesse shall say againe in thine eares, The place is straict for mee: giue place to me that I may dwell.
World English Bible, American English Edition, without Strong's Numbers (WEBUS)
20The children of your bereavement will say in your ears,
‘This place is too small for me.
Give me a place to live in.’
New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)
20The children born during your time of sorrow
will speak to you. They will say,
‘This city is too small for us.
Give us more space to live in.’
EasyEnglish Bible 2024 (EASY)
20The children who were born in a foreign land
will return to you.
You will hear them say,
“This place is too small for us.
Find more room for us to live in.”
Literal Standard Version (LSV)
20Again the sons of your bereavement say in your ears: The place is too narrow for me, || Come near to me—and I dwell.