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23 Kings will be your foster fathers,
and their queens your nursing mothers.
They will bow down before you with their faces to the ground;
they will lick the dust at your feet.
Then you will know that I am the Lord ;
those who hope in me will not be disappointed.”
Read Isaiah 49 in NIV · About the NIV
23 “Kings will be your guardians,
And their princesses your nurses.
They will bow down to you with their faces to the ground
And lick the dust from your feet;
And you will know that I am the Lord ;
Those who hopefully wait for Me will not be put to shame.
Read Isaiah 49 in NASB2020 · About the NASB2020
23 “Kings will be your attendants,
And their princesses your nurses.
They will bow down to you with their faces to the earth
And lick the dust of your feet;
And you shall know [with an understanding based on personal experience] that I am the Lord ;
For they shall not be put to shame who wait and hope expectantly for Me.
Read Isaiah 49 in AMP · About the AMP
23 Kings will be your foster fathers,
and their queens your nursing mothers.
They will bow to you facedown
and lick the dust at your feet.
Then you will know that I am the Lord ;
those who hope in Me will never be put to shame.”
Read Isaiah 49 in BSB · About the BSB
23 And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their faces to the earth, and lick the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am Jehovah; and they that wait for me shall not be put to shame.
Read Isaiah 49 in ASV · About the ASV
23 And Kings shalbe thy nourcing fathers, and Queenes shalbe thy nources: they shall worship thee with their faces towarde the earth, and licke vp the dust of thy feete: and thou shalt knowe that I am the Lord: for they shall not be ashamed that waite for me.
Read Isaiah 49 in GNV · About the GNV
23 Kings shall be your foster fathers,
and their queens your nursing mothers.
They will bow down to you with their faces to the earth,
and lick the dust of your feet.
Then you will know that I am Yahweh;
and those who wait for me won’t be disappointed.”
Read Isaiah 49 in WEBUS · About the WEBUS
23 Their kings will become like fathers to you.
Their queens will be like mothers who nurse you.
They will bow down to you with their faces toward the ground.
They will kiss the dust at your feet to show you their respect.
Then you will know that I am the Lord .
Those who put their hope in me will not be ashamed.”
Read Isaiah 49 in NIrV · About the NIrV
23 The kings of those nations will take care of your children.
The kings' daughters will feed them.
The rulers will bend down low in front of you,
so that their faces touch the ground.
They will taste the dirt by your feet.
Then you will know that I am the Lord .
People who wait for me to help them will not become disappointed.
Read Isaiah 49 in EASY · About the EASY
23 And kings have been your nursing fathers, || And their princesses—your nursing mothers; Face to the earth—they bow down to you, || And they lick up the dust of your feet, || And you have known that I [am] YHWH, || That those expecting Me are not ashamed.”
Read Isaiah 49 in LSV · About the LSV