New International Version (NIV)
19These double calamities have come upon you—
who can comfort you?—
ruin and destruction, famine and sword—
who can console you?
Isaiah 51:19
Isaiah 51:19 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.
New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)
19These two things have happened to you;
Who will mourn for you?
The devastation and destruction, famine and sword;
How shall I comfort you?
Amplified Bible (AMP)
19These two tragedies have befallen you;
Who will show sympathy for you and mourn with you?
The desolation and destruction [on the land and city], famine and sword [on the inhabitants];
How shall I comfort you?
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
19These pairs have befallen you:
devastation and destruction,
famine and sword.
Who will grieve for you?
Who can comfort you?
American Standard Version (ASV)
19These two things are befallen thee, who shall bemoan thee? desolation and destruction, and the famine and the sword; how shall I comfort thee?
Geneva Bible (GNV)
19These two thinges are come vnto thee: who will lament thee? desolation and destruction and famine, and the sworde: by whome shall I comfort thee?
World English Bible, American English Edition, without Strong's Numbers (WEBUS)
19These two things have happened to you—
who will grieve with you?—
desolation and destruction,
and famine and the sword.
How can I comfort you?
New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)
19Nothing but trouble has come to you.
You have been wiped out and destroyed.
And you have suffered hunger and war.
No one feels sorry for you.
No one can comfort you.
EasyEnglish Bible 2024 (EASY)
19War and famine have destroyed you.
Both those terrible things have happened to you.
Who feels sorry for you?
Who is there to comfort you?
Literal Standard Version (LSV)
19These two are meeting you, || Who is moved for you? Spoiling and destruction, famine and sword! By whom do I comfort you?