New International Version (NIV)
23I will put it into the hands of your tormentors,
who said to you,
‘Fall prostrate that we may walk on you.’
And you made your back like the ground,
like a street to be walked on.”
Isaiah 51:23
Isaiah 51:23 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.
New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)
23“I will put it into the hand of your tormentors,
Who have said to 51:23 Lit your soulyou, ‘Lie down so that we may walk over you.’
You have also made your back like the ground,
And like the street for those who walk over it.”
New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
23I will put it into the hand of your tormentors,
Who have said to you, ‘Lie down that we may walk over you.’
You have even made your back like the ground
And like the street for those who walk over it.”
Amplified Bible (AMP)
23“I will put it into the hands of your tormentors,
Who have said to you, ‘Lie down so that we may walk over you.’
You have even made your back like the ground
And like the street for those who walk over it.”
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
23I will place it in the hands of your tormentors,
who told you: ‘Lie down, so we can walk over you,’
so that you made your back like the ground,
like a street to be traversed.”
New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)
23Instead, I will give it to those who made you suffer.
They said to you,
‘Fall down flat on the ground.
Then we can walk all over you.’
And that is exactly what you did.
You made your back like a street to be walked on.”