Isaiah 29:3

In 11 translations

BSB

I will camp in a circle around you; I will besiege you with towers and set up siege works against you.

KJV

And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee.

WEB

I will encamp against you all around you, and will lay siege against you with posted troops. I will raise siege works against you.

ASV

And I will encamp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with posted troops, and I will raise siege works against thee.

LSV

And I encamped, O babbler, against you, || And I laid siege against you—a camp. And I raised up bulwarks against you.

YLT

And I encamped, O babbler, against thee, And I laid siege against thee — a camp. And I raised up against thee bulwarks.

DBY

And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with watch-posts, and I will raise forts against thee.

DRC

And I will make a circle round about thee, and will cast up a rampart against thee, and raise up bulwarks to besiege thee.

GNV

And I wil besiege thee as a circle, and fight against thee on a mount, and will cast vp ramparts against thee.

JPS

And I will encamp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mound, and I will raise siege works against thee.

LXXE

And I will compass thee about like David, and will raise a mound about thee, and set up towers round thee.

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WLC

וְחָנִ֥יתִי כַדּ֖וּר עָלָ֑יִךְ וְצַרְתִּ֤י עָלַ֨יִךְ֙ מֻצָּ֔ב וַהֲקִֽימֹתִ֥י עָלַ֖יִךְ מְצֻרֹֽת׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ κυκλώσω ὡς Δαυὶδ ἐπὶ σὲ, καὶ βαλῶ περὶ σὲ χάρακα, καὶ θήσω περὶ σὲ πύργους,

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• Luke 19:43–44For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side. They will level you to the ground—you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one…
• Ezekiel 21:22In his right hand appears the portent for Jerusalem, where he is to set up battering rams, to call for the slaughter, to lift a battle cry, to direct the battering rams against the gates, to build a ramp, and to erect…
• Matthew 22:7The king was enraged, and he sent his troops to destroy those murderers and burn their city.
• 2 Kings 25:1–4So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all…
• 2 Kings 19:32So this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria: ‘He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow into it. He will not come before it with a shield or build up a siege ramp against it.
• 2 Kings 18:17Nevertheless, the king of Assyria sent the Tartan, the Rabsaris, and the Rabshakeh, along with a great army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. They advanced up to Jerusalem and stationed themselves by the…
• 2 Kings 24:11–12And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city while his servants were besieging it. Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his servants, his commanders, and his officials all surrendered to the king of Babylon. So…

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