A Prayer for God’s Power
Isaiah 64:12
In 11 translations
- BSB
- After all this, O LORD, will You restrain Yourself? Will You keep silent and afflict us beyond measure?
- KJV
- Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O LORD? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?
- WEB
- Will you hold yourself back for these things, Yahweh? Will you keep silent and punish us very severely?
- ASV
- Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O Jehovah? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?
- LSV
- Do You refrain Yourself for these, YHWH? You are silent, and afflict us very severely!
- YLT
- For these dost Thou refrain Thyself, Jehovah? Thou art silent, and dost afflict us very sore!'
- DBY
- Wilt thou restrain thyself in presence of these things, Jehovah? Wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?
- DRC
- Wilt thou refrain thyself, O Lord, upon these things, wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us vehemently?
- GNV
- Wilt thou holde thy selfe still at these things, O Lord? wilt thou holde thy peace and afflict vs aboue measure?
- JPS64:11
- Wilt Thou refrain Thyself for these things, O LORD? Wilt Thou hold Thy peace, and afflict us very sore?
- LXXE64:11
- And for all these things thou, O Lord, hast withholden thyself, and been silent, and hast brought us very low.
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Original-language editions
- WLC64:11
- הַעַל־אֵ֥לֶּה תִתְאַפַּ֖ק יְהוָ֑ה תֶּחֱשֶׁ֥ה וּתְעַנֵּ֖נוּ עַד־מְאֹֽד׃KJV:Isa.64.12
- LXX-Br64:11
- Καὶ ἐπὶ πᾶσι τούτοις ἀνέσχου Κύριε, καὶ ἐσιώπησας, καὶ ἐταπείνωσας ἡμᾶς σφόδρα.
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Cross-references most cited first
- Isaiah 42:14“I have kept silent from ages past; I have remained quiet and restrained. But now I will groan like a woman in labor; I will at once gasp and pant.
- Psalms 74:10–11How long, O God, will the enemy taunt You? Will the foe revile Your name forever? Why do You withdraw Your strong right hand? Stretch it out to destroy them!
- Zechariah 1:12Then the angel of the LORD said, “How long, O LORD of Hosts, will You withhold mercy from Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, with which You have been angry these seventy years?”
- Psalms 83:1O God, be not silent; be not speechless; be not still, O God.
- Psalms 74:18–19Remember how the enemy has mocked You, O LORD, how a foolish people has spurned Your name. Do not deliver the soul of Your dove to beasts; do not forget the lives of Your afflicted forever.
- Psalms 89:46–51How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire? Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men! What man can live and never see death? Can he…
- Revelation 6:10And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You avenge our blood and judge those who dwell upon the earth?”
- Psalms 80:3–4Restore us, O God, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved. O LORD God of Hosts, how long will Your anger smolder against the prayers of Your people?
- Psalms 79:5How long, O LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?
- Psalms 10:1Why, O LORD, do You stand far off? Why do You hide in times of trouble?
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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 64:11 in some Bibles
- 64:12 in most Bibles