Verse Comparison: Isaiah 49:20
American Standard Version
The children of thy bereavement shall yet say in thine ears, The place is too strait for me; give place to me that I may dwell.
Amplified® Bible
The children of your bereavement [born during your captivity] shall yet say in your ears, The place is too narrow for me; make room for me, that I may live.
Contemporary English Version
Jerusalem is a woman whose children were born while she was in deep sorrow over the loss of her husband. Now those children will come and seek room in the crowded city,
Darby English Version
The children of thy bereavement shall yet say in thine ears, The place is too narrow for me: make room for me, that I may dwell.
Good News Bible
Your people who were born in exile will one day say to you, 'This land is too small--- we need more room to live in!'
King James Version
The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other, shall say again in thine ears, The place is too strait for me: give place to me that I may dwell.
New American Standard Bible
"The children of whom you were bereaved will yet say in your ears, `The place is too cramped for me; Make room for me that I may live {here.}'
New International Version
The children born during your bereavement
will yet say in your hearing,
'This place is too small for us;
give us more space to live in.'
New King James Version
The children you will have,
After you have lost the others,
Will say again in your ears,
' The place is too small for me;
Give me a place where I may dwell.'
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"The children of whom you had become bereaved will yet say in your ears, 'The place seems too cramped for me; Make room for me that I may live here.'
Revised Standard Version
The children born in the time of your bereavement will yet say in your ears: 'The place is too narrow for me; make room for me to dwell in.'
Young's Literal Translation
Again do the sons of thy bereavement say in thine ears: `The place is too strait for me, Come nigh to me -- and I dwell.'
