Verse Comparison: Isaiah 54:6
American Standard Version
For Jehovah hath called thee as a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit, even a wife of youth, when she is cast off, saith thy God.
Amplified® Bible
For the Lord has called you like a woman forsaken, grieved in spirit, {and} heartsore--even a wife [wooed and won] in youth, when she is [later] refused {and} scorned, says your God.
Contemporary English Version
You were like a young wife, brokenhearted and crying because her husband had divorced her. But the LORD your God says, "I am taking you back!
Darby English Version
For Jehovah hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and as a wife of youth, that hath been refused, saith thy God.
Good News Bible
Israel, you are like a young wife, deserted by her husband and deeply distressed. But the LORD calls you back to him and says:
King James Version
For the LORD hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God.
New American Standard Bible
"For the LORD has called you, Like a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit, Even like a wife of {one's} youth when she is rejected, Says your God."
New International Version
The LORD will call you back
as if you were a wife deserted and distressed in spirit—
a wife who married young,
only to be rejected," says your God.
New King James Version
For the LORD has called you
Like a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit,
Like a youthful wife when you were refused,”
Says your God.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"For the LORD has called you, Like a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit, Even like a wife of one's youth when she has become rejected," Says your God.
Revised Standard Version
For the LORD has called you like a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit, like a wife of youth when she is cast off, says your God.
Young's Literal Translation
For, as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, Called thee hath Jehovah, Even a youthful wife when she is refused, said thy God.
