KJV King James Version
I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth;
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Isaiah 43:6
I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth;
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ and to the south, ‘Do not hold them back!’ Bring My sons from afar, and My daughters from the ends of the earth—
WEB World English Bible
I will tell the north, ‘Give them up!’ and tell the south, ‘Don’t hold them back! Bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth—
ASV American Standard Version
I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back; bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the end of the earth;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
I am saying to the north, ‘Give up,’ And to the south, ‘Restrain not.’ Bring in My sons from afar, And My daughters from the end of the earth.
Surrounding context — Isaiah 43
3 For I [am] the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt [for] thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.
4 Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life.
5 Fear not: for I [am] with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;
6 I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth;
7 [Even] every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.
8 Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears.
9 Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: or let them hear, and say, [It is] truth.
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אֹמַ֤רH559 · a.marto sayלַצָּפוֹן֙H6828 · tsa.phonnorthתֵּ֔נִיH5414 · na.tanto give: giveוּלְתֵימָ֖ןH8486 · te.mansouthאַל־H408 · alnotתִּכְלָ֑אִיH3607 · ka.lato restrainהָבִ֤יאִיH935 · boto come (in): comeבָנַי֙H1121 · benson: childמֵרָח֔וֹקH7350 · ra.choqdistantוּבְנוֹתַ֖יH1323 · batdaughterמִקְצֵ֥הH7097 · qa.tsehendהָאָֽרֶץ׃H776 · e.retsland: country/planet
Cross-references
2 Corinthians 6:17-18Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean [thing]; and I will receive you,Jeremiah 3:18-19In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers.Jeremiah 3:14Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:Hosea 1:10-11Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, [that] in the place where it was said unto them, Ye [are] not my people, [there] it shall be said unto them, [Ye are] the sons of the living God.Galatians 3:26-29For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.Romans 9:7-8Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, [are they] all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.Psalm 107:3And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south.Isaiah 18:7In that time shall the present be brought unto the LORD of hosts of a people scattered and peeled, and from a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden under foot, whose land the rivers have spoiled, to the place of the name of the LORD of hosts, the mount Zion.Romans 9:25-26As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.
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