Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version I clothe the heavens with darkness and make sackcloth its covering.” New Living Translation I dress the skies in darkness, covering them with clothes of mourning.” English Standard Version I clothe the heavens with blackness and make sackcloth their covering.” Berean Standard Bible I clothe the heavens in black and make sackcloth their covering.” King James Bible I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering. New King James Version I clothe the heavens with blackness, And I make sackcloth their covering.” New American Standard Bible “I clothe the heavens with blackness, And make sackcloth their covering.” NASB 1995 “I clothe the heavens with blackness And make sackcloth their covering.” NASB 1977 “I clothe the heavens with blackness, And I make sackcloth their covering.” Legacy Standard Bible I clothe the heavens with blackness And make sackcloth their covering.” Amplified Bible “I clothe the heavens with the blackness [of storm clouds] And make sackcloth [of mourning] their clothing.” Christian Standard Bible I dress the heavens in black and make sackcloth their covering. Holman Christian Standard Bible I dress the heavens in black and make sackcloth their clothing. American Standard Version I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And I clothe the Heavens in darkness and I make their covering sackcloth Brenton Septuagint Translation I will clothe the sky with darkness, and will make its covering as sackcloth. Contemporary English Version I make the sky turn dark like the sackcloth you wear at funerals." Douay-Rheims Bible I will clothe the heavens with darkness, and will make sackcloth their covering. English Revised Version I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering. GOD'S WORD® Translation I clothe the heavens in darkness and cover them with sackcloth. Good News Translation I can make the sky turn dark, as if it were in mourning for the dead." International Standard Version I clothe the skies with darkness and make sackcloth their covering." JPS Tanakh 1917 I clothe the heavens with blackness, And I make sackcloth their covering. Literal Standard Version I clothe the heavens [with] blackness, | And I make their covering sackcloth.” Majority Standard Bible I clothe the heavens in black and make sackcloth their covering.” New American Bible I clothe the heavens in black, and make sackcloth their covering. NET Bible I can clothe the sky in darkness; I can cover it with sackcloth." New Revised Standard Version I clothe the heavens with blackness, and make sackcloth their covering. New Heart English Bible I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering." Webster's Bible Translation I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering. World English Bible I clothe the heavens with blackness. I make sackcloth their covering.” Young's Literal Translation I clothe the heavens with blackness, And sackcloth I make their covering. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Israel's Sin…2Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold, My rebuke dries up the sea; I turn the rivers into a desert; the fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst. 3I clothe the heavens in black and make sackcloth their covering.” Cross References Revelation 6:12 And when I saw the Lamb open the sixth seal, there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black like sackcloth of goat hair, and the whole moon turned blood red, Isaiah 13:10 For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The rising sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light. Jeremiah 4:28 Therefore the earth will mourn and the heavens above will grow dark. I have spoken, I have planned, and I will not relent or turn back." Treasury of Scripture I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering. Exodus 10:21 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt. Psalm 18:11,12 He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies… Matthew 27:45 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour. Jump to Previous Black Blackness Clothe Clothed Covering Darkness Haircloth Heavens Robe Sackcloth SkyJump to Next Black Blackness Clothe Clothed Covering Darkness Haircloth Heavens Robe Sackcloth SkyIsaiah 50 1. Christ shows Israel's Sin is not to be imputed to him, 2. by his ability to save 5. By his obedience in that work 7. And by his confidence in that assistance 10. An exhortation to trust in God, and not in ourselves Verse 3. - I clothe the heavens with blackness (comp. Jeremiah 4:28; Ezekiel 32:7, 8; Joel 2:10; Joel 3:15; Matthew 24:29; Mark 13:24; Luke 21:25; Revelation 6:12). The Egyptian plague of darkness (Exodus 10:21-23) is not adequate to the expressions here used. God means to assert his power of leaving all nature in absolute darkness, if he so choose - a power necessarily belonging to him who said, "Let there be light; and there was light" (Genesis 1:3). I make sackcloth their covering (see Revelation 6:12, "The sun became black as sackcloth of hair"). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew I clotheאַלְבִּ֥ישׁ (’al·bîš) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 3847: Wrap around, to put on a, garment, clothe the heavens שָׁמַ֖יִם (šā·ma·yim) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 8064: Heaven, sky in black קַדְר֑וּת (qaḏ·rūṯ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 6940: Darkness, gloom and make אָשִׂ֥ים (’ā·śîm) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set sackcloth וְשַׂ֖ק (wə·śaq) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 8242: A mesh, coarse loose cloth, sacking, a bag their covering. כְּסוּתָֽם׃ (kə·sū·ṯām) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 3682: A cover, a veiling Links Isaiah 50:3 NIVIsaiah 50:3 NLT Isaiah 50:3 ESV Isaiah 50:3 NASB Isaiah 50:3 KJV Isaiah 50:3 BibleApps.com Isaiah 50:3 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 50:3 Chinese Bible Isaiah 50:3 French Bible Isaiah 50:3 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Isaiah 50:3 I clothe the heavens with blackness (Isa Isi Is) |
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