Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “Enlarge the place of your tent, stretch your tent curtains wide, do not hold back; lengthen your cords, strengthen your stakes. New Living Translation “Enlarge your house; build an addition. Spread out your home, and spare no expense! English Standard Version “Enlarge the place of your tent, and let the curtains of your habitations be stretched out; do not hold back; lengthen your cords and strengthen your stakes. Berean Standard Bible “Enlarge the site of your tent, stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, do not hold back. Lengthen your ropes and drive your stakes in deep. King James Bible Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes; New King James Version “Enlarge the place of your tent, And let them stretch out the curtains of your dwellings; Do not spare; Lengthen your cords, And strengthen your stakes. New American Standard Bible “Enlarge the place of your tent; Stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, do not spare them; Lengthen your ropes And strengthen your pegs. NASB 1995 “Enlarge the place of your tent; Stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, spare not; Lengthen your cords And strengthen your pegs. NASB 1977 “Enlarge the place of your tent; Stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, spare not; Lengthen your cords, And strengthen your pegs. Legacy Standard Bible “Enlarge the place of your tent; Stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, do not hold back; Lengthen your cords And strengthen your pegs. Amplified Bible “Enlarge the site of your tent [to make room for more children]; Stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, do not spare them; Lengthen your tent ropes And make your pegs (stakes) firm [in the ground]. Christian Standard Bible “Enlarge the site of your tent, and let your tent curtains be stretched out; do not hold back; lengthen your ropes, and drive your pegs deep. Holman Christian Standard Bible Enlarge the site of your tent, and let your tent curtains be stretched out; do not hold back; lengthen your ropes, and drive your pegs deep. American Standard Version Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thy habitations; spare not: lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes. Contemporary English Version Make your tents larger! Spread out the tent pegs; fasten them firmly. English Revised Version Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations; spare not: lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes. GOD'S WORD® Translation Expand the space of your tent. Stretch out the curtains of your tent, and don't hold back. Lengthen your tent ropes, and drive in the tent pegs. Good News Translation Make the tent you live in larger; lengthen its ropes and strengthen the pegs! International Standard Version "Enlarge the location of your tent, let the curtains of your dwellings be stretched wide, and don't hold back. Lengthen your cords; strengthen your stakes. Majority Standard Bible “Enlarge the site of your tent, stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, do not hold back. Lengthen your ropes and drive your stakes in deep. NET Bible Make your tent larger, stretch your tent curtains farther out! Spare no effort, lengthen your ropes, and pound your stakes deep. New Heart English Bible "Enlarge the place of your tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of your habitations; do not spare: lengthen your cords, and strengthen your stakes. Webster's Bible Translation Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them extend the curtains of thy habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes; World English Bible “Enlarge the place of your tent, and let them stretch out the curtains of your habitations; don’t spare; lengthen your cords, and strengthen your stakes. Literal Translations Literal Standard Version“Enlarge the place of your tent, "" And they stretch out the curtains of your dwelling places, "" Do not restrain—lengthen your cords, "" And make your pins strong. Young's Literal Translation Enlarge the place of thy tent, And the curtains of thy tabernacles they stretch out, Restrain not -- lengthen thy cords, And thy pins make strong. Smith's Literal Translation Enlarge the place of thy tent, stretch forth the hangings of thy dwellings; thou shalt not spare; lengthen thy cords and strengthen thy pegs. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleEnlarge the place of thy tent, and stretch out the skins of thy tabernacles, spare not: lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes. Catholic Public Domain Version Enlarge the place of your tent and extend the skins of your tabernacles, unsparingly. Lengthen your cords, and strengthen your stakes. New American Bible Enlarge the space for your tent, spread out your tent cloths unsparingly; lengthen your ropes and make firm your pegs. New Revised Standard Version Enlarge the site of your tent, and let the curtains of your habitations be stretched out; do not hold back; lengthen your cords and strengthen your stakes. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleEnlarge the place of your tents, and stretch forth the curtains of your habitations; spare not, lengthen your cords and strengthen your tent pegs; Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Enlarge the place of your tents and stretch the curtains of your tents, and you shall not spare; lengthen your ropes and set your pegs firmly OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Enlarge the place of thy tent, And let them stretch forth the curtains of thy habitations, spare not; Lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes. Brenton Septuagint Translation Enlarge the placed of thy tent, and of thy curtains: fix the pins, spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy pins; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Future Blessings for Zion1“Shout for joy, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth in song and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband,” says the LORD. 2“Enlarge the site of your tent, stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, do not hold back. Lengthen your ropes and drive your stakes in deep. 3For you will spread out to the right and left; your descendants will dispossess the nations and inhabit the desolate cities.… Cross References Genesis 28:14 Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring. Jeremiah 31:27-28 “The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and of beast. / Just as I watched over them to uproot and tear down, to demolish, destroy, and bring disaster, so I will watch over them to build and to plant,” declares the LORD. Ezekiel 36:10-11 I will multiply the people upon you—the house of Israel in its entirety. The cities will be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt. / I will fill you with people and animals, and they will multiply and be fruitful. I will make you as inhabited as you once were, and I will make you prosper more than before. Then you will know that I am the LORD. Isaiah 49:19-20 For your ruined and desolate places and your ravaged land will now indeed be too small for your people, and those who devoured you will be far away. / Yet the children of your bereavement will say in your hearing, ‘This place is too small for us; make room for us to live here.’ Isaiah 60:4 Lift up your eyes and look around: They all gather and come to you; your sons will come from afar, and your daughters will be carried on the arm. Isaiah 60:22 The least of you will become a thousand, and the smallest a mighty nation. I am the LORD; in its time I will accomplish it quickly. Isaiah 61:4 They will rebuild the ancient ruins; they will restore the places long devastated; they will renew the ruined cities, the desolations of many generations. Isaiah 62:4-5 No longer will you be called Forsaken, nor your land named Desolate; but you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for the LORD will take delight in you, and your land will be His bride. / For as a young man marries a young woman, so your sons will marry you; and as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you. Zechariah 2:4-5 and said to him, “Run and tell that young man: ‘Jerusalem will be a city without walls because of the multitude of men and livestock within it. / For I will be a wall of fire around it, declares the LORD, and I will be the glory within it.’” Zechariah 8:4-5 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Old men and old women will again sit along the streets of Jerusalem, each with a staff in hand because of great age. / And the streets of the city will be filled with boys and girls playing there.” Matthew 28:19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, Luke 14:21-23 The servant returned and reported all this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’ / ‘Sir,’ the servant replied, ‘what you ordered has been done, and there is still room.’ / So the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the highways and hedges and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full. Acts 1:8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Acts 9:31 Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria experienced a time of peace. It grew in strength and numbers, living in the fear of the Lord and the encouragement of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:20 In this way I have aspired to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation. Treasury of Scripture Enlarge the place of your tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of your habitations: spare not, lengthen your cords, and strengthen your stakes; Isaiah 33:20 Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken. Isaiah 49:19,20 For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away… Jeremiah 10:20 My tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth of me, and they are not: there is none to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains. Jump to Previous Cords Curtains Dwellings Enlarge Extend Forth Habitations Hold House Lengthen Pegs Pins Restrain Spare Stakes Strengthen Stretch Stretched Tabernacles Tent WideJump to Next Cords Curtains Dwellings Enlarge Extend Forth Habitations Hold House Lengthen Pegs Pins Restrain Spare Stakes Strengthen Stretch Stretched Tabernacles Tent WideIsaiah 54 1. The prophet, to comfort the Gentiles, prophesies the amplitude of their church4. Their safety 6. Their certain deliverance out of affliction 11. Their fair edification 15. And their sure preservation Enlarge the site of your tent This phrase calls for expansion and growth, both physically and spiritually. The Hebrew word for "enlarge" is "rachab," which implies broadening or making room. Historically, tents were the dwelling places of nomadic people, including the Israelites during their wilderness journey. This imagery suggests a call to prepare for an increase in blessings and influence. Spiritually, it encourages believers to expand their faith and capacity to receive God's promises. stretch out the curtains of your dwellings do not hold back Lengthen your ropes and drive your stakes deep Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew “Enlargeהַרְחִ֣יבִי ׀ (har·ḥî·ḇî) Verb - Hifil - Imperative - feminine singular Strong's 7337: To be or grow wide or large the site מְק֣וֹם (mə·qō·wm) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 4725: A standing, a spot, a condition of your tent, אָהֳלֵ֗ךְ (’ā·ho·lêḵ) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular Strong's 168: A tent stretch out יַטּ֖וּ (yaṭ·ṭū) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 5186: To stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend the curtains וִירִיע֧וֹת (wî·rî·‘ō·wṯ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct Strong's 3407: A hanging of your dwellings, מִשְׁכְּנוֹתַ֛יִךְ (miš·kə·nō·w·ṯa·yiḵ) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular Strong's 4908: A residence, the Tabernacle do not אַל־ (’al-) Adverb Strong's 408: Not hold back. תַּחְשֹׂ֑כִי (taḥ·śō·ḵî) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular Strong's 2820: To restrain, refrain, to refuse, spare, preserve, to observe Lengthen הַאֲרִ֙יכִי֙ (ha·’ă·rî·ḵî) Verb - Hifil - Imperative - feminine singular Strong's 748: To be, long your ropes מֵֽיתָרַ֔יִךְ (mê·ṯā·ra·yiḵ) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular Strong's 4340: A cord, the string and drive your stakes deep. וִיתֵדֹתַ֖יִךְ (wî·ṯê·ḏō·ṯa·yiḵ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | second person feminine singular Strong's 3489: A peg, pin Links Isaiah 54:2 NIVIsaiah 54:2 NLT Isaiah 54:2 ESV Isaiah 54:2 NASB Isaiah 54:2 KJV Isaiah 54:2 BibleApps.com Isaiah 54:2 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 54:2 Chinese Bible Isaiah 54:2 French Bible Isaiah 54:2 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Isaiah 54:2 Enlarge the place of your tent (Isa Isi Is) |
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