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Isaiah 49:23

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23Kingst will be your foster fathers,

and their queens your nursing mothers.u

They will bow downv before you with their faces to the ground;

they will lick the dustw at your feet.

Then you will know that I am the Lord;x

those who hopey in me will not be disappointed.z”

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Cross references

  1. tIsa 60:3, 10–11
  2. uSee Nu 11:12; See Isa 60:16
  3. vSee Ge 27:29; Rev 3:9
  4. wSee Ge 3:14; Ps 72:9
  5. xSee Ex 6:2; See Ps 22:23; See Isa 42:8
  6. ySee Ps 37:9; See 130:5
  7. zSee Ps 22:5; See Isa 29:22; See 41:11

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

Kings shall be your foster fathers,

and their queens your nursing mothers.

With their faces to the ground they shall bow down to you,

and lick the dust of your feet.

Then you will know that I am the Lord;

those who wait for me shall not be put to shame.”

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Kings will be your guardians

and their queens your nursing mothers.

They will bow down to you

with their faces to the ground

and lick the dust at your feet.

Then you will know that I am the Lord;

those who put their hope in me

will not be put to shame.

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

Kings and queens will serve you

and care for all your needs.

They will bow to the earth before you

and lick the dust from your feet.

Then you will know that I am the Lord.

Those who trust in me will never be put to shame.”

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And kings shall be your guardians,

and their queens your nurses.

They shall bow down, faces to the ground, to you,

and they will lick up the dust of your feet.

Then you will know that I am Yahweh;

those who await me shall not be ashamed.

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press

KJV 1900King James Version

And kings shall be thy nursing fathers,

And their queens thy nursing mothers:

They shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth,

And lick up the dust of thy feet;

And thou shalt know that I am the Lord:

For they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.

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