Isaiah 31:5

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Like birds hovering overhead, so the LORD of Hosts will protect Jerusalem; He will shield it and deliver it; He will pass over and rescue it.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    As birds flying, so the LORD of hosts will defend Jerusalem; defending also He will deliver it; and passing over, He will preserve it.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    As birds{H6833} hovering,{H5774} so will Jehovah{H3068} of hosts{H6635} protect{H1598} Jerusalem;{H3389} he will protect{H1598} and deliver{H5337} [it], he will pass over{H6452} and preserve{H4422} [it].

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    As birds{H6833} flying{H5774}{(H8802)}, so will the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635} defend{H1598}{(H8686)} Jerusalem{H3389}; defending{H1598}{(H8800)} also he will deliver{H5337}{(H8689)} it; and passing over{H6452}{(H8800)} he will preserve{H4422}{(H8689)} it.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Like as byrdes flotre aboute their nestes, so shal the LORDE of hoostes kepe, saue, defende and deliuer Ierusalem.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    As birds that flie, so shal the Lord of hostes defend Ierusalem by defending and deliuering, by passing through and preseruing it.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Like as the byrdes flutter about their nestes, so shall the Lorde of hoastes, kepe, saue, defende, and deliuer Hierusalem.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver [it; and] passing over he will preserve it.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    As birds hovering, so will Yahweh of Hosts protect Jerusalem; he will protect and deliver [it], he will pass over and preserve [it].

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    As birds flying, so doth Jehovah of Hosts Cover over Jerusalem, covering and delivering, Passing over, and causing to escape.'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    As birds hovering, so will Jehovah of hosts protect Jerusalem; he will protect and deliver `it', he will pass over and preserve `it'.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    As birds hovering, so will Jehovah of hosts protect Jerusalem; he will protect and deliver [it], he will pass over and preserve [it] .

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Like birds with outstretched wings, so will the Lord of armies be a cover to Jerusalem; he will be a cover and salvation for it, going over it he will keep it from danger.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    As birds hovering, so Yahweh of Armies will protect Jerusalem. He will protect and deliver it. He will pass over and preserve it."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Just as birds hover over a nest, so the LORD of Heaven’s Armies will protect Jerusalem. He will protect and deliver it; as he passes over he will rescue it.

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 32:11 : 11 Like an eagle that stirs up its nest and hovers over its young, He spread His wings, took him, and carried him on His pinions.
  • Ps 91:4 : 4 He will cover you with His feathers, and under His wings you will find refuge; His truth will be your shield and armor.
  • Isa 38:6 : 6 I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria, and I will defend this city.
  • Isa 37:35 : 35 I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.
  • Isa 10:14 : 14 My hand seized the wealth of nations like one finds a nest. As one gathers abandoned eggs, I gathered all the earth; no wing fluttered, no beak opened to chirp.
  • Ps 37:40 : 40 The LORD helps and delivers them; He delivers them from the wicked and saves them because they take refuge in Him.
  • Ps 46:5 : 5 There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy dwelling places of the Most High.
  • Exod 12:27 : 27 You are to reply, 'It is the Passover sacrifice to the LORD, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt when He struck the Egyptians and spared our homes.' Then the people bowed down and worshiped.
  • Exod 19:4 : 4 'You have seen what I did to Egypt and how I carried you on eagles' wings and brought you to Myself.

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    32 For a remnant will go out from Jerusalem, and survivors from Mount Zion. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.

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    9 Their stronghold will pass away because of terror, and their officers will flee in panic at the signal. This is the declaration of the LORD, whose fire is in Zion and whose furnace is in Jerusalem.

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    14 Then the LORD will appear over them, and His arrow will go forth like lightning. The Sovereign LORD will sound the trumpet and march forth in the storms of the south.

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    34 I will defend this city and save it for My sake and for the sake of My servant David.

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    11 And people will live in it, and there will no longer be any curse of destruction. Jerusalem will dwell in security.

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