Isaiah 26:9

KJV1611 – Modern English

With my soul I have desired You in the night; yes, with my spirit within me I will seek You early; for when Your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    My soul yearns for You in the night; my spirit within me earnestly seeks You. For when Your judgments come upon the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee earnestly: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    My soule lusteth after the all the night loge, & my mynde haisteth frely to the. For as soone as thy iudgment is knowne to the worlde, the the inhabitours of the earth lerne rightuousnesse.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    With my soule haue I desired thee in the night, and with my spirit within mee will I seeke thee in the morning: for seeing thy iudgements are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world shall learne righteousnesse.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    My soule hath longed for thee all the night, and with my spirite whiche is within me wyll I seeke thee early in the morning: For when thy iudgementes are in the earth, the inhabiters of the worlde shall learne righteousnesse.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments [are] in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    With my soul have I desired you in the night; yes, with my spirit within me will I seek you earnestly: for when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    `With' my soul I desired Thee in the night, Also, `with' my spirit within me I seek Thee earnestly, For when Thy judgments `are' on the earth, The inhabitants of the world have learned righteousness.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee earnestly: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee earnestly: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    In the night the desire of my soul has been for you; early will my spirit be searching for you; for when your punishments come on the earth, the people of the world will get the knowledge of righteousness.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    With my soul have I desired you in the night. Yes, with my spirit within me will I seek you earnestly; for when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    I look for you during the night, my spirit within me seeks you at dawn, for when your judgments come upon the earth, those who live in the world learn about justice.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 63:1 : 1 O God, you are my God; early will I seek you: my soul thirsts for you, my flesh longs for you in a dry and thirsty land, where there is no water;
  • Matt 6:33 : 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
  • Luke 6:12 : 12 And it happened in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
  • Rev 11:13 : 13 In the same hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell. In the earthquake seven thousand people were killed, and the rest were afraid and gave glory to the God of heaven.
  • Prov 8:17 : 17 I love those who love me; and those who seek me early shall find me.
  • Song 3:1-4 : 1 By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loves: I sought him, but I did not find him. 2 I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loves: I sought him, but I did not find him. 3 The watchmen who go about the city found me: to whom I said, Have you seen him whom my soul loves? 4 It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loves: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her who conceived me.
  • Ps 119:62 : 62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks to You because of Your righteous judgments.
  • Hos 5:15 : 15 I will go and return to my place, until they acknowledge their offense, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me earnestly.
  • Ps 130:6 : 6 My soul waits for the Lord more than those who watch for the morning; yes, more than those who watch for the morning.
  • Num 14:21-23 : 21 But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD. 22 Because all those men who have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not listened to my voice; 23 Surely they shall not see the land which I swore to their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it:
  • Ps 58:11 : 11 So that a man shall say, Truly there is a reward for the righteous: truly he is a God who judges in the earth.
  • Ps 63:6-7 : 6 When I remember you upon my bed, and meditate on you in the night watches. 7 Because you have been my help, therefore in the shadow of your wings will I rejoice.
  • Ps 64:9 : 9 And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider His doing.
  • Ps 77:2-3 : 2 In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord; my hand was stretched out in the night and did not rest; my soul refused to be comforted. 3 I remembered God, and was troubled; I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.
  • Ps 78:34 : 34 When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and sought diligently after God.
  • Ps 83:18 : 18 That men may know that you, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, are the most high over all the earth.
  • Song 5:2-8 : 2 I sleep, but my heart wakes: it is the voice of my beloved that knocks, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night. 3 I have taken off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them? 4 My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my heart was moved for him. 5 I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet-smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock. 6 I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone. My soul failed when he spoke: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer. 7 The watchmen that went about the city found me, they struck me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me. 8 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my beloved, that you tell him I am lovesick.
  • Isa 27:9 : 9 By this shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he makes all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten apart, the groves and images shall not stand up.
  • Isa 55:6 : 6 Seek the LORD while he may be found, call upon him while he is near.
  • Mark 1:35 : 35 And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out and departed to a solitary place, and there prayed.

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    8Yes, in the way of Your judgments, O LORD, we have waited for You; the desire of our soul is for Your name and for the remembrance of You.

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    78%

    20My soul breaks with longing for Your judgments at all times.

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    75%

    1O God, you are my God; early will I seek you: my soul thirsts for you, my flesh longs for you in a dry and thirsty land, where there is no water;

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    74%

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    73%

    2My soul longs, yes, even faints for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

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    73%

    5I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word do I hope.

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    73%

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    72%

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  • Ps 119:10
    72%

    10With my whole heart I have sought You; oh, let me not wander from Your commandments.

  • Ps 77:6
    72%

    6I call to remembrance my song in the night; I commune with my own heart, and my spirit diligently searches.

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    72%

    6I stretch forth my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a thirsty land. Selah.

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    72%

    62At midnight I will rise to give thanks to You because of Your righteous judgments.

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    72%

    2In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord; my hand was stretched out in the night and did not rest; my soul refused to be comforted.

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    71%

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    2 verses
    71%

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    71%

    7I will praise You with uprightness of heart, when I have learned Your righteous judgments.

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    71%

    6When I remember you upon my bed, and meditate on you in the night watches.

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    71%

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    2 verses
    71%

    148My eyes are awake through the night watches, that I may meditate on Your word.

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    71%

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    71%

    156Great are Your tender mercies, O LORD; revive me according to Your judgments.

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    71%

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    71%

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    71%

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    70%

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    70%

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    70%

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    69%

    120My flesh trembles for fear of You, and I am afraid of Your judgments.

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    69%

    164Seven times a day I praise You because of Your righteous judgments.

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