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Berean Standard Bible

“For you will spread out to the right and left; your descendants will dispossess the nations and inhabit the desolate cities.”

Isaiah 54:3

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Isaiah 54 follows the Suffering Servant passage of Isaiah 53 with a song for Zion, pictured as a barren woman who is told to rejoice. The previous verses tell her to make her tent larger.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

For you will spread out to the right and left; your descendants will dispossess the nations and inhabit the desolate cities.

World English Bible (WEB)

For you will spread out on the right hand and on the left; and your offspring will possess the nations, and settle in desolate cities.

King James Version (KJV)

For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.

American Standard Version (ASV)

For thou shalt spread aboard on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall possess the nations, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

For I will make wide your limits on the right hand and on the left; and your seed will take the nations for a heritage, and make the waste towns full of people.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Porque á la mano derecha y á la mano izquierda has de crecer; y tu simiente heredará gentes, y habitarán las ciudades asoladas.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

porque pronto no tendrás espacio! Tus descendientes poseerán las ciudades que habían quedado durante el exilio y gobernarán a las naciones que se apoderaron de su tierra.

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