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Berean Standard Bible

“Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins; you will restore the age-old foundations; you will be called Repairer of the Breach, Restorer of the Streets of Dwelling.”

Isaiah 58:12

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Isaiah 58 confronts people who fast and look religious while ignoring injustice and the needs of others. True fasting, the prophet says, means freeing the oppressed, feeding the hungry and sheltering the homeless.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins; you will restore the age-old foundations; you will be called Repairer of the Breach, Restorer of the Streets of Dwelling.

World English Bible (WEB)

Those who shall be of you shall build the old waste places; you shall raise up the foundations of many generations; and you shall be called Repairer of the Breach, Restorer of Paths with Dwellings.

King James Version (KJV)

And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.

American Standard Version (ASV)

And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places; thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

And your sons will be building again the old waste places: you will make strong the bases of old generations: and you will be named, He who puts up the broken walls, and, He who makes ready the ways for use.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Y edificarán los de ti los desiertos antiguos; los cimientos de generación y generación levantarás: y serás llamado reparador de portillos, restaurador de calzadas para habitar.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Sus hijos reedificarán las ruinas de sus ciudades, por tanto tiempo convertidas en desiertas ruinas, y a ustedes se los conocerá como «reparadores de muros caídos», «reconstructores de casas en ruinas».

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