Isaiah 37:17
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see. Listen to all the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God.”
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“Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see. Listen to all the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Incline thine ear, O Lord, and hear; open thine eyes, O Lord, and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent to reproach the living God.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Incline thine ear, O Jehovah, and hear; open thine eyes, O Jehovah, and see; and hear all the words of Sennacherib, who hath sent to defy the living God.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Incline, O Jehovah, Thine ear, and hear; open, O Jehovah, Thine eyes and see; and hear Thou all the words of Sennacherib that he hath sent to reproach the living God.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Isaiah 37:17 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Samuel 16:12Perhaps the LORD will see my affliction and repay me with good for the cursing I receive today.”
- 2 Chronicles 6:40Now, my God, may Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.
- 2 Chronicles 7:15Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.
- Job 36:7He does not take His eyes off the righteous, but He enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever.
- Psalms 10:14But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.
- Psalms 17:6I call on You, O God, for You will answer me. Incline Your ear to me; hear my words.
- Psalms 71:2In Your justice, rescue and deliver me; incline Your ear and save me.
- Psalms 74:10How long, O God, will the enemy taunt You? Will the foe revile Your name forever?
- Psalms 74:22Rise up, O God; defend Your cause! Remember how the fool mocks You all day long.
- Psalms 79:12Pay back into the laps of our neighbors sevenfold the reproach they hurled at You, O Lord.
- Psalms 89:50Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants, which I bear in my heart from so many people—
- Psalms 130:1Out of the depths I cry to You, O LORD!
- Isaiah 37:4Perhaps the LORD your God will hear the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to defy the living God, and He will rebuke him for the words that the LORD your God has heard. Therefore lift up a prayer for the remnant that still survives.”
- Daniel 9:17So now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of Your servant. For Your sake, O Lord, cause Your face to shine upon Your desolate sanctuary.
- Daniel 9:18Incline Your ear, O my God, and hear; open Your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears Your name. For we are not presenting our petitions before You because of our righteous acts, but because of Your great compassion.
- 1 Peter 3:12For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”
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