Isaiah 33:17

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“Your eyes will see the King in His beauty and behold a land that stretches afar.”

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BSBPD

“Your eyes will see the King in His beauty and behold a land that stretches afar.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold a land that reacheth afar.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“A king in his beauty, see do thine eyes, They see a land afar off.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 33:17 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 2 Chronicles 32:23Many brought offerings to Jerusalem for the LORD and valuable gifts for Hezekiah king of Judah, and from then on he was exalted in the eyes of all nations.
  2. Job 19:27I will see Him for myself; my eyes will behold Him, and not as a stranger. How my heart yearns within me!
  3. Psalms 31:8You have not delivered me to the enemy; You have set my feet in the open.
  4. Psalms 45:2You are the most handsome of men; grace has anointed your lips, since God has blessed you forever.
  5. Song of Solomon 5:10My beloved is dazzling and ruddy, outstanding among ten thousand.
  6. Isaiah 6:5Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.”
  7. Isaiah 26:15You have enlarged the nation, O LORD; You have enlarged the nation. You have gained glory for Yourself; You have extended all the borders of the land.
  8. Isaiah 32:1Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule with justice.
  9. Isaiah 37:1On hearing this report, King Hezekiah tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and entered the house of the LORD.
  10. Zechariah 9:17How lovely they will be,and how beautiful!Grain will make the young men flourish,and new wine, the young women.
  11. Matthew 17:2There He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light.
  12. John 1:14The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
  13. John 14:21Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”
  14. John 17:24Father, I want those You have given Me to be with Me where I am, that they may see the glory You gave Me because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
  15. 2 Corinthians 4:18So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
  16. Hebrews 11:13All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
  17. 1 John 3:2Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is.

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