Isaiah 22:16
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King James Version (modern wording)
What have you here? and whom have you here, that you have hewed you out a tomb here, as he that hews him out a tomb on high, and that graves an habitation for himself in a rock?
Isaiah 22:16 (KJV)
American Standard Version
What doest thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out here a sepulchre? hewing him out a sepulchre on high, graving a habitation for himself in the rock!
Isaiah 22:16 (ASV)
Berean Standard Bible
What are you doing here, and who authorized you to carve out a tomb for yourself here—to chisel your tomb in the height and cut your resting place in the rock?
Isaiah 22:16 (BSB)
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What does Isaiah 22:16 say?
Isaiah 22:16 in modern King James wording reads: "What have you here? and whom have you here, that you have hewed you out a tomb here, as he that hews him out a tomb on high, and that graves an habitation for himself in a rock?"
Where is Isaiah 22:16 found in the Bible?
Isaiah 22:16 is verse 16 of chapter 22 of the book of Isaiah, in the Old Testament. Isaiah has 66 chapters.
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