Isaiah 33:16

Douay-Rheims Bible

He shall dwell on high, the fortifications of rocks shall be his highness: bread is given him, his waters are sure.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
he will dwell on the heights;his refuge will be the rocky fortresses,his food provided, his water assured.

Hebrew Names Version
He shall dwell on high; his place of defense shall be the munitions of rocks; his bread shall be given [him]; his waters shall be sure.

King James Version
He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.

English Standard Version
he will dwell on the heights; his place of defense will be the fortresses of rocks; his bread will be given him; his water will be sure.

New American Standard Bible
He will dwell on the heights, His refuge will be the impregnable rock; His bread will be given him, His water will be sure.

New Century Version
this is the kind of person who will be safe. He will be protected as he would be in a high, walled city. He will always have bread, and he will not run out of water.

Amplified Bible
He will dwell on the heights, His place of defense will be the fortress of rocks, His bread will be given him; His water will be permanent.

World English Bible
He shall dwell on high; his place of defense shall be the munitions of rocks; his bread shall be given [him]; his waters shall be sure.

Geneva Bible (1587)
He shall dwell on hie: his defence shall be the munitions of rockes: bread shalbe giuen him, and his waters shalbe sure.

Legacy Standard Bible
He will dwell on the heights,His refuge will be the strongholds of the cliffs;His bread will be given him,His water will be sure.

Berean Standard Bible
he will dwell on the heights; his refuge will be the mountain fortress; his food will be provided and his water assured.

Contemporary English Version
They will live in a fortress high on a rocky cliff, where they will have food and plenty of water.

Complete Jewish Bible
Such a person will live on the heights, his refuge a fortress among the cliffs, his food and water in steady supply.

Darby Translation
he shall dwell on high, the fortresses of the rocks shall be his high retreat; bread shall be given him, his water shall be sure.

Easy-to-Read Version
They will live safely in high places. They will be protected in high rock fortresses. They will always have food and water.

George Lamsa Translation
He shall dwell on high; his place of defense shall be the precipice of rocks; his bread shall be given him; his water shall be sure.

Good News Translation
Then you will be safe; you will be as secure as if in a strong fortress. You will have food to eat and water to drink.

Lexham English Bible
That one will live on the heights; the fortresses of rocks will be his refuge. His food will be given; his waters will endure.

Literal Translation
He shall live on high; strongholds of rocks will be his retreat; his bread shall be given; his waters are faithful.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He it is, that shal dwel on hie, whose sauegarde shalbe in the true rocke, to him shalbe geuen the right true meat & drynke.

American Standard Version
He shall dwell on high; his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks; his bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.

Bible in Basic English
He will have a place on high: he will be safely shut in by the high rocks: his bread will be given to him; his waters will be certain.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
He shall dwell on high; his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks; his bread shall be given, his waters shall be sure.

King James Version (1611)
He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shalbe the munitions of rocks, bread shalbe giuen him, his waters shall be sure.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
He it is that shall dwell on hye, whose safegarde shalbe in a bulwarke of rockes: to hym shalbe geuen meate, and his waters shall not fayle.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
he shall dwell in a high cave of a strong rock: bread shall be given him, and his water shall be sure.

English Revised Version
He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: his bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
This man schal dwelle in hiy thingis, the strengthis of stoonys ben the hiynesse of hym; breed is youun to hym, hise watris ben feithful.

Update Bible Version
He shall dwell on high; his place of defense shall be the munitions of rocks; his bread shall be given [him]; his waters shall be sure.

Webster's Bible Translation
He shall dwell on high: his place of defense [shall be] the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters [shall be] sure.

New English Translation
This is the person who will live in a secure place; he will find safety in the rocky, mountain strongholds; he will have food and a constant supply of water.

New King James Version
He will dwell on high; His place of defense will be the fortress of rocks; Bread will be given him, His water will be sure.

New Living Translation
these are the ones who will dwell on high. The rocks of the mountains will be their fortress. Food will be supplied to them, and they will have water in abundance.

New Life Bible
he will have a place on high. His safe place will be a rock that cannot be taken over. He will be given food and will have water for sure.

New Revised Standard
they will live on the heights; their refuge will be the fortresses of rocks; their food will be supplied, their water assured.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
He, the heights, shall inhabit, A stronghold of crags, shall be his refuge, - His bread, hath been delivered, His waters, have been made sure,

Revised Standard Version
he will dwell on the heights; his place of defense will be the fortresses of rocks; his bread will be given him, his water will be sure.

Young's Literal Translation
He high places doth inhabit, Strongholds of rock [are] his high tower, His bread hath been given, his waters stedfast.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
He will dwell on the heights, His refuge will be the impregnable rock; His bread will be given him, His water will be sure.

Contextual Overview

¹³ Hear, you that are far off, what I have done, and you that are near know my strength. ¹⁴ The sinners in Sion are afraid, trembling hath seized upon the hypocrites. Which of you can dwell with devouring fire? which of you shall dwell with everlasting burnings? ¹⁵ He that walketh in justices, and speaketh truth, that casteth away avarice by oppression, and shaketh his hands from all bribes, that stoppeth his ears lest he hear blood, and shutteth his eyes that he may see no evil. ¹⁶ He shall dwell on high, the fortifications of rocks shall be his highness: bread is given him, his waters are sure. ¹⁷ His eyes shall see the king in his beauty, they shall see the land far off. ¹⁸ Thy heart shall meditate fear: where is the learned? where is he that pondered the words of the law? where is the teacher of little ones? ¹⁹ The shameless people thou shalt not see, the people of profound speech: so that thou canst not understand the eloquence of his tongue, in whom there is no wisdom. ²⁰ Look upon Sion the city of our solemnity: thy eyes shall see Jerusalem, a rich habitation, a tabernacle that cannot be removed: neither shall the nails thereof be taken away for ever, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken. ²¹ Because only there our Lord is magnificent: a place of rivers, very broad and spacious streams: no ship with oars shall pass by it, neither shall the great galley pass through it. ²² For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king: he will save us.

Bible Verse Review
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shall dwell: Isaiah 32:18, Psalms 15:1, Psalms 90:1, Psalms 91:1-10, Psalms 91:14, Psalms 107:41, Proverbs 1:33, Proverbs 18:10, Habakkuk 3:19

high: Heb. heights, or high places

his place: Isaiah 26:1-5, Psalms 18:33

bread: Psalms 33:18, Psalms 34:10, Psalms 37:3, Psalms 111:5, Luke 12:29-31

Reciprocal: Genesis 1:29 - to you Genesis 47:15 - Give us bread Genesis 48:15 - fed me Exodus 23:25 - he shall 2 Samuel 22:34 - setteth 1 Kings 17:6 - the ravens 1 Kings 19:6 - cake Job 5:20 - famine Psalms 24:4 - He that Psalms 31:2 - an house Psalms 33:19 - to keep Psalms 37:19 - days Psalms 59:1 - defend me Psalms 71:3 - my strong habitation Psalms 94:22 - the rock Psalms 132:15 - I will satisfy Proverbs 10:3 - will Proverbs 10:9 - that walketh Proverbs 15:27 - but Proverbs 28:16 - he that Isaiah 14:30 - the poor Isaiah 58:11 - and satisfy Isaiah 58:14 - to ride Jeremiah 22:15 - eat Jeremiah 37:21 - and that Joel 3:16 - hope Matthew 6:11 - General Luke 11:3 - Give Luke 12:31 - General 1 Timothy 4:8 - having

Gill's Notes on the Bible

He shall dwell on high,.... And so in safety: this is opposed to the fears of hypocrites, the grovelling life of a worldling, and the low life of many professors, and is expressive of the security of good men. It may respect the state of the saints on earth, who dwell by faith on God, as their covenant God, on his everlasting love and unchangeable grace; on Christ, as their Redeemer and Saviour; and in their thoughts and contemplations on heavenly things, where Christ is; and particularly in the spiritual reign of Christ, after the destruction of antichrist, when such shall dwell quietly and safely in God's holy hill, the church, which shall be established upon the top of the mountains: and it may also respect the state of the saints in heaven, which is a dwelling on high, and where they will be safe from everlasting burnings, and out of the reach of all enemies:

his place of defence [shall be] the munitions of rocks; Christ is "the place of defence" to his people, against avenging justice, the curse and condemnation of the law, the wrath of God, sin and all its dreadful consequences, Satan and all enemies: and he is "the munitions of rocks"; he is "a Rock" himself, for them to build upon, and shelter in; and like "fortresses" made out of "rocks", which can never be undermined, blown up, or broke through:

bread shall be given him: not only shall he be in safety, but shall enjoy the greatest plenty of blessings, particularly spiritual ones; above all, Christ, the bread of God from heaven, the true bread, the bread of life, which gives and supports life, and secures an eternal one; as also the word and ordinances, which are the provisions of Zion, and which all its inhabitants are favoured with; for these are all the "gifts" of divine goodness. The Targum is,

"in the house of the sanctuary his soul shall be satisfied, his food shall be sufficient:''

his waters [shall be] sure; Christ and his fulness, the Spirit and his grace, the Gospel doctrines, and ordinances of it; the believer may be assured of a supply from Christ's fulness; the grace of the Spirit is never failing, and is persevering; and Gospel doctrines and ordinances are not deceitful brooks, but yield comfort and refreshment: compare with this, Revelation 7:15.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He shall dwell on high - See the margin. Heights, or high places, were usually places of safety, being, inaccessible to an enemy. The sense here is, that such a man as is described in Isaiah 33:15, should be preserved from alarm and danger, as if his habitation were on a lofty cliff or rock. The particular and special meaning is, that he should be safe from the anger, wrath, and consuming fire, which the sinner and the hypocrite dreaded Isaiah 33:14.

The munitions of rocks - The literal translation of this place would be, ‘The strongholds of the rocks shall be his lofty fortress’ (compare the note at Isaiah 2:21).

Bread shall be given him - He shall be sustained, and his life shall be preserved.