You will roll them up like a mantle, and they will be changed; but you are the same. Your years will not fail.”
Parallel translations
- KJV And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.
- BSB You will roll them up like a robe; like a garment they will be changed; but You remain the same, and Your years will never end.”
- NKJV Like a cloak You will fold them up, And they will be changed. But You are the same, And Your years will not fail.”
- NASB And like a robe You will roll them up; Like a garment they will also be changed. But You are the same, And Your years will not come to an end.”
- NLT You will fold them up like a cloak and discard them like old clothing. But you are always the same; you will live forever.”
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- Ps 102:26–27They will perish, but you will endure. Yes, all of them will wear out like a garment. You will change them like a cloak, and they will be changed.
- Heb 13:8Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
- Jas 1:17Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.
- John 8:58Jesus said to them, “Most certainly, I tell you, before Abraham came into existence, I AM. ”
- Ps 90:4For a thousand years in your sight are just like yesterday when it is past, like a watch in the night.
- Exod 3:14God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM,” and he said, “You shall tell the children of Israel this: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”
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