Isaiah 16 · Verse 11

Isaiah 16:11

Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kir–haresh.
Isaiah 16:11, King James Version

Isaiah 16:11 in other translations

BSBTherefore my heart laments for Moab like a harp, my inmost being for Kir-heres.
WEBTherefore my heart sounds like a harp for Moab, and my inward parts for Kir Heres.
ASVWherefore my heart soundeth like a harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kir-heres.
YLTTherefore my bowels for Moab as a harp do sound, And mine inward parts for Kir-Haresh.
DARBYTherefore my bowels sound like a harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kirheres.
BBEFor this cause the cords of my heart are sounding for Moab, and I am full of sorrow for Kir-heres.
WebsterWherefore my bowels shall sound like a harp for Moab, and my inward parts for Kir-haresh.

What does Isaiah 16:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
11. bowels--in Scripture the seat of yearning compassion. It means the inward seat of emotion, the heart, &c. (Is 63:15; compare Is 15:5; Jr 48:36). sound ... harp--as its strings vibrate when beaten with the plectrum or hand.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 16:6-14

Those who will not be counselled, cannot be helped. More souls are ruined by pride than by any other sin whatever. Also, the very proud are commonly very passionate. With lies many seek to gain the gratification of pride and passion, but they shall not compass proud and angry projects. Moab was famous for fields and vineyards; but they shall be laid waste by the invading army. God can soon turn laughter into…

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Isaiah 16:11 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

עַל\־'al-there-H5921
כֵּן֙ken-foreH3651
מֵעַ֣יme.'Aiinward parts myH4578
לְמוֹאָ֔בle.mo.'Avfor MoabH4124
כַּכִּנּ֖וֹרka.ki.Norlike <the> harpH3658
יֶֽהֱמ֑וּye.he.Muthey make a soundH1993
וְקִרְבִּ֖יve.kir.Biand inner being myH7130
לְקִ֥ירle.Kirfor KirH7025
חָֽרֶשׂ\׃Cha.resHeresH7025

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Isaiah 16:11

  • Isaiah 15:5

    My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction.

  • Isaiah 63:15

    Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained?

  • Philippians 2:1

    If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,

  • Hosea 11:8

    How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.

  • Jeremiah 48:36

    Therefore mine heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and mine heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kir–heres: because the riches that he hath gotten are perished.

  • Jeremiah 31:20

    Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord.

  • Jeremiah 4:19

    My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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15:5; 63:15; Jer 4:19; 31:20; 48:36; Ho 11:8; Php 2:1
Kir-haresh.
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Kir-hareseth.

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Context

  • Isaiah 16:10

    And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be shouting: the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses; I have made their vintage shouting to cease.

  • Isaiah 16:11

    Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kir–haresh.

  • Isaiah 16:12

    And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is weary on the high place, that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall not prevail.

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Isaiah 16:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Por tanto mis entrañas sonarán como arpa acerca de Moab, y mi interior en orden á Kir-hareseth.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		C’est pourquoi mes entrailles mènent un bruit sourd au sujet de Moab, comme une harpe, et mon cœur, au sujet de Kir-Hérès.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Darum rauschen meine Eingeweide wegen Moabs wie eine Laute, und mein Inneres wegen Kir-Heres.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Super hoc venter meus ad Moab quasi cithara sonabit, et viscera mea ad murum cocti lateris.