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Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow to you facedown and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD; those who hope in Me will never be put to shame.”
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Kings shall be your nursing fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers: they shall bow down to you with their faces to the earth, and lick the dust of your feet; and you shall know that I am Yahweh; and those who wait for me shall not be disappointed.”
World English Bible (WEB)
And kings{H4428} shall be thy nursing fathers{H539}{(H8802)}, and their queens{H8282} thy nursing mothers{H3243}{(H8688)}: they shall bow down{H7812}{(H8691)} to thee with their face{H639} toward the earth{H776}, and lick up{H3897}{(H8762)} the dust{H6083} of thy feet{H7272}; and thou shalt know{H3045}{(H8804)} that I am the LORD{H3068}: for they shall not be ashamed{H954}{(H8799)} that wait{H6960}{(H8802)} for me.
Strong's King James
And kings have been thy nursing fathers, And their princesses thy nursing mothers; Face to the earth—they bow down to thee, And the dust of thy feet they lick up, And thou hast known that I am Jehovah, That those expecting Me are not ashamed.
Young's Literal Translation
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