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A Way in the Wilderness

Isaiah 43:18

In 11 translations

BSB
“Do not call to mind the former things; pay no attention to the things of old.
KJV
¶ Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.
WEB
“Don’t remember the former things, and don’t consider the things of old.
ASV
Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.
LSV
Do not remember former things, || And do not consider ancient things.
YLT
Remember not former things, And ancient things consider not.
DBY
— Remember not the former things, neither consider the ancient things:
DRC
Remember not former things, and look not on things of old.
GNV
Remember yee not the former things, neither regard the things of olde.
JPS
Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.
LXXE
Remember ye not the former things, and consider not the ancient things.

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Original-language editions

WLC
אַֽל־תִּזְכְּר֖וּ רִֽאשֹׁנ֑וֹת וְקַדְמֹנִיּ֖וֹת אַל־תִּתְבֹּנָֽנוּ׃
LXX-Br
Μὴ μνημονεύετε τὰ πρῶτα, καὶ τὰ ἀρχαῖα μὴ συλλογίζεσθε.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Isaiah 65:17For behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.
  • 2 Corinthians 3:10Indeed, what was once glorious has no glory now in comparison to the glory that surpasses it.
  • 1 Chronicles 16:12Remember the wonders He has done, His marvels, and the judgments He has pronounced,
  • Deuteronomy 8:2Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commandments.
  • Jeremiah 16:14–15Yet behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when they will no longer say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the Israelites up out of the land of Egypt.’ Instead they will say, ‘As surely as the LORD…
  • Isaiah 46:9Remember what happened long ago, for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me.
  • Deuteronomy 7:18But do not be afraid of them. Be sure to remember what the LORD your God did to Pharaoh and all Egypt:
  • Jeremiah 23:7–8So behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when they will no longer say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the Israelites up out of the land of Egypt.’ Instead they will say, ‘As surely as the LORD…

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