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Read›Isaiah›Chapter 48

Israel’s Stubbornness

Isaiah 48:7

In 11 translations

BSB
They are created now, and not long ago; you have not heard of them before today. So you cannot claim, ‘I already knew them!’
KJV
They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the day when thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.
WEB
They are created now, and not from of old. Before today, you didn’t hear them, lest you should say, ‘Behold, I knew them.’
ASV
They are created now, and not from of old; and before this day thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.
LSV
Now they have been produced and not from that time, || Indeed, before the day, and you have not heard them, || Lest you say, Behold, I have known them.
YLT
Now they have been produced and not from that time, Yea, before the day, and thou hast not heard them, Lest thou say, 'Lo, I have known them.'
DBY
they are created now, and not long ago; and before this day thou hast not heard them, lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.
DRC
They are created now, and not of old: and before the day, when thou heardest them not, lest thou shouldst say: Behold I knew them.
GNV
They are created now, and not of olde, and euen before this thou heardest them not, lest thou shouldest say, Beholde, I knewe them.
JPS
They are created now, and not from of old, and before this day thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say: 'Behold, I knew them.'
LXXE
Now they come to pass, and not formerly: and thou heardest not of them in former days: say not thou, Yea, I know them.

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Original-language editions

WLC
עַתָּ֤ה נִבְרְאוּ֙ וְלֹ֣א מֵאָ֔ז וְלִפְנֵי־י֖וֹם וְלֹ֣א שְׁמַעְתָּ֑ם פֶּן־תֹּאמַ֖ר הִנֵּ֥ה יְדַעְתִּֽין׃
LXX-Br
νῦν γίνεται, καὶ οὐ πάλαι, καὶ οὐ προτέραις ἡμέραις ἤκουσας αὐτά· μὴ εἴπῃς, ναὶ, γινώσκω αὐτά.

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