Isaiah 41:23

²¹ Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.

²² Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come.

Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.

²⁴ Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you.

²⁵ I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as upon morter, and as the potter treadeth clay.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: Tell us the things that are to come, so that we may know that you are gods. Yes, do something good or evil, that we may look on together in dismay.
KJV: Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.
WEB: Declare the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that you are gods. Yes, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and see it together.
ASV: Declare the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.
DARBY: declare the things that are to happen hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods; yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be astonished, and behold it together.
BLB: Declare the things to come hereafter, that we may know if you⁺ [are] gods; yes, do good or do evil, that we may look and see together.

ÅB: Kunngjør hva som skal komme heretter, så vi kan vite at dere er guder! Ja, gjør noe godt eller noe ondt, så vi med forundring kan se det alle sammen!
OTB: avslør hva fremtiden holder, så vi kan vite at dere er guder. Utfør noe, enten godt eller ondt, så vi vil bli forbløffet og fylt med ærefrykt.
B1930: Kunngjør hvad som skal komme herefter, så vi kan vite at I er guder! Ja, gjør noget godt eller noget ondt, så vi med forundring kan se det alle sammen!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

John 13:19
Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he.
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Isaiah 42:9
Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.
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Jeremiah 10:5
They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.
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Isaiah 44:7–8
And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them shew unto them.
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Isaiah 46:9–10
Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,
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Isaiah 45:7–8
I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
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Isaiah 46:7
They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
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Isaiah 45:3
And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the LORD, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel.
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