Isaiah 41:4
2 Who has aroused one from the east and called him to his feet in righteousness ? He hands nations over to him and subdues kings before him. He turns them to dust with his sword, to windblown chaff with his bow.
3 He pursues them, going on safely, hardly touching the path with his feet.
Who has performed this and carried it out, calling forth the generations from the beginning? I, the LORD—the first and the last— I am He.”
5 The islands see and fear; the ends of the earth tremble. They approach and come forward.
6 Each one helps the other and says to his brother, “Be strong!”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Who has performed this and carried it out, calling forth the generations from the beginning? I, the LORD—the first and the last— I am He.”
- KJV
- Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he.
- WEB
- Who has worked and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I, the LORD, the first, and with the last, I am he.”
- ASV
- Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I, Jehovah, the first, and with the last, I am he.
- DARBY
- Who hath wrought and done [it], calling the generations from the beginning? I, Jehovah, the first; and with the last, I [am] HE.
- BLB
- Who has worked and accomplished? The One calling the generations from the beginning: “I [am] YHWH, the first and the last; I [am] He!”
- ÅB
- Hvem utrettet og gjorde dette? - Han som kalte slektene fram fra begynnelsen; jeg, Herren, er den første, og hos de siste er jeg også.
- OTB
- Hvem har utført og fullført dette, kalt fram slektene fra begynnelsen? Jeg, Herren, er den første, og med den siste—jeg er Han."
- B1930
- Hvem utrettet og gjorde dette? - Han som kalte slektene frem fra begynnelsen; jeg, Herren, er den første, og hos de siste er jeg også.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 48:12
Listen to Me, O Jacob, and Israel, whom I have called: I am He; I am the first, and I am the last.
Read in contextRevelation 22:13
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.”
Read in contextRevelation 1:17
When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. But He placed His right hand on me and said, “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last,
Read in contextIsaiah 46:10
I declare the end from the beginning, and ancient times from what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’
Read in contextIsaiah 44:6–7
Thus says the LORD, the King and Redeemer of Israel, the LORD of Hosts: “I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God but Me.
Read in contextRevelation 1:8
“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, who is and was and is to come—the Almighty.
Read in contextIsaiah 43:10
“You are My witnesses,” declares the LORD, “and My servant whom I have chosen, so that you may consider and believe Me and understand that I am He. Before Me no god was formed, and after Me none will come.
Read in contextIsaiah 41:26
Who has declared this from the beginning, so that we may know, and from times past, so that we may say: ‘He was right’? No one announced it, no one foretold it, no one heard your words.
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