ISA 40:21 Parallel Verse View

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ULT  ⇔ Have you not known?
⇔ Have you not heard?
 ⇔ Has it not been told to you from the beginning?
⇔ Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?

UST Have you not heard this?
⇔ Do you not understand it?
 ⇔ Are you unable to hear what God said long ago—
⇔ messages that he gave before he created the earth?

BSB  ⇔ Do you not know?
⇔ Have you not heard?
 ⇔ Has it not been declared to you from the beginning?
⇔ Have you not understood since the foundation of the earth?

OEB  ⇔ But know you not then of yourselves, or from hearsay?
⇔ Has this from the first not been told you?
 ⇔ Of this have you not been aware,
⇔ since the day that the world was founded?

WEB  ⇔ Haven’t you known?
⇔ Haven’t you heard?
⇔ Haven’t you been told from the beginning?
⇔ Haven’t you understood from the foundations of the earth?

NET Do you not know?
 ⇔ Do you not hear?
 ⇔ Has it not been told to you since the very beginning?
 ⇔ Have you not understood from the time the earth’s foundations were made?

LSV Do you not know—do you not hear? Has it not been declared from the first to you? Have you not understood
[From] the foundations of the earth?

FBV Don't you know? Haven't you heard? Hasn't it been explained to you from the very beginning? Haven't you understood from the time the world was created?[fn]

40:21 “The world was created”: literally, “the foundations of the world.”

T4T  ⇔ Have you(pl) not heard this?
⇔ Do you not understand it?
 ⇔ Are you unable to hear what God said long ago—
⇔ messages that he gave before he created the earth?

LEB • Have you not heard? • Has it not been told to you from the[fn] • Have you not understood from the foundation of the earth?

?:? Literally “head”

BBE Have you no knowledge of it? has it not come to your ears? has not news of it been given to you from the first? has it not been clear to you from the time when the earth was placed on its base?

MOF No MOF ISA book available

JPS Know ye not? hear ye not? Hath it not been told you from the beginning? Have ye not understood the foundations of the earth?

ASV Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?

DRA Do you not know? hath it not been heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have you not understood the foundations of the earth?

YLT Do ye not know — do ye not hear? Hath it not been declared from the first to you? Have ye not understood [From] the foundations of the earth?

DBY — Do ye not know? Have ye not heard? Hath it not been told you from the beginning? Have ye not understood the foundation of the earth?

RV Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?

WBS Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?

KJB Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?
(Have ye/you_all not known? have ye/you_all not heard? hath/has it not been told you from the beginning? have ye/you_all not understood from the foundations of the earth? )

BB Knowe ye nothyng? hearde ye neuer of it? hath it not ben preached vnto you since the beginning? haue ye not ben enfourmed of this by the foundation of the earth?
(Know ye/you_all nothing? heard ye/you_all never of it? hath/has it not been preached unto you since the beginning? have ye/you_all not been enfourmed of this by the foundation of the earth?)

GNV Know ye nothing? haue ye not heard it? hath it not bene tolde you from the beginning? haue ye not vnderstand it by the foundation of the earth?
(Know ye/you_all nothing? have ye/you_all not heard it? hath/has it not been tolde you from the beginning? have ye/you_all not understand it by the foundation of the earth? )

CB Knowe ye not this? Herde ye neuer of it? Hath it not bene preached vnto you sence the hegynnynge? Haue ye not bene enfourmed of this, sence the foundacion of ye earth was layde:
(Know ye/you_all not this? Herde ye/you_all never of it? Hath it not been preached unto you since the hegynnynge? Have ye/you_all not been enfourmed of this, since the foundacion of ye/you_all earth was laid:)

WYC Whether ye witen not? whether ye herden not? whether it was not teld to you fro the begynnynge? whether ye vndurstoden not the foundementis of erthe?
(Whether ye/you_all perceive not? whether ye/you_all heard not? whether it was not teld to you from the beginning? whether ye/you_all understoden not the foundementis of earth?)

LUT Wisset ihr nicht? Höret ihr nicht? Ist‘s euch nicht vormals verkündiget? Habt ihr‘s nicht verstanden von Anbeginn der Erde?
(Know her nicht? Höret her nicht? Ist‘s you not vormals verkündiget? Habt ihr‘s not verstanden from Anbeginn the earth?)

CLV Numquid non scitis? numquid non audistis? numquid non annuntiatum est vobis ab initio? numquid non intellexistis fundamenta terræ?[fn]
(Numquid not/no scitis? numquid not/no audistis? numquid not/no annuntiatum it_is to_you away initio? numquid not/no intellexistis fundamenta terræ?)

40.21 Ab initio. Legis Moysi, vel a principio mundi in ipsis creaturis quæ omnes suum suo modo prædicant artificem.

40.21 Ab initio. Legis Moysi, or a at_the_beginning mundi in ipsis creaturis which everyone his_own his_own modo prædicant artificem.

BRN Will ye not know? will ye not hear? has it not been told you of old? Have ye not known the foundations of the earth?

BrLXX Οὐ γνώσεσθε; οὐκ ἀκούσεσθε; οὐκ ἀνηγγέλη ἐξ ἀρχῆς ὑμῖν; οὐκ ἔγνωτε τὰ θεμέλια τῆς γῆς;
(Ou gnōsesthe? ouk akousesthe? ouk anaʸngelaʸ ex arⱪaʸs humin? ouk egnōte ta themelia taʸs gaʸs? )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

(Occurrence 0) Have you not known? Have you not heard? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?

(Some words not found in UHB: am=not know am=not heard am=not told from,beginning to/for=you_all am=not understood foundations the=earth/land )

Isaiah uses these questions to emphasize that the people should know Yahweh’s greatness as the creator. Alternate translation: “You certainly know and have heard! It has been told to you from the beginning; you have understood from the foundations of the earth!” (See also: figs-parallelism)

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

(Occurrence 0) Has it not been told you from the beginning?

(Some words not found in UHB: am=not know am=not heard am=not told from,beginning to/for=you_all am=not understood foundations the=earth/land )

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “Have people not told you from the beginning?”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) from the foundations of the earth

(Some words not found in UHB: am=not know am=not heard am=not told from,beginning to/for=you_all am=not understood foundations the=earth/land )

The prophet speaks of Yahweh creating the earth as if the earth were a building for which Yahweh laid the foundation. Alternate translation: “from the time that Yahweh created the earth”

Parallel ISA 40:21