ISA 41:4 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs, green:YHWH.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Τίς ἐνήργησε, καὶ ἐποίησε ταῦτα; ἐκάλεσεν αὐτὴν ὁ καλῶν αὐτὴν ἀπὸ γενεῶν ἀρχῆς· ἐγὼ Θεὸς πρῶτος, καὶ εἰς τὰ ἐπερχόμενα ἐγώ εἰμι.
(Tis enaʸrgaʸse, kai epoiaʸse tauta; ekalesen autaʸn ho kalōn autaʸn apo geneōn arⱪaʸs; egō Theos prōtos, kai eis ta eperⱪomena egō eimi. )

BrTr Who has wrought and done these things? he has called it who called it from the generations of old; I God, the first and to all futurity, I AM.

ULT Who has worked and accomplished,
⇔ has summoned the generations from the beginning?
⇔ I, Yahweh, the first
⇔ and the last, I am he.”

UST Who has enabled rulers to do mighty deeds like that?
⇔ Who has done that throughout all generations?
⇔ It is I, Yahweh!
⇔ I was the first one to do things like that, and I will be the last one to do them.

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.”

OEB ⇔ Who has wrought and accomplished this?
⇔ He who from the beginning
⇔ did summon the generations –
⇔  I, the Lord, was with the first,
⇔ and with last am I.

WEBBE Who has worked and done it,
⇔ calling the generations from the beginning?
⇔ I, the LORD, the first, and with the last, I am he.”

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Who acts and carries out decrees?
⇔ Who summons the successive generations from the beginning?
⇔ I, the Lord, am present at the very beginning,
⇔ and at the very end – I am the one.

LSV Who has worked and done,
Calling the generations from the first? I, YHWH, the first, and with the last I [am] He.

FBV Who has achieved and done this, calling into existence each generation from the beginning of time? I, the Lord, the first and the last, I am the one.

T4T Who has enabled rulers to do [DOU] mighty things like that?
⇔ Who has done that throughout all generations?
⇔ It is I, Yahweh;
⇔ I was the first one to do things like that, and I will be the last one to do them.”

LEB • this, calling the generations from the[fn] • I, Yahweh, am first; • and I am the one with the last.

41:? Literally “head”

BBE Whose purpose and work was it? His who sent out the generations from the start. I the Lord, the first, and with the last, I am he.

Moff No Moff ISA book available

JPS Who hath wrought and done it? He that called the generations from the beginning. I, the LORD, who am the first, and with the last am the same.

ASV Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I, Jehovah, the first, and with the last, I am he.

DRA Who hath wrought and done these things, calling the generations from the beginning? I the Lord, I am the first and the last.

YLT Who hath wrought and done, Calling the generations from the first? I, Jehovah, the first, and with the last I [am] He.

Drby Who hath wrought and done [it], calling the generations from the beginning? I, Jehovah, the first; and with the last, I [am] HE.

RV Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last, I am he.

Wbstr Who hath wrought and done it , calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he.

KJB-1769 Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he.
(Who hath/has wrought/done and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he. )

KJB-1611 [fn]Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD the first, and with the last, I am he.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

41:4 Chap.43.10. and 44.6. and 48.12. reu.1. 17. and 22. 13.

Bshps Who hath made and created these thinges? euen he that called the generations from the beginning, euen I the Lorde whiche am the first, and with the last.
(Who hath/has made and created these things? even he that called the generations from the beginning, even I the Lord which am the first, and with the last.)

Gnva Who hath wrought and done it? he that calleth the generations from the beginning. I the Lord am the first, and with the last I am ye same.
(Who hath/has wrought/done and done it? he that calleth/calls the generations from the beginning. I the Lord am the first, and with the last I am ye/you_all same. )

Cvdl Who hath made, created, and called the generacions from the begynnynge? Euen I the LORDE, which am the first, and with the last.
(Who hath/has made, created, and called the generations from the beginning? Even I the LORD, which am the first, and with the last.)

Wycl Who wrouyte and dide these thingis? clepynge generaciouns at the bigynnyng. Y am the Lord; and Y am the firste and the laste.
(Who wrought/donee and did these things? clepynge generations at the beginning. I am the Lord; and I am the first and the laste.)

Luth Wer tut es und macht es und ruft alle Menschen nacheinander von Anfang her? Ich bin‘s, der HErr, beide der Erste und der Letzte.
(Who tut it and macht it and ruft all Menschen nacheinander from beginning her? I bin‘s, the/of_the LORD, both the/of_the Erste and the/of_the Letzte.)

ClVg Quis hæc operatus est, et fecit, vocans generationes ab exordio? Ego Dominus: primus et novissimus ego sum.
(Who these_things operatus it_is, and fecit, calling generationes away exordio? I Master: primus and novissimus I sum. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

(Occurrence 0) Who has performed and accomplished these deeds?

(Some words not found in UHB: who? performed and,done calling the,generations from,beginning I YHWH first and=DOM last I he/it )

Yahweh uses this question to emphasize that he is the one who has done these things. Alternate translation: “I have performed and accomplished these deeds.”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

(Occurrence 0) Who has summoned the generations from the beginning?

(Some words not found in UHB: who? performed and,done calling the,generations from,beginning I YHWH first and=DOM last I he/it )

Here the word “generations” represents all of human history, which Yahweh created and directed throughout history. The rhetorical question anticipates the answer, Yahweh. Alternate translation: “I have summoned the generations of humanity from the beginning.”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

(Occurrence 0) performed and accomplished

(Some words not found in UHB: who? performed and,done calling the,generations from,beginning I YHWH first and=DOM last I he/it )

These two words mean basically the same thing and emphasize that Yahweh is the one who has done these things.

(Occurrence 0) the first, and with the last ones

(Some words not found in UHB: who? performed and,done calling the,generations from,beginning I YHWH first and=DOM last I he/it )

This could mean: (1) that Yahweh existed before creation and will exist at the end of creation or (2) that Yahweh was before the first generation of humanity and will be at the last generation of humanity.

Parallel ISA 41:4