Isaiah 48:7

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“They are created now, and not long ago; you have not heard of them before today. So you cannot claim, ‘I already knew them!’”

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BSBPD

“They are created now, and not long ago; you have not heard of them before today. So you cannot claim, ‘I already knew them!’”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“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.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 48:7 — 2 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 32:13So do not claim, ‘We have found wisdom; let God, not man, refute him.’
  2. Isaiah 49:7Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel, to Him who was despised and abhorred by the nation, to the Servant of rulers: “Kings will see You and rise, and princes will bow down, because of the LORD, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen You.”

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