7they are created now, and not long ago; and before this day thou hast not heard them, lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.


In Context

4 Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass,

5 so I have long ago declared them to thee; before they came to pass I caused thee to hear them; lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, or my molten image hath commanded them.

6 Thou heardest, see all this; and ye, will not ye declare it? I have caused thee to hear new things from this time, and things hidden, and that thou knewest not:

7 they are created now, and not long ago; and before this day thou hast not heard them, lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.

8 Yea, thou heardest not, yea, thou knewest not, yea, from of old thine ear was not opened; for I knew that thou wouldest ever deal treacherously, and thou wast called a transgressor from the womb.

9 For my name's sake I will defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain as to thee, that I cut thee not off.

Isaiah 48:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

48:7They 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

48:7They are created now, and not long ago; you have not heard of them before today. So you cannot say, 'Yes, I knew of them.'

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

48:7They are created now, and not of old: and before the day, when thou heardest them not, lest thou shouldst say: Behold I knew them.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

48:7They are created now, and not from of old; and before this day thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

48:7They are created now, and not from of old; and before this day thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

48:7They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the day when thou heardst them not; lest thou shouldst say, Behold, I knew them.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

48:7They are created now, and not from of old; and before this day you didn't hear them; lest you should say, 'Behold, I knew them.'

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

48:7Now 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.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

48:7They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the day when you heard them not; lest you should say, Behold, I knew them.