21Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood since the earth was founded?


In Context

18 To whom, then, will you compare God? What image will you compare him to?

19 As for an idol, a craftsman casts it, and a goldsmith overlays it with gold and fashions silver chains for it.

20 A man too poor to present such an offering selects wood that will not rot. He looks for a skilled craftsman to set up an idol that will not topple.

21 Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood since the earth was founded?

22 He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth, and its people are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a canopy, and spreads them out like a tent to live in.

23 He brings princes to naught and reduces the rulers of this world to nothing.

Isaiah 40:21 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

40:21Have 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?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

40:21Do 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 ?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

40:21Have ye not known? have yet not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

40:21do 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?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

40:21Have 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?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

40:21Have 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?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

40:21Haven't you known? Haven't you heard, yet? Haven't you been told from the beginning? Haven't you understood from the foundations of the earth?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

40:21Do 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?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

40:21Have 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?