22"Bring in your idols to tell us what is going to happen. Tell us what the former things were, so that we may consider them and know their final outcome. Or declare to us the things to come,


In Context

19 I will put in the desert the cedar and the acacia, the myrtle and the olive. I will set pines in the wasteland, the fir and the cypress together,

20 so that people may see and know, may consider and understand, that the hand of the Lord has done this, that the Holy One of Israel has created it.

21 "Present your case," says the Lord . "Set forth your arguments," says Jacob's King.

22 "Bring in your idols to tell us what is going to happen. Tell us what the former things were, so that we may consider them and know their final outcome. Or declare to us the things to come,

23 tell us what the future holds, so we may know that you are gods. Do something, whether good or bad, so that we will be dismayed and filled with fear.

24 But you are less than nothing and your works are utterly worthless; he who chooses you is detestable.

Isaiah 41:22 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

41:22Let them bring [them] forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what they [be,] that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

41:22Let them come, and tell us all things that are to come: tell us the former things what they were: and we will set our heart upon them, and shall know the latter end of them, and tell us the things that are to come.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

41:22Let them bring forth, and declare unto us what shall happen: declare ye the former things, what they are, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or show us things to come.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

41:22Let them bring them forward, and declare to us what shall happen: shew the former things, what they are, that we may give attention to them, and know the end of them; or let us hear things to come:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

41:22Let them bring them forth, and declare unto us what shall happen: declare ye the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or shew us things for to come.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

41:22Let them bring them forth, and show us what shall happen: let them show the former things, what they are that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare to us things to come.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

41:22|Let them announce, and declare to us what shall happen. Declare the former things, what they are, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or show us things to come.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

41:22They bring nigh, and declare to us that which doth happen, The first things — what they are declare ye, And we set our heart, and know their latter end, Or the coming things cause us to hear.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

41:22Let them bring them forth, and show us what shall happen: let them show the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come.