11 translations · Hebrew
Isaiah 44:6
This is what Yahweh, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Yahweh of Armies, says: “I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God.
Isaiah 44:6 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- This is what Yahweh, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Yahweh of Armies, says: “I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God.
- KJV King James Version
- Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Thus says the LORD, the King and Redeemer of Israel, the LORD of Hosts: “I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God but Me.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Thus saith Jehovah, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Jehovah of hosts: I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- Thus said YHWH, King of Israel, || And his Redeemer, YHWH of Hosts: “I [am] the first, and I [am] the last, || And besides Me there is no God.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- This is what the Lord says, the King and Redeemer of Israel, the Lord Almighty: I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God besides me.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- Thus said Jehovah, king of Israel, And his Redeemer, Jehovah of Hosts: 'I [am] the first, and I the last, And besides Me there is no God.
- DBY Darby Translation
- Thus saith Jehovah, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Jehovah of hosts: I [am] the first, and I [am] the last, and beside me there is no God.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- This is what the LORD, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, the LORD of Armies, says: “I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- Thus saith the Lord the king of Israel, and his redeemer the Lord of hosts: I am the brat, and I am the last, and besides me there is no God.
The Hebrew words
Each word of the Hebrew text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| כֹּֽה־ | kōh- | Thus | H3541 כֹּה thus |
| אָמַ֨ר | ’ā·mar | says | H559 אָמַר to say |
| יְהוָ֧ה | Yah·weh | the LORD | H3068 יְהֹוָה LORD |
| מֶֽלֶךְ־ | me·leḵ- | the King | H4428 מֶ֫לֶךְ king |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל | yiś·rā·’êl | of Israel | H3478 יִשְׂרָאֵל Israel |
| וְגֹאֲל֖וֹ | wə·ḡō·’ă·lōw | and Redeemer | H1350 גָּאַל to redeem: redeem |
| יְהוָ֣ה | Yah·weh | the LORD | H3068 יְהֹוָה LORD |
| צְבָא֑וֹת | ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ | of Hosts | H6635 צָבָא army |
| אֲנִ֤י | ’ă·nî | I | H589 אֲנִי I |
| רִאשׁוֹן֙ | ri·šō·wn | am the first | H7223 רִאשׁוֹן first |
| וַאֲנִ֣י | wa·’ă·nî | and I am | H589 אֲנִי I |
| אַחֲר֔וֹן | ’a·ḥă·rō·wn | the last | H314 אַחֲרוֹן last |
| וּמִבַּלְעָדַ֖י | ū·mib·bal·‘ā·ḏay | but Me | H1107 בִּלְעֲדֵי beside |
| אֵ֥ין | ’ên | and there is no | H369 אַ֫יִן nothing |
| אֱלֹהִֽים׃ | ’ĕ·lō·hîm | God | H430 אֱלֹהִים God |
Related verses
- Isaiah 41:4
Who has worked and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I, Yahweh, the first, and with the last, I am he.”
- Isaiah 43:10–11
“You are my witnesses,” says Yahweh, “With my servant whom I have chosen; that you may know and believe me, and understand that I am he. Before me there was no God formed, neither will there be after me. I myself am Yahweh; and besides me there is no savior.
- Revelation 1:8
“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”
- Revelation 22:13
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.
- Isaiah 44:8
Don’t fear, neither be afraid. Haven’t I declared it to you long ago, and shown it? You are my witnesses. Is there a God besides me? Indeed, there is not. I don’t know any other Rock.”
- Isaiah 45:5–6
I am Yahweh, and there is no one else. Besides me, there is no God. I will strengthen you, though you have not known me; that they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is no one besides me. I am Yahweh, and there is no one else.
- Isaiah 48:17
Yahweh, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel says: “I am Yahweh your God, who teaches you to profit, who leads you by the way that you should go.
- Isaiah 48:12
“Listen to me, O Jacob, and Israel my called: I am he; I am the first, I am also the last.
- Deuteronomy 32:39
“See now that I myself am he. There is no god with me. I kill and I make alive. I wound and I heal. There is no one who can deliver out of my hand.
- Isaiah 42:8
“I am Yahweh. That is my name. I will not give my glory to another, nor my praise to engraved images.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
4 and they will spring up among the grass, as willows by the watercourses.
5 One will say, ‘I am Yahweh’s;’ and another will be called by the name of Jacob; and another will write with his hand ‘to Yahweh,’ and honor the name of Israel.”
6 This is what Yahweh, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Yahweh of Armies, says: “I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God.
7 Who is like me? Who will call, and will declare it, and set it in order for me, since I established the ancient people? Let them declare the things that are coming, and that will happen.
8 Don’t fear, neither be afraid. Haven’t I declared it to you long ago, and shown it? You are my witnesses. Is there a God besides me? Indeed, there is not. I don’t know any other Rock.”
Read all of Isaiah 44 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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