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Isaiah 48:7

They are created now, not long ago;

before today you have never heard of them,

lest you should say, ‘Behold, I knew them.’

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Isaiah 48:7 — The New International Version (NIV)

They are created now, and not long ago;

you have not heard of them before today.

So you cannot say,

‘Yes, I knew of them.’

Isaiah 48:7 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

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.

Isaiah 48:7 — New Living Translation (NLT)

They are brand new, not things from the past.

So you cannot say, ‘We knew that all the time!’

Isaiah 48:7 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

They are created now and not from the beginning;

And before this day you have not heard them,

Lest you should say, ‘Of course I knew them.’

Isaiah 48:7 — New Century Version (NCV)

These things are happening now, not long ago;

you have not heard about them before today.

So you cannot say, ‘We already knew about that.’

Isaiah 48:7 — American Standard Version (ASV)

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.

Isaiah 48:7 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

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.

Isaiah 48:7 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

They are created now, not in the past. 

You haven’t heard about them before today, 

so you can’t say that you already knew about them. 

Isaiah 48:7 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

They have been created now, and not long ago;

you have not heard of them before today,

so you could not claim, ‘I already knew them!’

Isaiah 48:7 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

They are created now, not long ago;

before today you have never heard of them,

so that you could not say, “I already knew them.”

Isaiah 48:7 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

Now they are created, and not from of old,

and before today, and you have not heard them

so that you could not say, “Look! I knew them.”

Isaiah 48:7 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

Those things are taking place right now.

They did not happen long ago.

You have not heard of them before today.

So you can’t say,

‘Oh, yes. I already knew about them.’

Isaiah 48:7 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

“They are created now and not long ago;

And before today you have not heard them,

So that you will not say, ‘Behold, I knew them.’


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