Isaiah 45:4
Isaiah 45:4 — The New International Version (NIV)
4 For the sake of Jacob my servant,
of Israel my chosen,
I summon you by name
and bestow on you a title of honor,
though you do not acknowledge me.
Isaiah 45:4 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
4 For Jacob my servant’s sake, and Israel mine elect,
I have even called thee by thy name:
I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.
Isaiah 45:4 — New Living Translation (NLT)
4 “And why have I called you for this work?
Why did I call you by name when you did not know me?
It is for the sake of Jacob my servant,
Israel my chosen one.
Isaiah 45:4 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
4 For Jacob My servant’s sake,
And Israel My elect,
I have even called you by your name;
I have named you, though you have not known Me.
Isaiah 45:4 — New Century Version (NCV)
4 I do these things for my servants, the people of Jacob,
and for my chosen people, the Israelites.
Cyrus, I call you by name,
and I give you a title of honor even though you don’t know me.
Isaiah 45:4 — American Standard Version (ASV)
4 For Jacob my servant’s sake, and Israel my chosen, I have called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.
Isaiah 45:4 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
4 For Jacob my servant’s sake, and Israel mine elect, I have called thee by thy name; I surnamed thee, though thou didst not know me;
Isaiah 45:4 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
4 For the sake of my servant Jacob,
Israel, my chosen one,
I have called you by name.
I have given you a title of honor, although you don’t know me.
Isaiah 45:4 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
4 I call you by your name,
because of Jacob My servant
and Israel My chosen one.
I give a name to you,
though you do not know Me.
Isaiah 45:4 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
4 For the sake of my servant Jacob,
and Israel my chosen,
I call you by your name,
I surname you, though you do not know me.
Isaiah 45:4 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
4 for the sake of my servant Jacob,
and Israel my chosen one.
And I call you by your name;
I give you a name of honor, though you do not know me.
Isaiah 45:4 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
4 Cyrus, I am sending for you by name.
I am doing it for the good of the family of Jacob.
They are my servants.
I am doing it for Israel.
They are my chosen people.
You do not know anything about me.
But I am giving you a title of honor.
Isaiah 45:4 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
4 “For the sake of Jacob My servant,
And Israel My chosen one,
I have also called you by your name;
I have given you a title of honor
Though you have not known Me.