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Isaiah 49:1

Listen, aO isles, unto me;

And hearken, ye people, bfrom far;

cThe Lord hath called me dfrom the womb;

From the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.

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Isaiah 49:1 — The New International Version (NIV)

Listen to me, you islands;

hear this, you distant nations:

Before I was born the Lord called me;

from my mother’s womb he has spoken my name.

Isaiah 49:1 — English Standard Version (ESV)

Listen to me, O coastlands,

and give attention, you peoples from afar.

The Lord called me from the womb,

from the body of my mother he named my name.

Isaiah 49:1 — New Living Translation (NLT)

Listen to me, all you in distant lands!

Pay attention, you who are far away!

The Lord called me before my birth;

from within the womb he called me by name.

Isaiah 49:1 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

“Listen, O coastlands, to Me,

And take heed, you peoples from afar!

The Lord has called Me from the womb;

From the matrix of My mother He has made mention of My name.

Isaiah 49:1 — New Century Version (NCV)

All of you people in faraway places, listen to me.

Listen, all you nations far away.

Before I was born, the Lord called me to serve him.

The Lord named me while I was still in my mother’s womb.

Isaiah 49:1 — American Standard Version (ASV)

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye peoples, from far: Jehovah hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name:

Isaiah 49:1 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye peoples from afar. Jehovah hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.

Isaiah 49:1 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Listen to me, you islands. 

Pay attention, you people far away. 

Before I was born, the Lord chose me. 

While I was in my mother’s womb, he recorded my name. 

Isaiah 49:1 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Coastlands, listen to me;

distant peoples, pay attention.

The Lord called me before I was born.

He named me while I was in my mother’s womb.

Isaiah 49:1 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Listen to me, O coastlands,

pay attention, you peoples from far away!

The Lord called me before I was born,

while I was in my mother’s womb he named me.

Isaiah 49:1 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

Listen to me, coastlands,

and listen attentively, peoples from far away!

Yahweh called me from the womb;

from the body of my mother he made my name known.

Isaiah 49:1 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

People who live on the islands, listen to me.

Pay attention, you nations far away.

Before I was born the Lord chose me to serve him.

He appointed me by name.

Isaiah 49:1 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

Listen to Me, O islands,

And pay attention, you peoples from afar.

The Lord called Me from the womb;

From the body of My mother He named Me.


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