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Isaiah 45:19

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19“aI have not spoken in secret,

In 1some dark land;

I did not say to the 2boffspring of Jacob,

‘cSeek Me in 3a waste place’;

I, the Lord, dspeak righteousness,

eDeclaring things that are upright.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Lit a place of a land of darkness
  2. 2Lit seed
  3. 3Or vain

Cross references

  1. aIs 48:16
  2. bIs 45:25; 65:9
  3. c2 Chr 15:2; Ps 78:34; Jer 29:13, 14
  4. dPs 19:8; Is 45:23; 63:1
  5. eIs 43:12; 44:8

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

I did not speak in secret,

in a land of darkness;

I did not say to the offspring of Jacob,

‘Seek me in vain.’

I the Lord speak the truth;

I declare what is right.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I have not spoken in secret,

from somewhere in a land of darkness;

I have not said to Jacob’s descendants,

‘Seek me in vain.’

I, the Lord, speak the truth;

I declare what is right.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I have not spoken in secret,

somewhere in a land of darkness.

I did not say to the descendants of Jacob:

Seek me in a wasteland.

I am the Lord, who speaks righteously,

who declares what is right.

NLTNew Living Translation

I publicly proclaim bold promises.

I do not whisper obscurities in some dark corner.

I would not have told the people of Israel to seek me

if I could not be found.

I, the Lord, speak only what is true

and declare only what is right.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

I have spoken not in secrecy, in a place, a land, of darkness,

I have not said to the descendants of Jacob, ‘Seek me in vain!’

I, Yahweh, am speaking righteousness,

declaring uprightness.

KJV 1900King James Version

I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth:

I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain:

I the Lord speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.