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Isaiah 41:23

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41:23Predict how future events will turn out,44

so we might know you are gods.

Yes, do something good or bad,

so we might be frightened and in awe.45

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Footnotes

  1. 44 Heb “Declare the coming things, with respect to the end.”
  2. 45 The translation assumes the Qere (וְנִרְאֶה [vénir’eh], from יָרֵא [yare’], “be afraid”). Heb “so we might be frightened and afraid together.” On the meaning of the verb שָׁתָע (shata’), see the note at v. .

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Tell us what is to come hereafter,

that we may know that you are gods;

do good, or do harm,

that we may be dismayed and terrified.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

tell us what the future holds,

so we may know that you are gods.

Do something, whether good or bad,

so that we will be dismayed and filled with fear.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Tell us the coming events,

then we will know that you are gods.

Indeed, do something good or bad,

then we will be in awe when we see it.

NLTNew Living Translation

Yes, tell us what will occur in the days ahead.

Then we will know you are gods.

In fact, do anything—good or bad!

Do something that will amaze and frighten us.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

tell us the things coming hereafter,

that we may know that you are gods.

Indeed, do good or do evil,

that we may be afraid and see together.

KJV 1900King James Version

Shew the things that are to come hereafter,

That we may know that ye are gods:

Yea, do good, or do evil,

That we may be dismayed, and behold it together.