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Isaiah 48:7

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48:7Now they come into being,14 not in the past;

before today you did not hear about them,

so you could not say,

‘Yes,15 I know about them.’

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Footnotes

  1. 14 Heb “are created” (so , , , ); “They are brand new.”
  2. 15 Heb “look”; , “Behold.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

They are created now, not long ago;

before today you have never heard of them,

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

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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.’

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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!’

NLTNew Living Translation

They are brand new, not things from the past.

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

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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.”

KJV 1900King James Version

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.