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Isaiah 43:3–4

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3For I am the Lord your God,f

the Holy Oneg of Israel, your Savior;h

I give Egypti for your ransom,

Cushaj and Sebak in your stead.l

4Since you are precious and honoredm in my sight,

and because I loven you,

I will give people in exchange for you,

nations in exchange for your life.

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Isaiah 43:4: Because you are precious in my eyes, and honored, and I love you, I give men in return for you, peoples in exchange for your life.

Footnotes

  1. aThat is, the upper Nile region

Cross references

  1. fSee Ex 20:2
  2. gSee Isa 41:20
  3. hSee Ex 14:30; See Jdg 2:18; See Ps 3:8; See Isa 25:9
  4. iSee Ps 68:31; Isa 19:1; Eze 29:20
  5. jSee Isa 20:3
  6. kSee Ge 10:7
  7. lSee Pr 21:18
  8. mEx 19:5; Isa 49:5
  9. nIsa 63:9; Rev 3:9

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For I am the Lord your God,

the Holy One of Israel, your Savior.

I give Egypt as your ransom,

Cush and Seba in exchange for you.

Because you are precious in my eyes,

and honored, and I love you,

I give men in return for you,

peoples in exchange for your life.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For I am the Lord your God,

the Holy One of Israel, and your Savior.

I have given Egypt as a ransom for you,

Cush and Seba in your place.

Because you are precious in my sight

and honored, and I love you,

I will give people in exchange for you

and nations instead of your life.

NLTNew Living Translation

For I am the Lord, your God,

the Holy One of Israel, your Savior.

I gave Egypt as a ransom for your freedom;

I gave Ethiopia and Seba in your place.

Others were given in exchange for you.

I traded their lives for yours

because you are precious to me.

You are honored, and I love you.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For I am Yahweh, your God,

the holy one of Israel, your savior.

I give you Egypt as ransom,

Cush and Seba in place of you.

Because you are precious in my eyes,

you are honored, and I myself love you,

and I give people in place of you,

and nations in place of your life.

KJV 1900King James Version

For I am the Lord thy God,

The Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour:

I gave Egypt for thy ransom,

Ethiopia and Seba for thee.

Since thou wast precious in my sight,

Thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee:

Therefore will I give men for thee,

And people for thy life.