Isaiah 41:26 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁶ Who declared it from the beginning, so that we might know, and beforehand, so that we might say, “He is right”? There was no one who declared it, none who proclaimed, none who heard your words.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁶ Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, He is righteous? yea, there is none that sheweth, yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there is none that heareth your words.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁶ [What idol] has declared this from the beginning, that we could know? And beforetime, that we could say that he is [unquestionably] right? Yes, there is none who declares it, yes, there is none who proclaims it; yes, [for the truth is, O you dumb idols] there is none who hears you speak!

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁶ Who hath declared it from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, He is right? yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there is none that showeth, yea, there is none that heareth your words.

Common English Bible

²⁶ Who announced this from the start so that we would know; from an earlier time so we would say, “That’s right”? Truly, no one announced it, no one proclaimed it, and no one heard your words.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁶ Who has announced this from its rising, so that we may know it, or from its beginning, so that we may say, "You are just." There is no one who either announces, or predicts, or hears your words.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁶ Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? And from time of old, that we may say: Thou art just? There is none that sheweth, nor that foretelleth, nor that heareth your words.

Isaiah 41:26 Cross References

Isaiah 41:22

Let them bring them and tell us what is to happen. Tell us the former things, what they were, so that we may consider them and that we may know their outcome or declare to us the things to come.

Isaiah 41:4

Who has performed and done this, calling the generations from the beginning? I, the Lord, am first and will be with the last.

Isaiah 43:9

Let all the nations gather together, and let the peoples assemble. Who among them declared this and foretold to us the former things? Let them bring their witnesses to justify them, and let them hear and say, “It is true.”

Isaiah 44:7

Who is like me? Let them proclaim it; let them declare and set it forth before me. Who has announced from of old the things to come? Let them tell us what is yet to be.

Isaiah 45:21

Declare and present your case; take counsel together! Who told this long ago? Who declared it of old? Was it not I, the Lord? There is no other god besides me, a righteous God and a Savior; there is no one besides me.

Isaiah 46:9

remember the former things of old, for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is no one like me,