Isaiah 48:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁶ Draw near to me; hear this! From the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time it came to be I have been there. And now the Lord God has sent me and his spirit.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent me.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ Come near to me and listen to this: I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it happened, I was there. And now the Lord God has sent His Spirit in and with me.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; from the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord Jehovah hath sent me, and his Spirit.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Come close to me; listen to this: Since the very beginning I haven’t spoken in secret. Whenever anything happens, I am there. (And now the LORD God has sent me with his spirit.)

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ Draw near to me, and listen to this. From the beginning, I have not spoken in secret. From the time before it happened, I was there. And now, the Lord God has sent me, and his Spirit.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ Come ye near unto me and hear this: I have not spoken in secret from the beginning. From the time before it was done, I was there, and now the Lord God hath sent me, and his spirit.

Isaiah 48:16 Cross References

Isaiah 34:1

Draw near, O nations, to hear; O peoples, give heed! Let the earth hear and all that fills it, the world and all that comes from it.

Isaiah 41:1

Listen to me in silence, O coastlands; let the peoples renew their strength; let them approach, then let them speak; let us together draw near for judgment.

Isaiah 43:13

Indeed, since that day I am he; there is no one who can deliver from my hand; I work, and who can hinder it?

Isaiah 45:19

I did not speak in secret in a land of darkness; I did not say to the offspring of Jacob, “Seek me in chaos.” I the Lord speak the truth; I declare what is right.

Isaiah 57:3

But as for you, come here, you children of a sorceress, you offspring of an adulterer and a prostitute.

Luke 4:18

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free those who are oppressed,

John 18:20

Jesus answered, “I have spoken openly to the world; I have always taught in synagogues and in the temple, where all the Jews come together. I have said nothing in secret.

John 3:34

He whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for he gives the Spirit without measure.