Isaiah 48:7 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁷ They are created now, not long ago; before today you have never heard of them, so that you could not say, “I already knew them.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ They are created now [called into being by the prophetic word], and not long ago; and before today you have never heard of them, lest you should say, Behold, I knew them!

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ They are created now, and not from of old; and before this day thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.

Common English Bible

⁷ They are created now, not long ago; before today you hadn’t heard of them, so you won’t say, “I already knew them.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ They are created now, and not in that time. And even before today, you did not hear of them; otherwise, you might say, "Behold, I knew them."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ They are created now, and not of old: and before the day, when thou heardest them not, lest thou shouldst say: Behold, I knew them.

Isaiah 48:7 Cross References

Job 32:13

Yet do not say, ‘We have found wisdom; God may vanquish him, not a human.’

Isaiah 48:6

You have heard; now see all this; and will you not declare it? From this time forward I tell you new things, hidden things that you have not known.

Isaiah 48:8

You have never heard; you have never known; from of old your ear has not been opened. For I knew that you would act very treacherously and that from birth you were called a rebel.

Isaiah 49:7

Thus says the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel and his Holy One, to one deeply despised, abhorred by the nations, the slave of rulers, “Kings shall see and stand up; princes, and they shall prostrate themselves, because of the Lord, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”