Isaiah 48:7 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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.

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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

Beware lest ye say, We have found wisdom; God may vanquish him, not man:

Isaiah 48:6

Thou hast heard it; behold all this; and ye, will ye not declare it? I have shewed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, which thou hast not known.

Isaiah 48:8

Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from of old thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou didst deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.

Isaiah 49:7

Thus saith the LORD, the redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers: Kings shall see and arise; princes, and they shall worship; because of the LORD that is faithful, even the Holy One of Israel, who hath chosen thee.