Isaiah 48:7

World English Bible (WEB)

They are created now, and not from of old. Before today, you didn’t hear them, lest you should say, ‘Behold, I knew them.’

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5 therefore I have declared it to you from of old; before it came to pass I showed it to you; lest you should say, ‘My idol has done them. My engraved image and my molten image has commanded them.’

6 You have heard it. Now see all this. And you, won’t you declare it? “I have shown you new things from this time, even hidden things, which you have not known.

7 They are created now, and not from of old. Before today, you didn’t hear them, lest you should say, ‘Behold, I knew them.’

8 Yes, you didn’t hear. Yes, you didn’t know. Yes, from of old your ear was not opened, for I knew that you dealt very treacherously, and were called a transgressor from the womb.

9 For my name’s sake, I will defer my anger, and for my praise, I hold it back for you so that I don’t cut you off.

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Isaiah 48:7 in every translation

WEB World English Bible: They are created now, and not from of old. Before today, you didn’t hear them, lest you should say, ‘Behold, I knew them.’
KJV King James Version: 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.
BSB Berean Standard Bible: They are created now, and not long ago; you have not heard of them before today. So you cannot claim, ‘I already knew them!’
ASV American Standard Version: 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.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: Now they have been produced and not from that time, Yea, before the day, and thou hast not heard them, Lest thou say, 'Lo, I have known them.'
DBY Darby Translation: they are created now, and not long ago; and before this day thou hast not heard them, lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.
WBS Webster Bible: They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the day when thou heardst them not; lest thou shouldst say, Behold, I knew them.