Isaiah 41:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I, Jehovah, the first, and with the last, I am he.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מִֽי־פָעַ֣ל וְעָשָׂ֔ה קֹרֵ֥א הַדֹּר֖וֹת מֵרֹ֑אשׁ אֲנִ֤י יְהוָה֙ רִאשׁ֔וֹן וְאֶת־אַחֲרֹנִ֖ים אֲנִי־הֽוּא׃

Transliteration

Who pāʿal wəʿāśâ qōrēʾ the-dōrôt from-rōʾš I YHWH riʾšôn and-with-ʾaḥărōnîm I-hûʾ

Grammar Details

*pāʿal*: verb, qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - has done/accomplished/made
*wəʿāśâ*: conjunction + verb, qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - and has made/done
*qōrēʾ*: verb, qal participle masculine singular - calling/summoning/naming
*dōrôt*: noun, masculine plural - generations
*rōʾš*: noun, masculine singular - beginning/first/head
*YHWH*: proper noun - the divine name
*riʾšôn*: adjective, masculine singular - first/chief/former
*ʾaḥărōnîm*: adjective, masculine plural - last ones/latter ones
*hûʾ*: pronoun, 3rd person masculine singular - he/that

Word Meanings

*pāʿal*: done/accomplished/worked/made
*wəʿāśâ*: and made/done/performed/accomplished
*qōrēʾ*: calling/summoning/proclaiming/announcing
*dōrôt*: generations/ages/periods of time
*rōʾš*: beginning/first/head/start
*riʾšôn*: first/former/chief/beginning
*ʾaḥărōnîm*: last ones/latter ones/those who come after

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Referenced Verses

Rev 22:13 : 13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.
Rev 1:17 : 17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as one dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying, {G3427} Fear not; I am the first and the last,
Isa 48:12 : 12 Hearken unto me, O Jacob, and Israel my called: I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.
Isa 41:26 : 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.
Isa 46:10 : 10 declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not [yet] done; saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure;
Isa 43:10 : 10 Ye are my witnesses, saith Jehovah, and my servant whom I have chosen; that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.
Isa 44:6-7 : 6 Thus saith Jehovah, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Jehovah of hosts: I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God. 7 And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I established the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and that shall come to pass, let them declare.
Deut 32:7-8 : 7 Remember the days of old, Consider the years of many generations: Ask thy father, and he will show thee; Thine elders, and they will tell thee. 8 When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, When he separated the children of men, He set the bounds of the peoples According to the number of the children of Israel.
Rev 1:8 : 8 I am the Alpha and the Omega, saith the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.
Rev 1:11 : 11 saying, What thou seest, write in a book and send [it] to the seven churches: unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamum, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
Rev 2:8 : 8 And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: These things saith the first and the last, who was dead, and lived [again]:
Matt 1:23 : 23 Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, And they shall call his name Immanuel; which is, being interpreted, God with us.
Matt 28:20 : 20 teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.
Acts 15:18 : 18 Saith the Lord, who maketh these things known from of old.
Acts 17:26 : 26 and he made of one {G129} every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, having determined [their] appointed seasons, and the bounds of their habitation;
Isa 40:12 : 12 Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Isa 40:26 : 26 Lift up your eyes on high, and see who hath created these, that bringeth out their host by number; he calleth them all by name; by the greatness of his might, and for that he is strong in power, not one is lacking.
Isa 42:24 : 24 Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? did not Jehovah? he against whom we have sinned, and in whose ways they would not walk, neither were they obedient unto his law.
Isa 46:3-4 : 3 Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, that have been borne [by me] from their birth, that have been carried from the womb; 4 and even to old age I am he, and even to hoar hairs will I carry [you]; I have made, and I will bear; yea, I will carry, and will deliver.
Isa 48:3-7 : 3 I have declared the former things from of old; yea, they went forth out of my mouth, and I showed them: suddenly I did them, and they came to pass. 4 Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass; 5 therefore I have declared it to thee from of old; before it came to pass I showed it thee; lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them. 6 Thou hast heard it; behold all this; and ye, will ye not declare it? I have showed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, which thou hast not known. 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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