Isaiah 44:24

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Thus saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb: I am Jehovah, that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth (who is with me?);

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כֹּֽה־אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ גֹּאֲלֶ֔ךָ וְיֹצֶרְךָ֖ מִבָּ֑טֶן אָנֹכִ֤י יְהוָה֙ עֹ֣שֶׂה כֹּ֔ל נֹטֶ֤ה שָׁמַ֙יִם֙ לְבַדִּ֔י רֹקַ֥ע הָאָ֖רֶץ *מי *אתי **מֵאִתִּֽי׃

Transliteration

kōh-ʾāmar YHWH gōʾaleḵā wəyōṣerḵā mibāṭen ʾānōḵî YHWH ʿōśeh kōl nōṭeh šāmayim ləḇaddî rōqaʿ hāʾāreṣ mēʾittî

Grammar Details

*kōh-ʾāmar*: adverb + verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - thus says
*YHWH*: proper noun, divine name - LORD
*gōʾaleḵā*: verb, qal participle, masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your redeemer
*wəyōṣerḵā*: conjunction + verb, qal participle, masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - and your former
*mibāṭen*: preposition + noun, feminine singular - from the womb
*ʾānōḵî*: pronoun, 1st person singular (emphatic) - I
*ʿōśeh*: verb, qal participle, masculine singular - maker of
*kōl*: noun, masculine singular - all
*nōṭeh*: verb, qal participle, masculine singular - stretching out
*šāmayim*: noun, masculine plural - heavens
*ləḇaddî*: preposition + noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - by myself
*rōqaʿ*: verb, qal participle, masculine singular - spreading out
*hāʾāreṣ*: definite article + noun, feminine singular - the earth
*mēʾittî*: preposition with 1st person singular suffix - from me/who was with me

Word Meanings

*gōʾaleḵā*: your redeemer/your ransomer/your rescuer
*yōṣerḵā*: your former/your fashioner/your maker
*mibāṭen*: from the womb/from birth
*ʿōśeh kōl*: maker of all/doer of all/creator of everything
*nōṭeh*: stretching out/extending/spreading
*ləḇaddî*: by myself/alone/on my own
*rōqaʿ*: spreading out/hammering out/extending
*mēʾittî*: from me/with me/who was with me (rhetorical question marker)

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Referenced Verses

Isa 42:5 : 5 Thus saith God Jehovah, he that created the heavens, and stretched them forth; he that spread abroad the earth and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:
Isa 43:14 : 14 Thus saith Jehovah, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and I will bring down all of them as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, in the ships of their rejoicing.
Isa 45:12 : 12 I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens; and all their host have I commanded.
Isa 44:2 : 2 Thus saith Jehovah that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, who will help thee: Fear not, O Jacob my servant; and thou, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
Job 9:8 : 8 That alone stretcheth out the heavens, And treadeth upon the waves of the sea;
Isa 51:13 : 13 and hast forgotten Jehovah thy Maker, that stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and fearest continually all the day because of the fury of the oppressor, when he maketh ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?
Isa 40:22 : 22 [ It is] he that sitteth above the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in;
Rev 5:9 : 9 And they sing a new song, saying, Worthy art thou to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou was slain, and didst purchase unto God with thy blood [men] of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation,
Eph 3:9 : 9 and to make all men see what is the dispensation of the mystery which for ages hath been hid in God who created all things;
Heb 1:2 : 2 hath at the end of these days spoken unto us in [his] Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds;
Isa 63:16 : 16 For thou art our Father, though Abraham knoweth us not, and Israel doth not acknowledge us: thou, O Jehovah, art our Father; our Redeemer from everlasting is thy name.
Jer 51:15 : 15 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding hath he stretched out the heavens:
Job 26:7 : 7 He stretcheth out the north over empty space, And hangeth the earth upon nothing.
Ps 104:2 : 2 Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment; Who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain;
Isa 44:6 : 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.
Isa 45:18 : 18 For thus saith Jehovah that created the heavens, the God that formed the earth and made it, that established it and created it not a waste, that formed it to be inhabited: I am Jehovah; and there is none else.
Isa 48:13 : 13 Yea, my hand hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spread out the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together.
Isa 48:17 : 17 Thus saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: I am Jehovah thy God, who teacheth thee to profit, who leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.
Isa 49:1 : 1 Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye peoples, from far: Jehovah hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name:
Isa 49:7 : 7 Thus saith Jehovah, 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 Jehovah that is faithful, [even] the Holy One of Israel, who hath chosen thee.
Isa 49:26 : 26 And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I, Jehovah, am thy Saviour, and thy Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
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.
Ps 139:13-16 : 13 For thou didst form my inward parts: Thou didst cover me in my mother's womb. 14 I will give thanks unto thee; For I am fearfully and wonderfully made: Wonderful are thy works; And that my soul knoweth right well. 15 My frame was not hidden from thee, When I was made in secret, [And] curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. 16 Thine eyes did see mine unformed substance; And in thy book they were all written, [Even] the days that were ordained [for me], When as yet there was none of them.
Isa 43:1 : 1 But now thus saith Jehovah that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel: Fear not, for I have redeemed thee; I have called thee by thy name, thou art mine.
Isa 43:7 : 7 every one that is called by my name, and whom I have created for my glory, whom I have formed, yea, whom I have made.
Job 31:15 : 15 Did not he that made me in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb?
Ps 71:6 : 6 By thee have I been holden up from the womb; Thou art he that took me out of my mother's bowels: My praise shall be continually of thee.
Ps 78:35 : 35 And they remembered that God was their rock, And the Most High God their redeemer.
John 1:3 : 3 All things were made through him; and without him was not anything made that hath been made.
Gal 1:15 : 15 But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me, [even] from my mother's womb, and called me through his grace,
Jer 50:34 : 34 Their Redeemer is strong; Jehovah of hosts is his name: he will thoroughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
Isa 54:5 : 5 For thy Maker is thy husband; Jehovah of hosts is his name: and the Holy One of Israel is thy Redeemer; the God of the whole earth shall he be called.
Isa 54:8 : 8 In overflowing wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting lovingkindness will I have mercy on thee, saith Jehovah thy Redeemer.
Isa 59:20 : 20 And a Redeemer will come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith Jehovah.
Isa 60:16 : 16 Thou shalt also suck the milk of the nations, and shalt suck the breast of kings; and thou shalt know that I, Jehovah, am thy Saviour, and thy Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
Heb 1:10-12 : 10 And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning didst lay the foundation of the earth, And the heavens are the works of thy hands: 11 They shall perish; but thou continuest: And they all shall wax old as doth a garment; 12 And as a mantle shalt thou roll them up, As a garment, and they shall be changed: But thou art the same, And thy years shall not fail.
Col 1:16-17 : 16 for in him were all things created, in the heavens and upon the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and unto him; 17 and he is before all things, and in him all things consist.

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