Isaiah 44:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כֹּֽה־אָמַ֨ר יְהוָ֧ה מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל וְגֹאֲל֖וֹ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֑וֹת אֲנִ֤י רִאשׁוֹן֙ וַאֲנִ֣י אַחֲר֔וֹן וּמִבַּלְעָדַ֖י אֵ֥ין אֱלֹהִֽים׃

Transliteration

kōh-ʾāmar YHWH meleḵ-yiśrāʾēl wə-gōʾălô YHWH ṣəḇāʾôt ʾănî rišôn wa-ʾănî ʾaḥărôn û-mibbalʿāday ʾên ʾĕlōhîm

Grammar Details

• *kōh-ʾāmar*: adverb + verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - thus says/said
• *YHWH*: proper noun, divine name - LORD
• *meleḵ-yiśrāʾēl*: noun, masculine singular construct + proper noun - king of Israel
• *wə-gōʾălô*: conjunction + verb, qal participle, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and his redeemer
• *ṣəḇāʾôt*: noun, masculine plural - of hosts/armies
• *ʾănî*: personal pronoun, 1st person singular - I
• *rišôn*: adjective, masculine singular - first
• *wa-ʾănî*: conjunction + personal pronoun, 1st person singular - and I
• *ʾaḥărôn*: adjective, masculine singular - last
• *û-mibbalʿāday*: conjunction + preposition + 1st person singular suffix - and besides me
• *ʾên*: negative particle - there is not
• *ʾĕlōhîm*: noun, masculine plural - God/gods

Word Meanings

• *gōʾălô*: his redeemer/kinsman-redeemer/rescuer
• *ṣəḇāʾôt*: of hosts/of armies/of heavenly forces
• *rišôn*: first/foremost/beginning
• *ʾaḥărôn*: last/final/latter
• *mibbalʿāday*: besides me/apart from me/without me
• *ʾĕlōhîm*: God/gods/divine beings

Referenced Verses

• Isa 41:4 : 4 Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I, Jehovah, the first, and with the last, I am he.
• 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.
• 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.
• Rev 22:13 : 13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.
• Isa 43:10-11 : 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. 11 I, even I, am Jehovah; and besides me there is no saviour.
• Isa 44:8 : 8 Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have I not declared unto thee of old, and showed it? and ye are my witnesses. Is there a God besides me? yea, there is no Rock; I know not any.
• 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 42:8 : 8 I am Jehovah, that is my name; and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise unto graven images.
• 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 44:24 : 24 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?);
• Isa 45:5-6 : 5 I am Jehovah, and there is none else; besides me there is no God. I will gird thee, though thou hast not known me; 6 that they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none besides me: I am Jehovah, and there is none else.
• Deut 6:4 : 4 Hear, O Israel: Jehovah our God is one Jehovah:
• Deut 32:39 : 39 See now that I, even I, am he, And there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal; And there is none that can deliver out of my hand.
• Deut 4:35 : 35 Unto thee it was showed, that thou mightest know that Jehovah he is God; there is none else besides him.
• Isa 45:21-22 : 21 Declare ye, and bring [it] forth; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath showed this from ancient time? who hath declared it of old? have not I, Jehovah? and there is no God else besides me, a just God and a Saviour; there is none besides me. 22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is none else.
• Isa 43:14-15 : 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. 15 I am Jehovah, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King.
• Isa 41:14 : 14 Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith Jehovah, and thy Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
• Isa 37:16 : 16 O Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, that sittest [above] the cherubim, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.
• Isa 59:20 : 20 And a Redeemer will come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith Jehovah.
• 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]:
• Deut 4:39 : 39 Know therefore this day, and lay it to thy heart, that Jehovah he is God in heaven above and upon the earth beneath; there is none else.
• Isa 33:22 : 22 For Jehovah is our judge, Jehovah is our lawgiver, Jehovah is our king; he will save us.
• Isa 37:20 : 20 Now therefore, O Jehovah our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art Jehovah, even thou only.
• 1 Tim 3:16 : 16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness; He who was manifested in the flesh, Justified in the spirit, Seen of angels, Preached among the nations, Believed on in the world, Received up in glory.
• Rev 1:17-18 : 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, 18 and the Living one; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive for evermore, {G0} {G281} and I have the keys of death and of Hades.
• 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.
• Mal 1:14 : 14 But cursed be the deceiver, who hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a blemished thing; for I am a great King, saith Jehovah of hosts, and my name is terrible among the Gentiles.
• Matt 25:34 : 34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
• Matt 27:37 : 37 And they set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
• 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 41:21 : 21 Produce your cause, saith Jehovah; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.
• 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.