Isaiah 45:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

I am Jehovah, and there is none else; besides me there is no God. I will gird thee, though thou hast not known me;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֲנִ֤י יְהוָה֙ וְאֵ֣ין ע֔וֹד זוּלָתִ֖י אֵ֣ין אֱלֹהִ֑ים אֲאַזֶּרְךָ֖ וְלֹ֥א יְדַעְתָּֽנִי

Transliteration

ʾănî YHWH and-ʾên ʿôd zûlātî ʾên ʾĕlōhîm ʾăʾazzerkā and-not yĕdaʿtānî

Grammar Details

*ʾănî*: 1st person singular pronoun - I
*ʾên*: particle of negation - there is not/there is no
*ʿôd*: adverb - still/yet/besides
*zûlātî*: preposition with 1st person suffix - besides me/except me
*ʾĕlōhîm*: masculine plural noun - God/gods
*ʾăʾazzerkā*: piel imperfect, 1st person singular with 2nd person suffix - I will gird you/I will strengthen you
*yĕdaʿtānî*: qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular with 1st person suffix - you knew me

Word Meanings

*ʾên*: there is not/there is no/none
*ʿôd*: still/yet/besides/in addition
*zûlātî*: besides me/except me/other than me
*ʾăʾazzerkā*: I will gird you/I will strengthen you/I will equip you
*yĕdaʿtānî*: you knew me/you recognized me/you acknowledged me

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

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.
Ps 18:39 : 39 For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
Isa 46:9 : 9 Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; [I am] God, and there is none like me;
Isa 22:21 : 21 and I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand; and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.
Job 12:21 : 21 He poureth contempt upon princes, And looseth the belt of the strong.
Ps 18:32 : 32 The God that girdeth me with strength, And maketh my way perfect?
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.
Deut 4:35 : 35 Unto thee it was showed, that thou mightest know that Jehovah he is God; there is none else besides him.
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.
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.
1 Kgs 8:60 : 60 that all the peoples of the earth may know that Jehovah, he is God; there is none else.
Ezra 1:2 : 2 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath Jehovah, the God of heaven, given me; and he hath charged me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
Job 12:18 : 18 He looseth the bond of kings, And he bindeth their loins with a girdle.
Joel 2:27 : 27 And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am Jehovah your God, and there is none else; and my people shall never be put to shame.
John 1:1 : 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Heb 1:8-9 : 8 but of the Son [he saith], Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever; And the sceptre of uprightness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. 9 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; Therefore {G5124} God, thy God, hath anointed thee With the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
Isa 45:14-18 : 14 Thus saith Jehovah, The labor of Egypt, and the merchandise of Ethiopia, and the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall go after thee, in chains they shall come over; and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, [saying], Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no God. 15 Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour. 16 They shall be put to shame, yea, confounded, all of them; they shall go into confusion together that are makers of idols. 17 [ But] Israel shall be saved by Jehovah with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be put to shame nor confounded world without end. 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 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.

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