Isaiah 41:22

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Let the future be made clear to us: give us news of the past things, so that we may give thought to them; or of the things to come, so that we may see if they are true.

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 45:21 : 21 Give the word, put forward your cause, let us have a discussion together: who has given news of this in the past? who made it clear in early times? did not I, the Lord? and there is no God but me; a true God and a saviour; there is no other.
  • Isa 46:10 : 10 Making clear from the first what is to come, and from past times the things which have not so far come about; saying, My purpose is fixed, and I will do all my pleasure;
  • Isa 48:14 : 14 Come together, all of you, and give ear; who among you has given news of these things? the Lord's loved one will do his pleasure with Babylon, and with the seed of the Chaldaeans.
  • John 13:19 : 19 From this time forward, I give you knowledge of things before they come about, so that when they come about you may have belief that I am he.
  • John 16:14 : 14 He will give me glory, because he will take of what is mine, and make it clear to you.
  • Isa 42:9 : 9 See, the things said before have come about, and now I give word of new things: before they come I give you news of them.
  • Isa 43:9-9 : 9 Let all the nations come together, and let the peoples be present: who among them is able to make this clear, and give us word of earlier things? let their witnesses come forward, so that they may be seen to be true, and that they may give ear, and say, It is true. 10 You are my witnesses, says the Lord, and my servant whom I have taken for myself: so that you may see and have faith in me, and that it may be clear to you that I am he; before me there was no God formed, and there will not be after me. 11 I, even I, am the Lord; and there is no saviour but me. 12 I gave the word, and made it clear, and there was no strange god among you: for this reason you are my witnesses, says the Lord.
  • Isa 44:7 : 7 If there is one like me, let him come forward and say it, let him make it clear and put it in order before me: who has made clear in the past the things to come? let him make clear the future to me.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Isa 41:23
    89%

    23 Give us word of what will be after this, so that we may be certain that you are gods: yes, do good or do evil, so that we may all see it and be surprised.

  • Isa 41:20-21
    2 verses
    84%

    20 So that they may see and be wise and give their mind to it, and that it may be clear to them all that the hand of the Lord has done this, and that the Holy One of Israel has made it.

    21 Put forward your cause, says the Lord; let your strong argument come out, says the King of Jacob.

  • Isa 43:8-9
    2 verses
    81%

    8 Send out the blind people who have eyes, and those who have ears, but they are shut.

    9 Let all the nations come together, and let the peoples be present: who among them is able to make this clear, and give us word of earlier things? let their witnesses come forward, so that they may be seen to be true, and that they may give ear, and say, It is true.

  • Isa 41:26-27
    2 verses
    77%

    26 Who has given knowledge of it from the first, so that we may be certain of it? and from the start, so that we may say, His word is true? There is no one who gives news, or says anything, or who gives ear to your words.

    27 I was the first to give word of it to Zion, and I gave the good news to Jerusalem.

  • Isa 5:19
    75%

    19 Who say, Let him do his work quickly, let him make it sudden, so that we may see it: let the design of the Holy One of Israel come near, so that it may be clear to us.

  • Isa 44:7
    74%

    7 If there is one like me, let him come forward and say it, let him make it clear and put it in order before me: who has made clear in the past the things to come? let him make clear the future to me.

  • Isa 42:9
    73%

    9 See, the things said before have come about, and now I give word of new things: before they come I give you news of them.

  • Isa 48:5-7
    3 verses
    73%

    5 For this reason I made it clear to you in the past, before it came I gave you word of it: for fear that you might say, My god did these things, and my pictured and metal images made them come about.

    6 All this has come to your ears and you have seen it; will you not give witness to it? I am now making clear new things, even secret things, of which you had no knowledge.

    7 They have only now been effected, and not in the past: and before this day they had not come to your ears; for fear that you might say, I had knowledge of them.

  • Jer 42:3
    73%

    3 That the Lord your God may make clear to us the way in which we are to go and what we are to do.

  • Isa 48:3
    73%

    3 I gave word in the past of the things which came about; they came from my mouth, and I made them clear: suddenly I did them, and they came about.

  • Isa 46:10
    71%

    10 Making clear from the first what is to come, and from past times the things which have not so far come about; saying, My purpose is fixed, and I will do all my pleasure;

  • Isa 45:21
    70%

    21 Give the word, put forward your cause, let us have a discussion together: who has given news of this in the past? who made it clear in early times? did not I, the Lord? and there is no God but me; a true God and a saviour; there is no other.

  • Jer 17:15
    70%

    15 See, they say to me, Where is the word of the Lord? let it come now.

  • Jer 5:20
    70%

    20 Say this openly in Jacob and give it out in Judah, saying,

  • Gen 41:28
    70%

    28 As I said to Pharaoh before, God has made clear to him what he is about to do.

  • Isa 29:14-15
    2 verses
    70%

    14 For this cause I will again do a strange thing among this people, a thing to be wondered at: and the wisdom of their wise men will come to nothing, and the sense of their guides will no longer be seen.

    15 Cursed are those who go deep to keep their designs secret from the Lord, and whose works are in the dark, and who say, Who sees us? and who has knowledge of our acts?

  • Job 15:17
    69%

    17 Take note and give ear to my words; and I will say what I have seen:

  • Isa 19:12
    69%

    12 Where, then, are your wise men? let them make clear to you, let them give you knowledge of the purpose of the Lord of armies for Egypt.

  • Jer 16:10
    69%

    10 And it will be, that when you say all these words to the people, then they will say to you, Why has the Lord done all this evil against us? what is our wrongdoing and what is our sin which we have done against the Lord our God?

  • Isa 41:1
    69%

    1 Come quietly before me, O sea-lands, and let the peoples get together their strength: let them come near; then let them say what they have to say: let us put forward our cause against one another.

  • Isa 42:23
    69%

    23 Who is there among you who will give ear to this? who will give attention to it for the time to come?

  • Jer 51:10
    69%

    10 The Lord has made clear our righteousness: come, and let us give an account in Zion of the work of the Lord our God.

  • Jer 2:10
    69%

    10 For go over to the sea-lands of Kittim and see; send to Kedar and give deep thought to it; and see if there has ever been such a thing.

  • Isa 45:11
    68%

    11 The Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, says, Will you put a question to me about the things which are to come, or will you give me orders about my sons, and the work of my hands?

  • Lam 3:40
    68%

    40 Let us make search and put our ways to the test, turning again to the Lord;

  • Isa 30:10-11
    2 verses
    68%

    10 Who say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Do not give us word of what is true, but say false things to give us pleasure:

    11 Get out of the good way, turning from the right road; do not keep the Holy One of Israel before our minds.

  • Isa 43:18
    68%

    18 Give no thought to the things which are past; let the early times go out of your minds.

  • Isa 46:8
    68%

    8 Keep this in mind and be shamed; let it come back to your memory, you sinners.

  • Jer 33:3
    68%

    3 Let your cry come to me, and I will give you an answer, and let you see great things and secret things of which you had no knowledge.

  • Jer 42:5
    68%

    5 Then they said to Jeremiah, May the Lord be a true witness against us in good faith, if we do not do everything which the Lord your God sends you to say to us.

  • Deut 4:32
    68%

    32 Give thought now to the days which are past, before your time, from the day when God first gave life to man on the earth, and searching from one end of heaven to the other, see if such a great thing as this has ever been, or if anything like it has been talked of in story.

  • Jer 37:19
    68%

    19 Where now are your prophets who said to you, The king of Babylon will not come against you and against this land?

  • Zeph 2:2
    68%

    2 Before the Lord sends you violently away in flight like the waste from the grain; before the burning wrath of the Lord comes on you, before the day of the Lord's wrath comes on you.

  • Prov 22:21
    68%

    21 To make you see how certain are true words, so that you may give a true answer to those who put questions to you?

  • Ps 78:6
    68%

    6 So that the generation to come might have knowledge of them, even the children of the future, who would give word of them to their children;

  • Job 34:4
    68%

    4 Let us make the decision for ourselves as to what is right; let us have the knowledge among ourselves of what is good.

  • Judg 18:5
    68%

    5 Then they said, Do get directions from God for us, to see if the journey on which we are going will have a good outcome.

  • Job 42:4
    68%

    4 Give ear to me, and I will say what is in my mind; I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.

  • Job 8:8
    67%

    8 Put the question now to the past generations, and give attention to what has been searched out by their fathers:

  • Isa 8:20
    67%

    20 Then say to them, Put your faith in the teaching and the witness. ... If they do not say such things. ... For him there is no dawn. ...

  • Job 36:9
    67%

    9 Then he makes clear to them what they have done, even their evil works in which they have taken pride.

  • Amos 3:7
    67%

    7 Certainly the Lord will do nothing without making clear his secret to his servants, the prophets.

  • Isa 42:18
    67%

    18 Give ear, you whose ears are shut; and let your eyes be open, you blind, so that you may see.