Isaiah 40:21

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been told to you from the beginning? Have you not understood since the foundations of the earth?

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Have you not known? Have you not heard? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Have ye not known?{H3045} have yet not heard?{H8085} hath it not been told{H5046} you from the beginning?{H7218} have ye not understood{H995} from the foundations{H4146} of the earth?{H776}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Have ye not known{H3045}{(H8799)}? have ye not heard{H8085}{(H8799)}? hath it not been told{H5046}{(H8717)} you from the beginning{H7218}? have ye not understood{H995}{(H8689)} from the foundations{H4146} of the earth{H776}?

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Knowe ye not this? Herde ye neuer of it? Hath it not bene preached vnto you sence the hegynnynge? Haue ye not bene enfourmed of this, sence the foundacion of ye earth was layde:

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Know ye nothing? haue ye not heard it? hath it not bene tolde you from the beginning? haue ye not vnderstand it by the foundation of the earth?

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Knowe ye nothyng? hearde ye neuer of it? hath it not ben preached vnto you since the beginning? haue ye not ben enfourmed of this by the foundation of the earth?

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Have you not known? have yet not heard? has it not been told you from the beginning? have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Do ye not know -- do ye not hear? Hath it not been declared from the first to you? Have ye not understood `From' the foundations of the earth?

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Have ye not known? have yet not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Have ye not known? have yet not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Have you no knowledge of it? has it not come to your ears? has not news of it been given to you from the first? has it not been clear to you from the time when the earth was placed on its base?

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Haven't you known? Haven't you heard, yet? Haven't you been told from the beginning? Haven't you understood from the foundations of the earth?

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Do you not know? Do you not hear? Has it not been told to you since the very beginning? Have you not understood from the time the earth’s foundations were made?

Referenced Verses

  • Acts 14:17 : 17 Yet, he did not leave himself without a witness, for he gave you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling you with food and gladness in your hearts.
  • Rom 1:19-21 : 19 For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. 20 For since the creation of the world, His invisible attributes—His eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse. 21 For although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God or give thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened.
  • Rom 1:28 : 28 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
  • Rom 3:1-2 : 1 What advantage is there, then, in being a Jew? Or what benefit is there in circumcision? 2 Much in every way! First of all, they were entrusted with the very words of God.
  • Ps 19:1-5 : 1 For the choirmaster: A psalm of David. 2 The heavens declare the glory of God, and the expanse proclaims the work of His hands. 3 Day after day they pour forth speech, and night after night they reveal knowledge. 4 There is no speech; there are no words; their voice is not heard. 5 Yet their message has gone out into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world. In the heavens, He has pitched a tent for the sun.
  • Ps 50:6 : 6 The heavens declare His righteousness, for God Himself is judge. Selah.
  • Ps 115:8 : 8 Those who make them become like them, as do all who trust in them.
  • Isa 27:11 : 11 When its boughs are dry, they are broken; women come and light them on fire. For this is a people without understanding; therefore, their Maker will not have compassion on them, and their Creator will not show them favor.
  • Isa 44:20 : 20 He feeds on ashes. A deceived heart has led him astray, and he cannot save himself or say, 'Isn't there a lie in my right hand?'
  • Isa 46:8 : 8 Remember this and show yourselves to be men; take it to heart, you transgressors.
  • Isa 48:13 : 13 Indeed, My own hand laid the foundation of the earth, and My right hand spread out the heavens. When I call to them, they stand together.
  • Isa 51:13 : 13 You have forgotten the Lord, your Maker, who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth. You live in constant fear every day because of the anger of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy. But where is the fury of the oppressor?
  • Jer 10:8-9 : 8 They are all senseless and foolish; their instruction comes from worthless idols. 9 Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish and gold from Uphaz—the work of the craftsman and of the goldsmith. Their clothing is blue and purple, all made by skilled workers. 10 But the Lord is the true God; He is the living God, the eternal King. When He is angry, the earth trembles; the nations cannot endure His wrath. 11 Tell them this: 'The gods who did not make the heavens and the earth will perish from the earth and from under the heavens.' 12 God made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.

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