Isaiah 45:6

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

So that from the rising of the sun to its setting, people may know there is none besides me. I am the LORD, and there is no other.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לְמַ֣עַן יֵדְע֗וּ מִמִּזְרַח־שֶׁ֙מֶשׁ֙ וּמִמַּ֣עֲרָבָ֔ה כִּי־אֶ֖פֶס בִּלְעָדָ֑י אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה וְאֵ֥ין עֽוֹד

Transliteration

For-maʿan yēdĕʿû from-mizraḥ-šemeš and-from-maʿărābâ that-ʾepes bilʿādāy ʾănî YHWH and-ʾên ʿôd

Grammar Details

• *maʿan*: conjunction - so that/in order that
• *yēdĕʿû*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they will know
• *mizraḥ*: masculine singular construct - rising of
• *šemeš*: feminine singular noun - sun
• *maʿărābâ*: feminine singular noun - west/setting
• *ʾepes*: adverb - nothing/none
• *bilʿādāy*: preposition with 1st person suffix - without me/apart from me
• *ʾănî*: 1st person singular pronoun - I
• *ʾên*: particle of negation - there is not/there is no
• *ʿôd*: adverb - still/yet/besides

Word Meanings

• *yēdĕʿû*: they will know/they may know/they should know
• *mizraḥ*-*šemeš*: east/rising of the sun/sunrise
• *maʿărābâ*: west/setting/sunset/western region
• *ʾepes*: nothing/none/zero/end
• *bilʿādāy*: without me/apart from me/besides me

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none besides Me. I am the LORD, and there is no other.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  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.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  that it might be knowne from the risynge of the Sonne to the goinge downe of the same, that all is nothinge without me. For I am the LORDE, & there is els none.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  That they may knowe from the rising of the sunne and from the West, that there is none besides me. I am the Lord, and there is none other.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Therfore they shall knowe from the rising of the sunne, vnto the goyng downe of the same, that all is nothing without me: for I am the Lorde, and there is els none.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that [there is] none beside me. I [am] the LORD, and [there is] none else.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  that they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none besides me: I am Yahweh, and there is no one else.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  So that they 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,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  So that they may see from the east and from the west that there is no God but me: I am the Lord, and there is no other.

• World English Bible (2000)

  that they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none besides me. I am Yahweh, and there is no one else.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  I do this so people will recognize from east to west that there is no God but me; I am the LORD, I have no peer.

Referenced Verses

• Mal 1:11 : 11 For from the rising of the sun to its setting, my name will be great among the nations. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be brought to my name, because my name will be great among the nations, says the LORD of Hosts.
• Ps 46:10 : 10 He makes wars cease to the ends of the earth; He breaks the bow, cuts the spear in two, and burns the chariots with fire.
• Ps 83:18 : 18 Let them be ashamed and dismayed forever; let them be disgraced and perish.
• Ps 102:15-16 : 15 For your servants delight in her stones and show favor to her dust. 16 The nations will fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth your glory.
• Isa 37:20 : 20 Now, LORD our God, deliver us from his hand so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You, LORD, alone are God.
• Isa 45:5 : 5 I am the LORD, and there is no other; apart from me there is no God. I will strengthen you, though you do not acknowledge me.
• Ezek 38:23 : 23 Thus I will show my greatness and my holiness, and I will make myself known in the sight of many nations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.
• 1 Sam 17:46-47 : 46 'Today, the LORD will deliver you into my hand. I will strike you down and cut off your head. I will give the corpses of the Philistines’ army today to the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the earth. Then the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel.' 47 'And all those gathered here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the LORD saves; for the battle belongs to the LORD, and He will give you into our hands.'
• Ezek 39:21 : 21 I will display my glory among the nations, and all the nations will see the judgment I execute and the hand I lay on them.