Isaiah 65:24

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Before they call, I will answer; while they are still speaking, I will hear.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהָיָ֥ה טֶֽרֶם־יִקְרָ֖אוּ וַאֲנִ֣י אֶעֱנֶ֑ה ע֛וֹד הֵ֥ם מְדַבְּרִ֖ים וַאֲנִ֥י אֶשְׁמָֽע׃

Transliteration

and-hayah before-yiqraʾu and-ʾani ʾeʿeneh still they medabberim and-ʾani ʾeshmaʿ

Grammar Details

• *hayah*: Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it will be
• *yiqraʾu*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will call
• *ʾani*: 1st person singular pronoun - I
• *ʾeʿeneh*: Qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I will answer
• *medabberim*: Piel participle, masculine plural - speaking
• *ʾeshmaʿ*: Qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I will hear

Word Meanings

• *hayah*: it will be/it will come to pass/it will happen
• *yiqraʾu*: they will call/they will cry out/they will summon
• *ʾani*: I (emphatic)
• *ʾeʿeneh*: I will answer/I will respond/I will reply
• *medabberim*: speaking/talking/declaring
• *ʾeshmaʿ*: I will hear/I will listen/I will heed

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  It shall come to pass that before they call, I will answer; and while they are still speaking, I will hear.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And it shall come to pass that, before they call,{H7121} I will answer;{H6030} and while they are yet speaking,{H1696} I will hear.{H8085}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And it shall come to pass, that before they call{H7121}{(H8799)}, I will answer{H6030}{(H8799)}; and while they are yet speaking{H1696}{(H8764)}, I will hear{H8085}{(H8799)}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And it shalbe, that or euer they call, I shal answere them. Whyle they are yet but thinkinge how to speake, I shal heare them.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Yea, before they call, I will answere, and whiles they speake, I will heare.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And it shalbe, that or euer they call, I shall aunswere them, whyle they are yet but thinking howe to speake, I shal heare them.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  It shall happen that, before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And it hath come to pass, They do not yet call, and I answer, They are yet speaking, and I hear.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And it shall come to pass that, before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And it shall come to pass that, before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And before they make their request I will give an answer, and while they are still making prayer to me, I will give ear.

• World English Bible (2000)

  It shall happen that, before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Before they even call out, I will respond; while they are still speaking, I will hear.

Referenced Verses

• Dan 10:12 : 12 Then he said, 'Do not be afraid, Daniel. From the first day that you set your heart to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come because of your words.'
• 1 John 5:14-15 : 14 This is the confidence we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 15 And if we know that He hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we already have what we have asked of Him.
• Isa 58:9 : 9 Then you will call, and the Lord will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say: 'Here I am.' If you remove the yoke from among you, the pointing finger, and malicious talk.
• Mark 11:24 : 24 'Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.'
• Ps 91:15 : 15 He will call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him.
• Ps 32:5 : 5 Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity. I said, 'I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,' and you forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah.
• Ps 50:15 : 15 Call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will glorify me.
• Isa 55:6 : 6 Seek the LORD while he may be found; call upon him while he is near.
• Dan 9:20-23 : 20 While I was speaking, praying, confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my petition before the LORD my God concerning the holy mountain of my God, 21 while I was still praying, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision earlier, came to me in swift flight at the time of the evening sacrifice. 22 He gave me understanding and said, 'Daniel, I have now come to give you insight and understanding. 23 At the beginning of your pleas, a word went out, and I have come to tell you, for you are highly esteemed. So consider the word and understand the vision.'
• Luke 15:18-20 : 18 I will rise up and go to my father and say to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. 19 I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Treat me as one of your hired servants.’ 20 And he rose up and went to his father. But while he was still far off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion; he ran, embraced him, and kissed him.
• Acts 4:31 : 31 After they prayed, the place where they were gathered was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak the word of God with boldness.
• Acts 10:30-32 : 30 Cornelius replied, 'Four days ago at this very hour, I was fasting and praying in my house at three in the afternoon, and suddenly a man in shining clothes stood before me. 31 He said, 'Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your acts of charity have been remembered before God. 32 Send someone to Joppa and summon Simon, who is called Peter. He is staying as a guest in the house of Simon, a tanner, by the sea.'
• Acts 12:5-9 : 5 So Peter was kept in prison, but the church fervently prayed to God for him. 6 The night before Herod was to bring him out, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, while guards stood watch in front of the door of the prison. 7 Suddenly, an angel of the Lord appeared, and a light shone in the cell. Striking Peter on the side to wake him, the angel said, 'Get up quickly.' Immediately, the chains fell off Peter's hands. 8 The angel said to him, 'Get dressed and put on your sandals.' Peter did so. Then the angel said, 'Wrap your cloak around you and follow me.' 9 Peter followed him out, but he did not realize that what was happening through the angel was real; he thought he was seeing a vision. 10 After they passed the first and second guard posts, they came to the iron gate leading to the city, which opened for them by itself. They went out and walked one street, and immediately the angel left him. 11 When Peter came to himself, he said, 'Now I truly know that the Lord sent His angel and rescued me from Herod's grasp and from all that the Jewish people were expecting.' 12 Realizing this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John who is also called Mark, where many people had gathered together and were praying. 13 When he knocked on the door of the gate, a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer. 14 Recognizing Peter's voice, she was so overjoyed that she did not open the gate but ran inside to announce that Peter was standing at the gate. 15 They said to her, 'You are out of your mind.' But she kept insisting that it was so. Then they said, 'It must be his angel.' 16 Peter, however, kept knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were amazed.