Isaiah 44:6

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כֹּֽה־אָמַ֨ר יְהוָ֧ה מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל וְגֹאֲל֖וֹ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֑וֹת אֲנִ֤י רִאשׁוֹן֙ וַאֲנִ֣י אַחֲר֔וֹן וּמִבַּלְעָדַ֖י אֵ֥ין אֱלֹהִֽים׃

Transliteration

kōh-ʾāmar YHWH meleḵ-yiśrāʾēl wə-gōʾălô YHWH ṣəḇāʾôt ʾănî rišôn wa-ʾănî ʾaḥărôn û-mibbalʿāday ʾên ʾĕlōhîm

Grammar Details

• *kōh-ʾāmar*: adverb + verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - thus says/said
• *YHWH*: proper noun, divine name - LORD
• *meleḵ-yiśrāʾēl*: noun, masculine singular construct + proper noun - king of Israel
• *wə-gōʾălô*: conjunction + verb, qal participle, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and his redeemer
• *ṣəḇāʾôt*: noun, masculine plural - of hosts/armies
• *ʾănî*: personal pronoun, 1st person singular - I
• *rišôn*: adjective, masculine singular - first
• *wa-ʾănî*: conjunction + personal pronoun, 1st person singular - and I
• *ʾaḥărôn*: adjective, masculine singular - last
• *û-mibbalʿāday*: conjunction + preposition + 1st person singular suffix - and besides me
• *ʾên*: negative particle - there is not
• *ʾĕlōhîm*: noun, masculine plural - God/gods

Word Meanings

• *gōʾălô*: his redeemer/kinsman-redeemer/rescuer
• *ṣəḇāʾôt*: of hosts/of armies/of heavenly forces
• *rišôn*: first/foremost/beginning
• *ʾaḥărôn*: last/final/latter
• *mibbalʿāday*: besides me/apart from me/without me
• *ʾĕlōhîm*: God/gods/divine beings

Referenced Verses

• Isa 41:4 : 4 Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he.
• Rev 1:8 : 8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
• Isa 48:12 : 12 Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.
• Rev 22:13 : 13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.
• Isa 43:10-11 : 10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. 11 I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour.
• Isa 44:8 : 8 Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.
• Isa 48:17 : 17 Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.
• Isa 42:8 : 8 I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
• Isa 43:1 : 1 But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.
• Isa 44:24 : 24 Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;
• Isa 45:5-6 : 5 I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me: 6 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.
• Deut 6:4 : 4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:
• 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: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.
• Deut 4:35 : 35 Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the LORD he is God; there is none else beside him.
• Isa 45:21-22 : 21 Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me. 22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
• Isa 43:14-15 : 14 Thus saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships. 15 I am the LORD, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King.
• Isa 41:14 : 14 Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
• Isa 37:16 : 16 O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made heaven and earth.
• Isa 59:20 : 20 And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD.
• Rev 2:8 : 8 And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;
• Deut 4:39 : 39 Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the LORD he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else.
• Isa 33:22 : 22 For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; he will save us.
• Isa 37:20 : 20 Now therefore, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD, even thou only.
• 1 Tim 3:16 : 16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
• Rev 1:17-18 : 17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last: 18 {G2532} I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
• Jer 50:34 : 34 Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
• Mal 1:14 : 14 But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.
• Matt 25:34 : 34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
• Matt 27:37 : 37 And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
• Isa 54:5 : 5 For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
• Isa 41:21 : 21 Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.
• Rev 1:11 : 11 Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.