Isaiah 43:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

But now, this is what the LORD who created you says, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְעַתָּ֞ה כֹּֽה־אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ בֹּרַאֲךָ֣ יַעֲקֹ֔ב וְיֹצֶרְךָ֖ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אַל־תִּירָא֙ כִּ֣י גְאַלְתִּ֔יךָ קָרָ֥אתִי בְשִׁמְךָ֖ לִי־אָֽתָּה׃

Transliteration

And ʿattâ thus ʾāmar YHWH your bōrēʾ Yaʿaqōb and your yōṣēr Yiśrāʾēl not tîrāʾ for I have gāʾaltî you, I have qārāʾtî by your šēm to-me-you.

Grammar Details

• *ʿattâ*: adverb - now
• *ʾāmar*: perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - said/declared
• *YHWH*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh
• *bōrēʾ*: participle, masculine singular construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - creator of you
• *Yaʿaqōb*: proper noun - Jacob
• *yōṣēr*: participle, masculine singular construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - former/shaper of you
• *Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *tîrāʾ*: imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular with negative particle - (do not) fear
• *gāʾaltî*: perfect, 1st person singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - redeemed you
• *qārāʾtî*: perfect, 1st person singular - called/named
• *šēm*: noun, masculine singular construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - name/reputation

Word Meanings

• *bōrēʾ*: creator/maker/fashioner
• *yōṣēr*: former/fashioner/shaper
• *gāʾaltî*: redeemed/ransomed/reclaimed
• *qārāʾtî*: called/summoned/named

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  But now this is what the LORD says— He who created you, Jacob, He who formed you, Israel: 'Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are Mine.'

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  But now thus saith Jehovah 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.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  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.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Bvt now, the LORDE that made the (o Iacob) and he that fashioned the (o Israel) saieth thus: Feare not, for I will defende ye. I haue called ye by thy name, thou art myne owne.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Bvt nowe thus sayeth the Lorde, that created thee, O Iaakob: and hee that formed thee, O Israel, Feare not: for I haue redeemed thee: I haue called thee by thy name, thou art mine.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  But nowe the Lorde that made thee O Iacob, and he that fashioned thee O Israel saith thus: feare not, for I haue redeemed thee, I haue called thee by thy name, thou art mine owne.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ 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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  But now thus says Yahweh who created you, Jacob, and he who formed you, Israel: Don't be afraid, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name, you are mine.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And now, thus said Jehovah, Thy Creator, O Jacob, and thy Fashioner, O Israel, Be not afraid, for I have redeemed thee, I have called on thy name -- thou `art' Mine.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  But now thus saith Jehovah 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.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  But now thus saith Jehovah 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.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  But now, says the Lord your Maker, O Jacob, and your life-giver, O Israel: have no fear, for I have taken up your cause; naming you by your name, I have made you mine.

• World English Bible (2000)

  But now thus says Yahweh who created you, Jacob, and he who formed you, Israel: "Don't be afraid, for I have redeemed you. I have called you by your name. You are mine.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The Lord Will Rescue His People Now, this is what the LORD says, the one who created you, O Jacob, and formed you, O Israel:“Don’t be afraid, for I will protect you. I call you by name, you are mine.

Referenced Verses

• Isa 43:7 : 7 Everyone who is called by My name: for I have created him for My glory, I have formed him; yes, I have made him.
• Zech 13:9 : 9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them as gold is tested; they shall call on my name, and I will hear them; I will say, It is my people, and they shall say, The LORD is my God.
• Isa 44:2 : 2 Thus says the LORD that made you, and formed you from the womb, who will help you; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and you, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.
• Isa 45:3-4 : 3 And I will give you the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that you may know that I, the LORD, who calls you by your name, am the God of Israel. 4 For Jacob My servant's sake, and Israel My chosen, I have even called you by your name: I have given you a title of honor, though you have not known Me.
• Acts 27:25 : 25 Therefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it will be just as it was told to me.
• Jer 50:34 : 34 Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name: he shall thoroughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
• Isa 43:21 : 21 This people I have formed for Myself; they shall declare My praise.
• Gen 32:28 : 28 And he said, Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince you have power with God and with men, and have prevailed.
• Isa 41:14 : 14 Fear not, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel; I will help you, says the LORD, and your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
• Isa 42:6 : 6 I the LORD have called you in righteousness, and will hold your hand, and will keep you, and give you for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;
• Jer 31:3 : 3 The LORD appeared to me long ago, saying, Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn you.
• Isa 62:12 : 12 And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD: and you shall be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken.
• Heb 8:8-9 : 8 For finding fault with them, He says, Behold, the days come, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah: 9 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they did not continue in my covenant, and I did not regard them, says the Lord. 10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord; I will put my laws into their minds, and write them on their hearts: and I will be their God, and they shall be my people:
• Mal 3:17 : 17 And they shall be mine, says the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spares his own son who serves him.
• Ezek 16:8 : 8 Now when I passed by you, and looked upon you, behold, your time was the time of love; and I spread my garment over you, and covered your nakedness; yes, I swore to you, and entered into a covenant with you, says the Lord GOD, and you became mine.
• Ps 102:18 : 18 This shall be written for the generation to come, that the people who shall be created shall praise the LORD.
• Isa 44:21-24 : 21 Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; for you are my servant: I have formed you; you are my servant: O Israel, you shall not be forgotten by me. 22 I have blotted out, like a thick cloud, your transgressions, and, like a cloud, your sins: return to me; for I have redeemed you. 23 Sing, O heavens; for the LORD has done it: shout, you lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, you mountains, O forest, and every tree in it: for the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel. 24 Thus says the LORD, your redeemer, and he who formed you from the womb, I am the LORD who makes all things; who stretches forth the heavens alone; who spreads abroad the earth by myself;
• Isa 44:5-6 : 5 One shall say, I am the LORD'S; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall write with his hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel. 6 Thus says the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God.
• Isa 43:14-15 : 14 Thus says 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 shout is in the ships. 15 I am the LORD, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King.
• Isa 35:9-9 : 9 No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up on it, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there: 10 And the ransomed of the LORD shall return and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads; they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
• Exod 15:13 : 13 In your mercy you have led forth the people whom you have redeemed: you have guided them in your strength to your holy habitation.
• Exod 19:5-6 : 5 Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to me above all people; for all the earth is mine: 6 And you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel.
• Exod 33:17 : 17 And the LORD said to Moses, I will do this thing also that you have spoken: for you have found grace in my sight, and I know you by name.
• Deut 32:9 : 9 For the LORD's portion is his people; Jacob is the place of his inheritance.
• Ps 100:3 : 3 Know that the LORD, He is God; it is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.
• Jer 33:24 : 24 Do you not consider what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the LORD has chosen, he has even cast them off? Thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them.
• Jer 33:26 : 26 Then I will cast away the descendants of Jacob and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his descendants to be rulers over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them.
• Isa 49:1 : 1 Listen to me, O islands; and hear me, you people from afar; The LORD has called me from the womb; from my mother's body he has made mention of my name.
• Isa 54:4-5 : 4 Fear not; for you shall not be ashamed: neither be you confounded; for you shall not be put to shame: for you shall forget the shame of your youth, and shall not remember the reproach of your widowhood anymore. 5 For your Maker is your husband; the LORD of hosts is His name; and your Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall He be called.
• Acts 27:20 : 20 And when neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then lost.
• Rev 5:9 : 9 And they sang a new song, saying, You are worthy to take the book and to open its seals, for You were slain and have redeemed us to God by Your blood out of every tribe, language, people, and nation,
• Eph 2:10 : 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God has before ordained that we should walk in them.
• 2 Tim 2:19 : 19 Nevertheless, the solid foundation of God stands, having this seal: "The Lord knows those who are His," and, "Let everyone who names the name of Christ depart from iniquity."
• Titus 2:14 : 14 Who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for Himself a special people, zealous for good works.
• Isa 63:16 : 16 Doubtless you are our Father, though Abraham is ignorant of us, and Israel does not acknowledge us: you, O LORD, are our Father, our Redeemer; your name is from everlasting.
• Isa 48:17 : 17 Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD your God who teaches you to profit, who leads you by the way you should go.