Isaiah 48:7

KJV1611 – Modern English

They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the day when you heard them not; lest you should say, 'Behold, I knew them.'

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עַתָּ֤ה נִבְרְאוּ֙ וְלֹ֣א מֵאָ֔ז וְלִפְנֵי־י֖וֹם וְלֹ֣א שְׁמַעְתָּ֑ם פֶּן־תֹּאמַ֖ר הִנֵּ֥ה יְדַעְתִּֽין׃

Transliteration

Now nibreʾû and not from ʾāz and before yôm and not shemaʿtām lest tōʾmar behold yedaʿtîn

Grammar Details

• *nibreʾû*: niphal perfect 3rd person plural - they were created
• *ʾāz*: adverb - then/at that time/formerly
• *yôm*: masculine singular - day
• *shemaʿtām*: qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - you heard them
• *tōʾmar*: qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you would say
• *yedaʿtîn*: qal perfect 1st person singular + 3rd person feminine plural suffix - I knew them

Word Meanings

• *nibreʾû*: were created/were formed/came into being
• *ʾāz*: then/at that time/formerly/of old
• *yôm*: day/time/period
• *shemaʿtām*: you heard them/you listened to them
• *tōʾmar*: you would say/you might say
• *yedaʿtîn*: I knew them/I was aware of them/I was familiar with them

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  They are created now, not long ago; before today, you didn’t hear of them, so that you cannot say, 'Behold, I knew them.'

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the day when thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  They are created now, and not from of old; and before this day thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the day when thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And some done now not of olde time, wherof thou neuer herdest, before they were brought to passe: that thou canst not saye: I knewe of them.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  They are created now, and not of olde, and euen before this thou heardest them not, lest thou shouldest say, Beholde, I knewe them.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And some done of olde tyme, wherof thou neuer heardest before they were brought to passe, that thou canst not say, beholde I knewe of them.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the day when thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  They are created now, and not from of old; and before this day you didn't hear them; lest you should say, Behold, I knew them.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Now they have been produced and not from that time, Yea, before the day, and thou hast not heard them, Lest thou say, `Lo, I have known them.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  They are created now, and not from of old; and before this day thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  They are created now, and not from of old; and before this day thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  They have only now been effected, and not in the past: and before this day they had not come to your ears; for fear that you might say, I had knowledge of them.

• World English Bible (2000)

  They are created now, and not from of old; and before this day you didn't hear them; lest you should say, 'Behold, I knew them.'

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Now they come into being, not in the past; before today you did not hear about them, so you could not say,‘Yes, I know about them.’