Isaiah 65:24

KJV1611 – Modern English

It shall come to pass that before they call, I will answer; and 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

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

• 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.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

• 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 to me, Fear not, Daniel; for 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 in response to your words.
• 1 John 5:14-15 : 14 And this is the confidence that we have in Him, that 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 have the petitions that we desired of Him.
• Isa 58:9 : 9 Then you shall call, and the LORD shall answer; you shall cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If you take away the yoke from among you, the pointing of the finger, and speaking vanity;
• Mark 11:24 : 24 Therefore I say to you, Whatever things you desire, when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you shall have them.
• Ps 91:15 : 15 He shall 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 I acknowledged my sin to You, and my iniquity I did not hide. I said, I will confess my transgressions to the LORD, and You forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
• Ps 50:15 : 15 And call upon Me in the day of trouble: I will deliver you, and you shall 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 And while I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my petition before the LORD my God for the holy mountain of my God; 21 Yes, while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me at the time of the evening offering. 22 And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I have now come forth to give you skill and understanding. 23 At the beginning of your petitions the commandment came forth, and I have come to show you; for you are greatly beloved: therefore, understand the matter, and consider the vision.
• Luke 15:18-20 : 18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you, 19 And am no longer worthy to be called your son: make me like one of your hired servants. 20 And he arose and came to his father. But while he was still a great way off, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
• Acts 4:31 : 31 And when they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.
• Acts 10:30-32 : 30 And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing, 31 And said, Cornelius, your prayer is heard, and your alms are remembered in the sight of God. 32 Send therefore to Joppa, and call here Simon, whose surname is Peter; he is staying in the house of one Simon a tanner by the seaside: when he comes, he will speak to you.
• Acts 12:5-9 : 5 So Peter was kept in prison, but constant prayer was made to God for him by the church. 6 And when Herod was about to bring him out, that night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and the guards before the door were keeping the prison. 7 And behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the prison. He struck Peter on the side and raised him up, saying, 'Arise quickly!' And his chains fell off his hands. 8 And the angel said to him, 'Get dressed and put on your sandals.' And he did so. And he said to him, 'Wrap your cloak around yourself and follow me.' 9 And he went out and followed him, and did not know that what was done by the angel was real, but thought he was seeing a vision. 10 When they had passed the first and the second guard posts, they came to the iron gate that leads to the city, which opened to them by itself; and they went out and went down one street, and immediately the angel departed from him. 11 And when Peter had come to himself, he said, 'Now I know for certain that the Lord has sent his angel, and has delivered me from the hand of Herod and from all the expectation of the Jewish people.' 12 And when he considered this, he came to the house of Mary, the mother of John, whose surname was Mark, where many were gathered together praying. 13 And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a servant girl named Rhoda came to listen. 14 When she recognized Peter's voice, because of her gladness she did not open the gate, but ran in and announced that Peter stood before the gate. 15 And they said to her, 'You are mad.' But she insisted that it was so. Then they said, 'It is his angel.' 16 But Peter continued knocking; and when they opened the door and saw him, they were amazed.