KJV King James Version
Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Isaiah 42:9
Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Behold, the former things have happened, and now I declare new things. Before they spring forth I proclaim them to you.”
WEB World English Bible
Behold, the former things have happened, and I declare new things. I tell you about them before they come up.”
ASV American Standard Version
Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare; before they spring forth I tell you of them.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
The former things, lo, have come, And new things I am declaring, Before they spring up I cause you to hear.
Surrounding context — Isaiah 42
6 I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;
7 To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, [and] them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
8 I [am] the LORD: that [is] my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
9 Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.
10 Sing unto the LORD a new song, [and] his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof.
11 Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up [their voice], the villages [that] Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.
12 Let them give glory unto the LORD, and declare his praise in the islands.
Topics connected to this verse
Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
הָרִֽאשֹׁנ֖וֹתH7223 · ri.shonfirstהִנֵּה־H2009 · hin.nehbeholdבָ֑אוּH935 · boto come (in): comeוַֽחֲדָשׁוֹת֙H2319 · cha.dashNew (Gate)אֲנִ֣יH589 · a.niIמַגִּ֔ידH5046 · na.gadto tellבְּטֶ֥רֶםH2962 · te.rembeforeתִּצְמַ֖חְנָהH6779 · tsa.machto springאַשְׁמִ֥יעH8085 · sha.mato hear: hearאֶתְכֶֽם׃ פH853 · et[Obj.]
Cross-references
Isaiah 43:19Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, [and] rivers in the desert.Isaiah 46:9-10Remember the former things of old: for I [am] God, and [there is] none else; [I am] God, and [there is] none like me,John 13:19Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am [he].2 Peter 1:19-21We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:Isaiah 44:7-8And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them shew unto them.Joshua 23:14-15And, behold, this day I [am] going the way of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, [and] not one thing hath failed thereof.Isaiah 41:22-23Let them bring [them] forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what they [be], that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come.Joshua 21:45There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.1 Kings 8:15-20And he said, Blessed [be] the LORD God of Israel, which spake with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled [it], saying,1 Peter 1:10-12Of which salvation the prophets have inquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace [that should come] unto you:Genesis 15:12-16And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.1 Kings 11:36And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.Acts 15:18Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.
CLASSIC COMMENTARY & PREACHING
Spurgeon on Isaiah 42:9
Read Charles H. Spurgeon material whose primary Scripture is this verse or passage.
HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION
Compare classic commentaries on Isaiah 42:9
Put Matthew Henry, Adam Clarke, Calvin, Wesley, Barnes, Jamieson–Fausset–Brown, Aquinas’ Catena and other public-domain sources beside the passage.
Compare commentaries →