KJV King James Version
I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
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Isaiah 45:19
I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
I have not spoken in secret, from a place in a land of darkness. I did not say to the descendants of Jacob, ‘Seek Me in a wasteland.’ I, the LORD, speak the truth; I say what is right.
WEB World English Bible
I have not spoken in secret, in a place of the land of darkness. I didn’t say to the seed of Jacob, ‘Seek me in vain.’ I, Yahweh, speak righteousness. I declare things that are right.
ASV American Standard Version
I have not spoken in secret, in a place of the land of darkness; I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I, Jehovah, speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Not in secret have I spoken, in a dark place of the earth, I have not said to the seed of Jacob, In vain seek ye Me, I am Jehovah, speaking righteousness, Declaring uprightness.
Surrounding context — Isaiah 45
16 They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall go to confusion together [that are] makers of idols.
17 [But] Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.
18 For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I [am] the LORD; and [there is] none else.
19 I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
20 Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye [that are] escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god [that] cannot save.
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.
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לֹ֧אH3808 · lonotבַסֵּ֣תֶרH5643 · se.tersecrecyדִּבַּ֗רְתִּיH1696 · da.varto speak: speakבִּמְקוֹם֙H4725 · ma.qomplaceאֶ֣רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetחֹ֔שֶׁךְH2822 · cho.shekhdarknessלֹ֥אH3808 · lonotאָמַ֛רְתִּיH559 · a.marto sayלְזֶ֥רַעH2233 · ze.raseedיַעֲקֹ֖בH3290 · ya.a.qovJacobתֹּ֣הוּH8414 · to.huformlessnessבַקְּשׁ֑וּנִיH1245 · ba.qashto seekאֲנִ֤יH589 · a.niIיְהוָה֙H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDדֹּבֵ֣רH1696 · da.varto speak: speakצֶ֔דֶקH6664 · tse.deqrighteousnessמַגִּ֖ידH5046 · na.gadto tellמֵישָׁרִֽים׃H4339 · me.sharuprightness
Cross-references
Isaiah 48:16Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there [am] I: and now the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent me.Amos 5:4For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:Numbers 23:19-20God [is] not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do [it]? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?Jeremiah 29:13-14And ye shall seek me, and find [me], when ye shall search for me with all your heart.Proverbs 30:5Every word of God [is] pure: he [is] a shield unto them that put their trust in him.John 18:20Jesus answered him, I spake openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews always resort; and in secret have I said nothing.Psalm 9:10And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.Psalm 69:32The humble shall see [this, and] be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God.Psalm 111:7-8The works of his hands [are] verity and judgment; all his commandments [are] sure.James 4:3Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume [it] upon your lusts.Malachi 3:13-14Your words have been stout against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, What have we spoken [so much] against thee?Proverbs 15:8The sacrifice of the wicked [is] an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright [is] his delight.1 Chronicles 28:8Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of the LORD, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek for all the commandments of the LORD your God: that ye may possess this good land, and leave [it] for an inheritance for your children after you for ever.Psalm 69:13But as for me, my prayer [is] unto thee, O LORD, [in] an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.Psalm 19:7-10The law of the LORD [is] perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD [is] sure, making wise the simple.Proverbs 8:1-4Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?Isaiah 8:19And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?Deuteronomy 29:29The secret [things belong] unto the LORD our God: but those [things which are] revealed [belong] unto us and to our children for ever, that [we] may do all the words of this law.
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