KJV King James Version
Remember the former things of old: for I [am] God, and [there is] none else; [I am] God, and [there is] none like me,
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Isaiah 46:9
Remember the former things of old: for I [am] God, and [there is] none else; [I am] God, and [there is] none like me,
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Remember what happened long ago, for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me.
WEB World English Bible
Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me;
ASV American Standard Version
Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Remember former things of old, For I am Mighty, and there is none else, God—and there is none like Me.
Surrounding context — Isaiah 46
6 They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, [and] hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship.
7 They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, [one] shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
8 Remember this, and shew yourselves men: bring [it] again to mind, O ye transgressors.
9 Remember the former things of old: for I [am] God, and [there is] none else; [I am] God, and [there is] none like me,
10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times [the things] that are not [yet] done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
11 Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken [it], I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed [it], I will also do it.
12 Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that [are] far from righteousness:
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Isaiah 45:21-22Tell 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.Isaiah 42:9Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.Isaiah 46:5To whom will ye liken me, and make [me] equal, and compare me, that we may be like?Psalm 111:4He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: the LORD [is] gracious and full of compassion.Deuteronomy 33:26[There is] none like unto the God of Jeshurun, [who] rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.Isaiah 45:18For 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.Deuteronomy 32:7Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee.Isaiah 65:17For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.Isaiah 45:5-6I [am] the LORD, and [there is] none else, [there is] no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:Nehemiah 9:7-37Thou [art] the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;Jeremiah 23:7-8Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that they shall no more say, The LORD liveth, which brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;Isaiah 45:14Thus saith the LORD, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, [saying], Surely God [is] in thee; and [there is] none else, [there is] no God.Daniel 9:6-15Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, which spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.Psalm 105:1-45O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people.Psalm 78:1-72Maschil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, [to] my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
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