Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Know ye not this? Heard ye never of it? Hath it not been preached unto you since the beginning? Have ye not been informed of this since the foundation of the earth was laid?
New American Standard Bible
Has it not been declared to you from the beginning?
Have you not understood
King James Version
Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?
Holman Bible
Have you not heard?
Has it not been declared to you
from the beginning?
Have you not considered
the foundations of the earth?
International Standard Version
"You know, don't you? You have heard, haven't you? Hasn't it been told you from the beginning? Haven't you understood from the foundations of the earth?
A Conservative Version
Have ye not known? Have yet not heard? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?
American Standard Version
Have ye not known? have yet not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?
Amplified
Do you [who worship idols] not know? Have you not heard?
Has it not been told to you from the beginning?
Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth [the omnipotence of God and the stupidity of bowing to idols]?
Bible in Basic English
Have you no knowledge of it? has it not come to your ears? has not news of it been given to you from the first? has it not been clear to you from the time when the earth was placed on its base?
Darby Translation
do ye not know? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood the foundation of the earth?
Julia Smith Translation
Will ye not know? will ye not hear? was it not announced to you from the beginning? did ye not understand from the foundations of the earth?
King James 2000
Have you not known? have you not heard? has it not been told you from the beginning? have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Have you not known? Have you not heard? Has it not been told to you from [the] {beginning}? Have you not understood [from] the foundation of the earth?
Modern King James verseion
Have you not known? Have you not heard? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?
NET Bible
Do you not know? Do you not hear? Has it not been told to you since the very beginning? Have you not understood from the time the earth's foundations were made?
New Heart English Bible
Haven't you known? Haven't you heard, yet? Haven't you been told from the beginning? Haven't you understood from the foundations of the earth?
The Emphasized Bible
Have ye never taken note? Have ye never heard? Hath it not from the beginning, been told you? Have ye not been led to discern, from the foundations of the earth?
Webster
Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?
World English Bible
Haven't you known? Haven't you heard, yet? Haven't you been told from the beginning? Haven't you understood from the foundations of the earth?
Youngs Literal Translation
Do ye not know -- do ye not hear? Hath it not been declared from the first to you? Have ye not understood From the foundations of the earth?
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 40:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
Comfort For God's People
20 Moreover, shall the image maker, that the poor man which is disposed may have something to set up also, seek out and choose a tree, that is not rotten, and carve thereout an image, that moveth not? 21 Know ye not this? Heard ye never of it? Hath it not been preached unto you since the beginning? Have ye not been informed of this since the foundation of the earth was laid? 22 That he sitteth upon the Circle of the world, and that all the inhabiters of the world are, in comparison of him, but as grasshoppers; That he spreadeth out the heavens as a covering, he stretcheth them out as a tent to dwell in;
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Acts 14:17
Nevertheless, he left not himself without witness, in that he showed his benefits, in giving us rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness."
Psalm 19:1-5
{To the Chanter, a Psalm of David} The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament showeth his handiwork.
Psalm 50:6
And the heavens shall declare his righteousness, for God is judge himself. Selah.
Psalm 115:8
They that make them, are like unto them; and so are all such as put their trust in them.
Isaiah 27:11
Their harvest shall be burnt; their wives, which were their beauty when they came forth, shall be defiled. For it is a people without understanding, and therefore he that created them, shall not favour them; and he that made them, shall not be merciful to them.
Isaiah 44:20
The keeping of dust, and foolishness of heart hath turned them aside: so that none of them can have a free conscience to think, "Do not I err?"
Isaiah 46:8
Consider this well, and be ashamed. Go into your own selves, O ye renegades.
Isaiah 48:13
My hand is the foundation of the earth, and my right hand spanneth over the heavens. As soon as I called them they were there.
Isaiah 51:13
and forgettest the LORD that made thee, that spread out the heavens and laid the foundation of the earth? But thou art ever afraid for the sight of thine oppressor, which is ready to do harm: Where is the wrath of the oppressor?
Jeremiah 10:8-12
They are altogether unlearned and unwise. All their cunning is but vanity:
Romans 1:19-21
Seeing what may be known of God, that same is manifest among them: For God did show it unto them.
Romans 1:28
And as it seemed not good unto them to be a known of God, even so God delivered them up unto a lewd mind, that they should do those things which were not comely,
Romans 3:1-2
What preferment, then, hath the Jew? Other, what advantageth circumcision?