Parallel Verses

Amplified


“Who has performed and done this,
Calling forth [and guiding the destinies of] the generations [of the nations] from the beginning?
‘I, the Lord—the first, and with the last [existing before history began, the ever-present, unchanging God]—I am He.’”

New American Standard Bible

Who has performed and accomplished it,
Calling forth the generations from the beginning?
I, the Lord, am the first, and with the last. I am He.’”

King James Version

Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he.

Holman Bible

Who has performed and done this,
calling the generations from the beginning?
I, Yahweh, am the first,
and with the last—I am He.”

International Standard Version

Who has performed and carried this out, calling the generations from the beginning? I, the LORD the first and will be with the last I am the One!"

A Conservative Version

Who has wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I, LORD, the first, and with the last, I am he.

American Standard Version

Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I, Jehovah, the first, and with the last, I am he.

Bible in Basic English

Whose purpose and work was it? His who sent out the generations from the start. I the Lord, the first, and with the last, I am he.

Darby Translation

Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I, Jehovah, the first; and with the last, I am HE.

Julia Smith Translation

Who made and did, calling the generations from the beginning? I Jehovah, the first, and with the last; I am he.

King James 2000

Who has performed and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Who has accomplished and done [this], calling the generations from [the] {beginning}? I, Yahweh, [am] first; and I [am] the one with [the] last.

Modern King James verseion

Who has planned and done it, calling forth the generations from the beginning? I, Jehovah, am the first and the last; I am He.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Who hath made, created, and called the generations from the beginning? Even I the LORD, which am the first, and with the last.

NET Bible

Who acts and carries out decrees? Who summons the successive generations from the beginning? I, the Lord, am present at the very beginning, and at the very end -- I am the one.

New Heart English Bible

Who has worked and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I, the LORD, the first, and with the last, I am he."

The Emphasized Bible

Who hath wrought and performed, Calling the generations, in advance? I, Yahweh, who am First, And with them who are last, I, am the Same!

Webster

Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he.

World English Bible

Who has worked and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I, Yahweh, the first, and with the last, I am he."

Youngs Literal Translation

Who hath wrought and done, Calling the generations from the first? I, Jehovah, the first, and with the last I am He.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
פּעל 
Pa`al 
Usage: 57

it, calling
קרא 
Qara' 
Usage: 736

דּר דּור 
Dowr 
Usage: 167

ראשׁ 
Ro'sh 
Usage: 598

I the Lord

Usage: 0

the first
ראשׁן ראשׁון 
Ri'shown 
Usage: 182

and with the last
אחרן אחרין 
'acharown 
Usage: 50

References

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

God

Morish

Smith

Context Readings

God Helps Israel

3
“He (Cyrus) pursues them and passes along safely,
By a way his feet had not traveled before.
4 
“Who has performed and done this,
Calling forth [and guiding the destinies of] the generations [of the nations] from the beginning?
‘I, the Lord—the first, and with the last [existing before history began, the ever-present, unchanging God]—I am He.’”
5
The islands and coastlands have seen and they fear;
The ends of the earth tremble;
They have drawn near and have come.


Cross References

Isaiah 41:26


Who [among the idols] has declared this from the beginning, so that we could know?
Or from earlier times, so that we could say, “He is [unquestionably] right!”?
In fact, there was no one who declared it,
Indeed, there was no one who proclaimed it;
There was no one at all who heard you speak [for you pagan gods are speechless].

Isaiah 48:12


“Listen to Me, O Jacob, and Israel, whom I called;
I am He, I am the First, I am the Last.

Revelation 1:17

When I saw Him, I fell at His feet as though dead. And He placed His right hand on me and said, “Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last [absolute Deity, the Son of God],

Revelation 22:13

I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End [the Eternal One].”

Isaiah 43:10


“You are My witnesses,” declares the Lord,
“And My servant whom I have chosen,
That you may know and believe Me
And understand that I am He.
Before Me there was no God formed,
And there will be none after Me.

Isaiah 46:10


Declaring the end and the result from the beginning,
And from ancient times the things which have not [yet] been done,
Saying, ‘My purpose will be established,
And I will do all that pleases Me and fulfills My purpose,’

Isaiah 44:6-7

“For the Lord, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts says this,

‘I am the First and I am the Last;
And there is no God besides Me.

Revelation 1:8

“I am the Alpha and the Omega [the Beginning and the End],” says the Lord God, “Who is [existing forever] and Who was [continually existing in the past] and Who is to come, the Almighty [the Omnipotent, the Ruler of all].”

Deuteronomy 32:7-8


“Remember the days of old,
Consider the years of many generations.
Ask your father, and he will inform you,
Your elders, and they will tell you.

Isaiah 40:12


Who has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand,
And marked off the heavens with a span [of the hand],
And calculated the dust of the earth with a measure,
And weighed the mountains in a balance
And the hills in a pair of scales?

Isaiah 40:26


Lift up your eyes on high
And see who has created these heavenly bodies,
The One who brings out their host by number,
He calls them all by name;
Because of the greatness of His might and the strength of His power,
Not one is missing.

Isaiah 42:24


Who gave up Jacob [the kingdom of Judah] for spoil, and [the kingdom of] Israel to the plunderers?
Was it not the Lord, He against whom we [of Judah] have sinned,
And in whose ways they [of Israel] were unwilling to walk,
And whose law and teaching they did not obey?

Isaiah 46:3-4


“Listen to Me,” [says the Lord], “O house of Jacob,
And all the remnant of the house of Israel,
You who have been carried by Me from your birth
And have been carried [in My arms] from the womb,

Isaiah 48:3-7


“I have declared the former things [which happened to Israel] in times past;
They went forth from My mouth and I proclaimed them;
Suddenly I acted, and they came to pass.

Matthew 1:23

Behold, the virgin shall be with child and give birth to a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel”—which, when translated, means, “God with us.”

Matthew 28:20

teaching them to observe everything that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always [remaining with you perpetually—regardless of circumstance, and on every occasion], even to the end of the age.”

Acts 15:18


Says the Lord,
Who has been making these things known from long ago.

Acts 17:26

And He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on the face of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands and territories.

Revelation 1:11

saying, “Write on a scroll what you see [in this revelation], and send it to the seven churches—to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.”

Revelation 2:8

“And to the angel (divine messenger) of the church in Smyrna write:

“These are the words of the First and the Last [absolute Deity, the Son of God] who died and came to life [again]:

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