Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
I am LORD, and there is none else. Besides me there is no God. I will gird thee, though thou have not known me,
New American Standard Bible
I will
King James Version
I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:
Holman Bible
there is no God but Me.
I will strengthen
though you do not know Me,
International Standard Version
I am the LORD, and there is no other besides me: and there are no gods. I'm strengthening you, although you have not acknowledged me,
American Standard Version
I am Jehovah, and there is none else; besides me there is no God. I will gird thee, though thou hast not known me;
Amplified
“I am the Lord, and there is no one else;
There is no God except Me.
I will embrace and arm you, though you have not known Me,
Bible in Basic English
I am the Lord, and there is no other; there is no God but me: I will make you ready for war, though you had no knowledge of me:
Darby Translation
I am Jehovah, and there is none else; there is no God beside me: I girded thee, and thou hast not known me;
Julia Smith Translation
I am Jehovah, and none yet, no God besides me: I will gird thee and thou knewest me not:
King James 2000
I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God besides me: I girded you, though you have not known me:
Lexham Expanded Bible
I [am] Yahweh, and there is none besides [me]; besides me there is no god. I gird you though you do not know me,
Modern King James verseion
I am Jehovah, and there is none else, no God besides Me; I clothed you, though you have not known Me;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Even I the LORD, before whom there is none other: for without me there is no God. I have prepared thee before thou knewest me:
NET Bible
I am the Lord, I have no peer, there is no God but me. I arm you for battle, even though you do not recognize me.
New Heart English Bible
I am the LORD, and there is no other. Besides me, there is no God. I will strengthen you, though you have not known me;
The Emphasized Bible
I, am Yahweh, and there is none else, Besides me, there is no God, - I gird thee, though thou hast not known me:
Webster
I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God besides me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:
World English Bible
I am Yahweh, and there is none else. Besides me, there is no God. I will strengthen you, though you have not known me;
Youngs Literal Translation
I am Jehovah, and there is none else, Except Me there is no God, I gird thee, and thou hast not known Me.
Interlinear
'elohiym
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 45:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Cyrus, God's Instrument
4 For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel my chosen, I have called thee by thy name. I have surnamed thee, though thou have not known me. 5 I am LORD, and there is none else. Besides me there is no God. I will gird thee, though thou have not known me, 6 that they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none besides me. I am LORD, and there is none else.
Cross References
Isaiah 44:8
Fear ye not, nor be afraid. Have I not declared to thee of old, and shown it? And ye are my witnesses. Is there a God besides me? Yea, there is no Rock. I know not any.
Psalm 18:39
For thou have girded me with strength to the battle. Thou have subdued under me those who rose up against me.
Job 12:21
He pours contempt upon rulers, and weakens the strength of the strong.
Isaiah 22:21
And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy belt. And I will commit thy government into his hand, and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.
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,
John 1:1
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Deuteronomy 4:35
It was shown to thee, that thou might know that LORD he is God. There is none else besides him.
Deuteronomy 4:39
Know therefore this day, and lay it to thy heart, that LORD he is God in heaven above and upon the earth beneath. There is none else.
Deuteronomy 32:39
See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me. I kill, and I make alive. I wound, and I heal. And there is none that can deliver out of my hand.
1 Kings 8:60
that all the peoples of the earth may know that LORD, he is God; there is none else.
Ezra 1:2
Thus says Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth has LORD, the God of heaven, given me, and he has charged me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
Job 12:18
He loosens the bond of kings, and he binds their loins with a belt.
Psalm 18:32
the God who girds me with strength, and makes my way perfect?
Isaiah 44:6
Thus says LORD, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, LORD of hosts: I am the first, and I am the last, and besides me there is no God.
Isaiah 45:14-18
Thus says LORD: The labor of Egypt, and the merchandise of Ethiopia, and the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over to thee, and they shall be thine. They shall go after thee. In chains they shall come over, and they shall fall d
Isaiah 45:21-22
Declare ye, and bring [it] forth. Yea, let them take counsel together. Who has shown this from ancient time? Who has declared it of old? Have not I, LORD? And there is no other God besides me, a just God and a Savior. There is none
Joel 2:27
And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am LORD your God, and there is none else. And my people shall never be put to shame.
Hebrews 1:8-9
But toward the Son, Thy throne, O God, is into the age of the age. The scepter of thy kingdom is a scepter of straightness.