Parallel Verses

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 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.

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.’”

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.

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 pursues them and passes by unharmed; he advances with great speed. 4 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. 5 The coastlands see and are afraid; the whole earth trembles; they approach and come.

Cross References

Isaiah 41:26

Who decreed this from the beginning, so we could know? Who announced it ahead of time, so we could say, 'He's correct'? Indeed, none of them decreed it! Indeed, none of them announced it! Indeed, no one heard you say anything!

Isaiah 48:12

Listen to me, O Jacob, Israel, whom I summoned! I am the one; I am present at the very beginning and at the very end.

Revelation 1:17

When I saw him I fell down at his feet as though I were dead, but he placed his right hand on me and said: "Do not be afraid! I am the first and the last,

Revelation 22:13

I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end!)

Isaiah 43:10

You are my witnesses," says the Lord, "my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may consider and believe in me, and understand that I am he. No god was formed before me, and none will outlive me.

Isaiah 46:10

who announces the end from the beginning and reveals beforehand what has not yet occurred, who says, 'My plan will be realized, I will accomplish what I desire,'

Isaiah 44:6-7

This is what the Lord, Israel's king, says, their protector, the Lord who commands armies: "I am the first and I am the last, there is no God but me.

Revelation 1:8

"I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God -- the one who is, and who was, and who is still to come -- the All-Powerful!

Deuteronomy 32:7-8

Remember the ancient days; bear in mind the years of past generations. Ask your father and he will inform you, your elders, and they will tell you.

Isaiah 40:12

Who has measured out the waters in the hollow of his hand, or carefully measured the sky, or carefully weighed the soil of the earth, or weighed the mountains in a balance, or the hills on scales?

Isaiah 40:26

Look up at the sky! Who created all these heavenly lights? He is the one who leads out their ranks; he calls them all by name. Because of his absolute power and awesome strength, not one of them is missing.

Isaiah 42:24

Who handed Jacob over to the robber? Who handed Israel over to the looters? Was it not the Lord, against whom we sinned? They refused to follow his commands; they disobeyed his law.

Isaiah 46:3-4

"Listen to me, O family of Jacob, all you who are left from the family of Israel, you who have been carried from birth, you who have been supported from the time you left the womb.

Isaiah 48:3-7

"I announced events beforehand, I issued the decrees and made the predictions; suddenly I acted and they came to pass.

Matthew 1:23

"Look! The virgin will conceive and bear a son, and they will call him Emmanuel," which means "God with us."

Matthew 28:20

teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age."

Acts 15:18

known from long ago.

Acts 17:26

From one man he made every nation of the human race to inhabit the entire earth, determining their set times and the fixed limits of the places where they would live,

Revelation 1:11

saying: "Write in a book what you see and send it to the seven churches -- to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea."

Revelation 2:8

"To the angel of the church in Smyrna write the following: "This is the solemn pronouncement of the one who is the first and the last, the one who was dead, but came to life:

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