Parallel Verses

The Emphasized Bible

For the sake of my servant Jacob, Even Israel my chosen Therefore have I called unto thee by thy name, I give thee a title though thou hast not known me, -

New American Standard Bible

“For the sake of Jacob My servant,
And Israel My chosen one,
I have also called you by your name;
I have given you a title of honor
Though you have not known Me.

King James Version

For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.

Holman Bible

I call you by your name,
because of Jacob My servant
and Israel My chosen one.
I give a name to you,
though you do not know Me.

International Standard Version

For the sake of Jacob my servant, Israel my chosen, I've called you, and he has established you with a name, although you have not acknowledged me.

A Conservative Version

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.

American Standard Version

For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel my chosen, I have called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.

Amplified


“For the sake of Jacob My servant,
And of Israel My chosen,
I have also called you by your name;
I have given you an honorable name
Though you have not known Me.

Bible in Basic English

Because of Jacob my servant, and Israel whom I have taken for myself, I have sent for you by name, giving you a name of honour, though you had no knowledge of me.

Darby Translation

For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have called thee by thy name; I surnamed thee, though thou didst not know me;

Julia Smith Translation

For sake of my servant Jacob, and Israel my chosen, and I will call to thee by thy name:.and I will address thee, and thou knewest me not

King James 2000

For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel my elect, I have even called you by your name: I have named you, though you have not known me.

Lexham Expanded Bible

for the sake of my servant Jacob, and Israel my chosen one. And I call you by your name; I give you a name of honor, though you do not know me.

Modern King James verseion

For Jacob My servant's sake, and Israel My elect, I have even entitled you. I have named you, though you have not known me.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

and that for Jacob my servant's sake, and for Israel my chosen. For I called thee by name, and ordained thee before thou knewest me.

NET Bible

For the sake of my servant Jacob, Israel, my chosen one, I call you by name and give you a title of respect, even though you do not recognize me.

New Heart English Bible

For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel my chosen, I have called you by your name. I have surnamed you, though you have not known me.

Webster

For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel my elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me:

World English Bible

For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel my chosen, I have called you by your name. I have surnamed you, though you have not known me.

Youngs Literal Translation

For the sake of my servant Jacob, And of Israel My chosen, I call also thee by thy name, I surname thee, And thou hast not known Me.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
יעקב 
Ya`aqob 
Usage: 349

עבד 
`ebed 
Usage: 800

sake, and Israel
ישׂראל 
Yisra'el 
Usage: 2505

בּחיר 
Bachiyr 
Usage: 13

קרא 
Qara' 
Usage: 736

שׁם 
Shem 
Usage: 865

כּנה 
Kanah 
Usage: 4

References

Context Readings

Cyrus, God's Instrument

3 Then will I give thee The treasures of darkness, Even the hoards of hidden places, - That thou mayest get to know That I - Yahweh, who am calling thee by thy name, am the God of Israel. 4 For the sake of my servant Jacob, Even Israel my chosen Therefore have I called unto thee by thy name, I give thee a title though thou hast not known me, - 5 I, am Yahweh, and there is none else, Besides me, there is no God, - I gird thee, though thou hast not known me:



Cross References

Isaiah 41:8-9

But, thou, Israel, my Servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, - The seed of Abraham my loving one;

Acts 17:23

For, passing through, and carefully observing your objects of devotion, I found an altar also, in which was inscribed - Unto an Unknown God. What, therefore, not knowing, ye reverence, the same, do, I, declare unto you.

Isaiah 44:1

Now, then - hear, O Jacob, my Servant, - and Israel whom I have chosen:

Exodus 19:5-6

Now, therefore, if ye will, indeed hearken, to my voice, And keep my covenant, Then shall ye be mine as a treasure beyond all the peoples, For, mine, is all the earth;

Isaiah 43:3-4

For, I, - Yahweh, am, Thy God, The Holy One of Israel Ready to save thee, - I have given, as thy ransom, Egypt, Ethiopia and Seba, in thy stead.

Isaiah 43:14

Thus saith Yahweh, Your Redeemer, The Holy One of Israel, - For your sakes, have I sent into Babylon, And will bring down as fugitives, all of them, - Even the Chaldeans, in the ships which cause them loud outcry.

Isaiah 44:28-1

Who saith of Cyrus - My Shepherd! and All my pleasure, shall he make good Even saying of Jerusalem - She shall be built! And of the temple - Be her foundation laid!

Jeremiah 50:17-20

A sheep all alone, is Israel Lions, have driven him away, - At the first, the king of Assyria devoured him, And here, at the last, I Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones!

Matthew 24:22

And, except those days had been shortened, no flesh had been saved; but, for the sake of the chosen, those days shall be shortened.

Mark 13:20

And, save that the Lord hath shortened the days, no flesh should be saved; but, for the sake of the chosen of whom he hath made choice, he hath shortened the days.

Romans 9:6

It is not, however, as though the word of God had failed; for, not all they who are of Israel, the same are Israel.

Romans 11:7

What then? That which Israel seeketh after, the same, it hath not obtained: - the election, however, have obtained it, and, the rest, have been hardened; -

Galatians 4:8-9

But, at that time - not knowing God, ye were in servitude unto them who, by nature, are not Gods;

Ephesians 2:12

That ye were, in that season, separate from Christ, alienated from the citizenship of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and godless in the world;

1 Thessalonians 4:5

Not with a passion of coveting, - just as even the nations who know not God, -

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