Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Yea, thou hast not heard, Yea, thou hast not known, Yea, from that time not opened hath thine ear, For I have known thou dealest treacherously, And 'Transgressor from the belly,' One is crying to thee.
New American Standard Bible
Even from long ago your ear has not been open,
Because I knew that you would deal very treacherously;
And you have been called a
King James Version
Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.
Holman Bible
For a long time your ears have not been open.
For I knew that you were very treacherous,
and were known as a rebel from birth.
International Standard Version
And neither had you heard, nor did you understand, nor did you open your ear long ago. Indeed, I knew that you would act very deceitfully, and they would call you a rebel from birth.
A Conservative Version
Yea, thou heard not. Yea, thou knew not. Yea, from of old thine ear was not opened. For I knew that thou dealt very treacherously, and were called a transgressor from the womb.
American Standard Version
Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from of old thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou didst deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.
Amplified
“You have not heard, you have not known;
Even from long ago your ear has not been open.
For I [the Lord] knew that you [Israel] would act very treacherously;
You have been called a transgressor and a rebel from birth.
Bible in Basic English
Truly you had no word of them, no knowledge of them; no news of them in the past had come to your ears; because I saw how false was your behaviour, and that your heart was turned against me from your earliest days.
Darby Translation
Yea, thou heardest not, yea, thou knewest not, yea, from of old thine ear was not opened; for I knew that thou wouldest ever deal treacherously, and thou wast called a transgressor from the womb.
Julia Smith Translation
Also thou heardest not; also thou knewest not; also from then thine ear was not opened: for I knew, acting deceitfully, thou wilt act deceitfully, and it was called to thee transgressing from the womb.
King James 2000
Yea, you heard not; yea, you knew not; yea, from of old your ear was not opened: for I knew that you would deal very treacherously, and were called a transgressor from the womb.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Neither have you heard, nor have you known, nor from {of old} has your ear been opened. For I knew you would deal treacherously, very treacherously, and you [are] called a rebel from [the] womb.
Modern King James verseion
Yea, you did not hear; yea, you did not know; yea, from the time that your ear was not opened; for I surely know that you will betray and trespass; from the womb it was called to you.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Moreover, there be some whereof thou hast neither heard nor know, neither have they been open unto thine ears afore time. For I know that thou wouldest maliciously offend, therefore have I called thee a transgressor, even from thy mother's womb.
NET Bible
You did not hear, you do not know, you were not told beforehand. For I know that you are very deceitful; you were labeled a rebel from birth.
New Heart English Bible
Yes, you did not hear; yes, you did not know; yes, from of old your ear was not opened: for I knew that you dealt very treacherously, and was called a transgressor from the womb.
The Emphasized Bible
Nay! thou hadst not heard, Nay! thou hadst not known, Nay! in time past, thine ear, was not opened, - For I knew that thou, wouldst be treacherous, Yea a transgressor from birth, hast thou been called.
Webster
Yes, thou heardst not; yes, thou knewest not; yes, from that time that thy ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldst deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.
World English Bible
Yes, you didn't hear; yes, you didn't know; yes, from of old your ear was not opened: for I knew that you did deal very treacherously, and was called a transgressor from the womb.
Interlinear
Shama`
Yada`
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Pathach
Yada`
Bagad
Bagad
Qara'
Pasha`
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 48:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Yahweh Refines Stubborn Israel
7 Now they have been produced and not from that time, Yea, before the day, and thou hast not heard them, Lest thou say, 'Lo, I have known them.' 8 Yea, thou hast not heard, Yea, thou hast not known, Yea, from that time not opened hath thine ear, For I have known thou dealest treacherously, And 'Transgressor from the belly,' One is crying to thee. 9 For My name's sake I defer Mine anger, And My praise I restrain for thee, So as not to cut thee off.
Cross References
Psalm 58:3
The wicked have been estranged from the womb, They have erred from the belly, speaking lies.
Deuteronomy 9:7-24
Remember -- do not forget -- that with which thou hast made Jehovah thy God wroth in the wilderness; even from the day that thou hast come out of the land of Egypt till your coming in unto this place rebels ye have been with Jehovah;
Psalm 40:6
Sacrifice and present Thou hast not desired, Ears Thou hast prepared for me, Burnt and sin-offering Thou hast not asked.
Psalm 51:5
Lo, in iniquity I have been brought forth, And in sin doth my mother conceive me.
Psalm 139:1-4
To the Overseer. -- A Psalm by David. Jehovah, Thou hast searched me, and knowest.
Isaiah 6:9-10
And He saith, 'Go, and thou hast said to this people, Hear ye -- to hear, and ye do not understand, And see ye -- to see, and ye do not know.
Isaiah 21:2
A hard vision hath been declared to me, The treacherous dealer is dealing treacherously, And the destroyer is destroying. Go up, O Elam, besiege, O Media, All its sighing I have caused to cease.
Isaiah 26:11
O Jehovah, high is Thy hand -- they see not, They see the zeal of the people, and are ashamed, Also, the fire -- Thine adversaries, consumeth them.
Isaiah 29:10-11
For poured out on you hath Jehovah a spirit of deep sleep, And He closeth your eyes -- the prophets, And your heads -- the seers -- He covered.
Isaiah 42:19-20
Who is blind but My servant? And deaf as My messenger I send? Who is blind as he who is at peace, Yea, blind, as the servant of Jehovah?
Isaiah 46:8
Remember this, and shew yourselves men, Turn it back, O transgressors, to the heart.
Isaiah 48:4
From my knowing that thou art obstinate, And a sinew of iron thy neck, And thy forehead brass,
Isaiah 50:5
The Lord Jehovah opened for me the ear, And I rebelled not -- backward I moved not.
Jeremiah 3:7-11
And I say, after her doing all these, Unto Me thou dost turn back, and she hath not turned back, and see it doth her treacherous sister Judah.
Jeremiah 3:20
But -- a woman hath deceived her friend, So ye have dealt treacherously with Me, O house of Israel, an affirmation of Jehovah.
Jeremiah 5:11
For dealt treacherously against Me have the house of Israel, And the house of Judah, an affirmation of Jehovah.
Jeremiah 5:21
Hear ye, I pray you, this, O people, foolish and without heart, Eyes they have, and they see not, Ears they have, and they hear not.
Jeremiah 6:10
To whom do I speak, and testify, and they hear? Lo, their ear is uncircumcised, And they are not able to attend. Lo, a word of Jehovah hath been to them for a reproach, They delight not in it.
Ezekiel 16:3-5
Thus said the Lord Jehovah to Jerusalem: Thy birth and thy nativity Are of the land of the Canaanite, Thy father the Amorite, and thy mother a Hittite.
Hosea 5:7
Against Jehovah they dealt treacherously, For strange sons they have begotten, Now consume them doth a month with their portions.
Hosea 6:7
And they, as Adam, transgressed a covenant, There they dealt treacherously against me.
Malachi 2:11
Dealt treacherously hath Judah, And abomination hath been done in Israel, and in Jerusalem, For polluted hath Judah the holy thing of Jehovah, That He hath loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.
Matthew 13:13-15
'Because of this, in similes do I speak to them, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor understand,
John 12:39-40
Because of this they were not able to believe, that again Isaiah said,
Ephesians 2:3
among whom also we all did walk once in the desires of our flesh, doing the wishes of the flesh and of the thoughts, and were by nature children of wrath -- as also the others,