Passage

Isaiah 43.14

Book: Isaiah · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

"12. I have declared, and I have saved, and I have showed; and there was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith Jehovah, and I am God. 13. Yea, since the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who can hinder it?"

"14. Thus saith Jehovah, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and I will bring down all of them as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, in the ships of their rejoicing."

"15. I am Jehovah, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King. 16. Thus saith Jehovah, who maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;" (Isaiah 43:12-16, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

"12. I have declared, I have saved, and I have shown; and there was no strange god among you. Therefore you are my witnesses”, says Yahweh, “and I am God. 13. Yes, since the day was I am he; and there is no one who can deliver out of my hand. I will work, and who can hinder it?”"

"14. Yahweh, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel says: “For your sake, I have sent to Babylon, and I will bring all of them down as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, in the ships of their rejoicing."

"15. I am Yahweh, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King.” 16. Yahweh, who makes a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters says:" (Isaiah 43:12-16, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

"12. I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when there was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, that I am God. 13. Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it? ^{let it: Heb. turn it back?}"

"14. Thus saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships. ^{nobles: Heb. bars}"

"15. I am the LORD, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King. 16. Thus saith the LORD, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;" (Isaiah 43:12-16, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

"12. I, I declared, and saved, and proclaimed, And there is no stranger with you, And ye [are] My witnesses, an affirmation of Jehovah, And I [am] God. 13. Even from the day I [am] He, And there is no deliverer from My hand, I work, and who doth turn it back?"

"14. Thus said Jehovah, your Redeemer, The Holy One of Israel: 'For your sake I have sent to Babylon, And caused bars to descend, all of them, And the Chaldeans, whose song [is] in the ships."

"15. I [am] Jehovah, your Holy One, Creator of Israel, your King.' 16. Thus said Jehovah, Who is giving in the sea a way, And in the strong waters a path." (Isaiah 43:12-16, YLT)

Setting

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap.

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Quoted in

H1350 - goel

Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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