Isaiah 41:4

Isaiah 41:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the Lord, the first, and with the last; I am he.
• New International Version (NIV)Who has done this and carried it through, calling forth the generations from the beginning? I, the Lord—with the first of them and with the last—I am he.”
• New King James Version (NKJV)Who has performed and done it, Calling the generations from the beginning? ‘I, the Lord, am the first; And with the last I am He.’ ”
• New Living Translation (NLT)Who has done such mighty deeds, summoning each new generation from the beginning of time? It is I, the Lord, the First and the Last. I alone am he.”

Context of Isaiah 41:4

2Who stirred up one from the east whom victory meets at every step? He gives up nations before him, so that he tramples kings underfoot; he makes them like dust with his sword, like driven stubble with his bow. 3He pursues them and passes on safely, by paths his feet have not trod. Who has performed and done this, calling the generations from the beginning? I, the Lord, the first, and with the last; I am he. 5The coastlands have seen and are afraid; the ends of the earth tremble; they have drawn near and come. 6Everyone helps his neighbor and says to his brother, "Be strong!"

Isaiah 41:4 word by word

מִֽי־פָעַ֣ל וְעָשָׂ֔ה קֹרֵ֥א הַדֹּר֖וֹת מֵרֹ֑אשׁ אֲנִ֤י יְהוָה֙ רִאשׁ֔וֹן וְאֶת־אַחֲרֹנִ֖ים אֲנִי־הֽוּא׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Who hath wroughtפָּעַלpâ‛al · to workH6466
• and doneעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• callingקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call toH7121
• the generationsדּוֹרdôr dôr · generationH1755
• from the beginningרֹאשׁrô'sh · head: firstH7218
• I the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• the firstרִאשׁוֹןri'shôn ri'shôn · firstH7223
• and with the lastאַחֲרוֹן'achăryôn 'achărôn · lastH314

Cross-references for Isaiah 41:4

• Isaiah 41:26Who declared it from the beginning, that we might know, and beforehand, that we might say, "He is right"? There was none who declared it, none who proclaimed, none who heard your words.
• Isaiah 40:12Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand and marked off the heavens with a span, enclosed the dust of the earth in a measure and weighed the mountains in scales and the hills in a balance?
• Isaiah 42:24Who gave up Jacob to the looter, and Israel to the plunderers? Was it not the Lord, against whom we have sinned, in whose ways they would not walk, and whose law they would not obey?
• Isaiah 44:7Who is like me? Let him proclaim it. Let him declare and set it before me, since I appointed an ancient people. Let them declare what is to come, and what will happen.
• Isaiah 46:10declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, 'My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose,'
• Isaiah 48:3"The former things I declared of old; they went out from my mouth, and I announced them; then suddenly I did them, and they came to pass.
• Deuteronomy 32:7Remember the days of old; consider the years of many generations; ask your father, and he will show you, your elders, and they will tell you.
• Acts 15:18known from of old.'
• Acts 17:26And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place,
• Isaiah 43:10"You are my witnesses," declares the Lord, "and my servant whom I have chosen, that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor shall there be any after me.
• Isaiah 44:6Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts: "I am the first and I am the last; besides me there is no god.
• Isaiah 48:12"Listen to me, O Jacob, and Israel, whom I called! I am he; I am the first, and I am the last.
• Revelation 1:11saying, "Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea."
• Revelation 2:8"And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: 'The words of the first and the last, who died and came to life.
• Revelation 22:13I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end."
• Isaiah 46:3"Listen to me, O house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, who have been borne by me from before your birth, carried from the womb;

Commentaries on Isaiah 41:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Who hath wrought and done it "Who hath performed and made these things" - A word is here lost out of the text. It is sups plied by an ancient MS., אלה elleh, "these things; "and by the Septuagint, ; and by the Vulgate, haec; and by the Chaldee, אלן elin ; all of the same meaning.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Who hath wrought and done it? - By whom has all this been accomplished? Has it been by the arm of Cyrus? Has it been by human skill and powers. The design of this question is obvious. It is to direct attention to the fact that all this had been done by God, and that he who had raised up such a man, and had accomplished all this by means of him, had power to deliver his people. Calling the generations from the beginning - The idea here seems to be, that…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4the generations from the beginning?: God rules over everything. From the very beginning, he has guided each stage of history according to his plan. In the book of Revelation, Jesus calls himself the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End (Revelation 1:8, 17; 2:8; 21:6; 22:13). I am He: The Lord alone is God (see also Isaiah 43:10, 13; 46:4; 48:12; Deuteronomy 32:39). Jesus used similar expressions for himself (see John…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. Who--else but God? calling ... generations from ... beginning--The origin and position of all nations are from God (De 32:8; Ac 17:26); what is true of Cyrus and his conquests is true of all the movements of history from the first; all are from God. with the last--that is, the last (Is 44:6; 48:12).Read the comment

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Commentaries on Isaiah 41

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings