Subject: Isai 41:2 referring to Christ or Cyrus? |
Bible Note: Dear Ray: Thanks for your reply. Good to hear from you first thing this morning. I honestly don't know the answer to the question you had for me. The best I could do was quote Isa 41:4 from several translations. Let me know if you find the answer, will you? Happy Easter to you! --JVH0212 . . . Q: While I'm talking with you, why do you suppose the word "with" is in Isa 41:4? A: I don't know. It just is. See the various translations below. . . . Isa 41:4 (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. . . . 41:4 (The 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. . . . 41:4 ( Young's Literal Translation ) Who hath wrought and done, Calling the generations from the first? I, Jehovah, the first, and with the last I [am] He. . . . 41:4 (The 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.[13] Note 13 (translator's notes) (41:4) Heb "I, the LORD, [am with] the first, and with the last ones I [am] he." |