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Isaiah 45:4–5

For the sake of my servant Jacob,

and Israel my chosen,

vI call you by your name,

wI name you, though you do not know me.

xI am the Lord, and there is no other,

besides me there is no God;

yI equip you, though you do not know me,

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Isaiah 45:4–5 — The New International Version (NIV)

For the sake of Jacob my servant,

of Israel my chosen,

I summon you by name

and bestow on you a title of honor,

though you do not acknowledge me.

I am the Lord, and there is no other;

apart from me there is no God.

I will strengthen you,

though you have not acknowledged me,

Isaiah 45:4–5 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

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.

I am the Lord, and there is none else,

There is no God beside me:

I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:

Isaiah 45:4–5 — New Living Translation (NLT)

“And why have I called you for this work?

Why did I call you by name when you did not know me?

It is for the sake of Jacob my servant,

Israel my chosen one.

I am the Lord;

there is no other God.

I have equipped you for battle,

though you don’t even know me,

Isaiah 45:4–5 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

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.

I am the Lord, and there is no other;

There is no God besides Me.

I will gird you, though you have not known Me,

Isaiah 45:4–5 — New Century Version (NCV)

I do these things for my servants, the people of Jacob,

and for my chosen people, the Israelites.

Cyrus, I call you by name,

and I give you a title of honor even though you don’t know me.

I am the Lord. There is no other God;

I am the only God.

I will make you strong,

even though you don’t know me,

Isaiah 45:4–5 — American Standard Version (ASV)

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. I am Jehovah, and there is none else; besides me there is no God. I will gird thee, though thou hast not known me;

Isaiah 45:4–5 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

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;

I am Jehovah, and there is none else; there is no God beside me: I girded thee, and thou hast not known me;

Isaiah 45:4–5 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

For the sake of my servant Jacob, 

Israel, my chosen one, 

I have called you by name. 

I have given you a title of honor, although you don’t know me. 

I am the Lord, and there is no other. 

There is no other God besides me. 

I will strengthen you, although you don’t know me, 

Isaiah 45:4–5 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

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.

I am Yahweh, and there is no other;

there is no God but Me.

I will strengthen you,

though you do not know Me,

Isaiah 45:4–5 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

For the sake of my servant Jacob,

and Israel my chosen,

I call you by your name,

I surname you, though you do not know me.

I am the Lord, and there is no other;

besides me there is no god.

I arm you, though you do not know me,

Isaiah 45:4–5 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

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.

I am Yahweh, and there is none besides me;

besides me there is no god.

I gird you though you do not know me,

Isaiah 45:4–5 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

Cyrus, I am sending for you by name.

I am doing it for the good of the family of Jacob.

They are my servants.

I am doing it for Israel.

They are my chosen people.

You do not know anything about me.

But I am giving you a title of honor.

I am the Lord. There is no other Lord.

I am the one and only God.

You do not know anything about me.

But I will make you strong.

Isaiah 45:4–5 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

“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.

“I am the Lord, and there is no other;

Besides Me there is no God.

I will gird you, though you have not known Me;


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