Isaiah 45:4 — compare English translations
Compare translationsIsaiah 45:4 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
לְמַ֨עַן֙
maʻan
H4616
for the sake of
עַבְדִּ֣י
ʻebed
H5650
servant
יַעֲקֹ֔ב
Yaʻăqôb
H3290
Jacob
וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל
Yisrâʼêl
H3478
Israel
בְּחִירִ֑י
bâchîyr
H972
chosen
וָאֶקְרָ֤א
qârâʼ
H7121
to call
לְךָ֙
בִּשְׁמֶ֔ךָ
shêm
H8034
name
אֲכַנְּךָ֖
kânâh
H3655
to surname
וְלֹ֥א
lôʼ
H3808
not
יְדַעְתָּֽנִי
yâdaʻ
H3045
to know
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel my chosen, I have called you by your name: I have surnamed you, though you have not known me.
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King James Version Public Domain
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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
For the sake of my servant Jacob, and Israel my chosen, I have called you by your name. I have surnamed you, though you have not known me.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).