Isaiah 45 · Verse 6

Isaiah 45:6

That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the Lord, and there is none else.

Isaiah 45:6, King James Version

Isaiah 45:6 in other translations

BSB	so that all may know, from where the sun rises to where it sets, that there is none but Me; I am the LORD, and there is no other.
WEB	that they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is no one besides me. I am the LORD, and there is no one else.
ASV	that they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none besides me: I am Jehovah, and there is none else.
YLT	So that they know from the rising of the sun, And from the west, that there is none besides Me, I am Jehovah, and there is none else,
DARBY	— that they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the going down, that there is none beside me. I am Jehovah, and there is none else;
BBE	So that they may see from the east and from the west that there is no God but me: I am the Lord, and there is no other.
Webster	That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none besides me. I am the LORD, and there is none else.

What does Isaiah 45:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

6. From the rising to the setting of the sun, that is, from east to west, the whole habitable world. It is not said, "from north to south," for that would not imply the habitable world, as, "from east to west" does (Ezr 1:1, &c.). The conquest of Jerusalem by Babylon, the capital of the world, and the overthrow of Babylon and restoration of the Jews by Cyrus, who expressly acknowledged himself to be but the instrument in God's hands, were admirably suited to secure, throughout the world, the acknowledgment of Jehovah as the only true God.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 45:5-10

There is no God beside Jehovah. There is nothing done without him. He makes peace, put here for all good; and creates evil, not the evil of sin, but the evil of punishment. He is the Author of all that is true, holy, good, or happy; and evil, error, and misery, came into the world by his permission, through the wilful apostacy of his creatures, but are restrained and overruled to his righteous purpose. This doctrine…

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Isaiah 45:6 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

לְמַ֣עַןle.Ma.'anso thatH4616

יֵדְע֗וּye.de.'Uthey may knowH3045

מִמִּזְרַח\־mi.miz.rach-from [the] rising ofH4217

שֶׁ֙מֶשׁ֙she.mesh[the] sunH8121

וּמִמַּ֣עֲרָבָ֔הu.mi.Ma.'a.ra.Vahand from setting place itsH4628

כִּי\־ki-thatH3588

אֶ֖פֶס'E.fesnothingH657

בִּלְעָדָ֑יbil.'a.Dai[is] apart from meH1107

אֲנִ֥י'a.NiIH589

יְהוָ֖הYah.weh[am] YahwehH3068

וְאֵ֥יןve.'Einand there notH369

עֽוֹד\׃od[is] yetH5750

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Isaiah 45:6

Malachi 1:11
For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of hosts.
Isaiah 37:20
Now therefore, O Lord our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the Lord, even thou only.
Isaiah 45:5
I am the Lord, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:
Psalms 46:10
Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
Ezekiel 38:23
Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the Lord.
Psalms 83:18
That men may know that thou, whose name alone is Jehovah, art the most high over all the earth.
1 Samuel 17:46-47
This day will the Lord deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. And all this assembly shall know that the Lord saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the Lord’s, and he will give you into our hands.
Psalms 102:15-16
So the heathen shall fear the name of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth thy glory. When the Lord shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.
Ezekiel 39:21
And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

37:20; 1Sa 17:46,47; Ps 46:10; 83:18; 102:15,16; Eze 38:23; 39:21
Mal 1:11

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

Isaiah 45:5
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 45:6
That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the Lord, and there is none else.
Isaiah 45:7
I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.

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Isaiah 45:6 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Para que se sepa desde el nacimiento del sol, y desde donde se pone, que no hay más que yo; yo Jehová, y ninguno más que yo:
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	afin qu’ils sachent, depuis le lever du soleil et depuis le couchant, qu’il n’y en a point hors moi. Moi, je suis l’ Éternel, et il n’y en a pas d’autre,
German Elberfelder 1871	auf daß man wisse vom Aufgang der Sonne und von ihrem Niedergang her, daß außer mir gar keiner ist. Ich bin Jehova, und sonst ist keiner!
Latin Clementine Vulgate	ut sciant hi qui ab ortu solis et qui ab occidente, quoniam absque me non est: ego Dominus, et non est alter: