Isaiah 46 · Verse 9

Isaiah 46:9

Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,
Isaiah 46:9, King James Version

Isaiah 46:9 in other translations

BSBRemember what happened long ago, for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me.
WEBRemember the former things of old; for I am God, and there is no other. I am God, and there is none like me.
ASVRemember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me;
YLTRemember former things of old, For I am Mighty, and there is none else, God--and there is none like Me.
DARBYRemember the former things of old; for I amGod, and there is none else; I amGod, and there is none like me;
BBELet the things which are past come to your memory: for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is no one like me;
WebsterRemember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,

What does Isaiah 46:9 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
9. former--namely, proofs of the sole Godship of Jehovah, from predictions fulfilled, and interpositions of God in behalf of Israel (Is 45:5).

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

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 46:5-13

Here the folly of those who made idols, and then prayed to them, is exposed. How does the profuseness of idolaters shame the niggardliness of many who call themselves God's servants, but are for a religion which costs them nothing! The service of sin always costs a great deal. God puts it to them what senseless, helpless things idols are. Let, then, the Jews show themselves men, avoiding such abominations. Many…

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Isaiah 46:9 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.

זִכְר֥וּzikh.RurememberH2142
רִאשֹׁנ֖וֹתri.sho.Notformer [things]H7223
מֵעוֹלָ֑םme.'o.Lamfrom long agoH5769
כִּ֣יkiforH3588
אָנֹכִ֥י'a.no.KhiIH595
אֵל֙'el[am] GodH410
וְאֵ֣יןve.'Einand there notH369
ע֔וֹדod[is] yetH5750
אֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimGodH430
וְאֶ֥פֶסve.'E.fesand there notH657
כָּמֽוֹנִי\׃ka.Mo.ni[is] like meH3644

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

Cross references for Isaiah 46:9

  • Isaiah 45:21-22

    Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the Lord? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me. Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.

  • Isaiah 42:9

    Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.

  • Isaiah 46:5

    To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?

  • Psalms 111:4

    He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: the Lord is gracious and full of compassion.

  • Deuteronomy 33:26

    There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.

  • Deuteronomy 32:7

    Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee.

  • Isaiah 45:18

    For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the Lord; and there is none else.

  • Isaiah 65:17

    For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.

  • Nehemiah 9:7-37

    Thou art the Lord the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham; And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it, I say, to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous: And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea; And shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them. So didst thou get thee a name, as it is this day. …

  • Isaiah 45:5-6

    I am the Lord, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me: 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.

  • Jeremiah 23:7-8

    Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that they shall no more say, The Lord liveth, which brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt; But, The Lord liveth, which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whither I had driven them; and they shall dwell in their own land.

  • Daniel 9:6-15

    Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, which spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land. O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee. O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee. To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him; …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the former.
42:9; 65:17; De 32:7; Ne 9:7-37; Ps 78:1-72; 105:1-106:48; 111:4
Jer 23:7,8; Da 9:6-15
I am God.
45:5,6,14,18,21,22
and there is none like.
5; De 33:26

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Context

  • Isaiah 46:8

    Remember this, and shew yourselves men: bring it again to mind, O ye transgressors.

  • Isaiah 46:9

    Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,

  • Isaiah 46:10

    Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:

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Isaiah 46:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Acordaos de las cosas pasadas desde el siglo; porque yo soy Dios, y no hay más Dios, y nada hay á mí semejante;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Souvenez-vous des premières choses de jadis. Car moi, je suis ✶Dieu, et il n’y en a pas d’autre; je suis Dieu, et il n’y en a point comme moi,
German
Elberfelder 1871		Gedenket des Anfänglichen von der Urzeit her, daß ich Gott bin, und sonst ist keiner, daß ich Gott bin und gar keiner wie ich;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Recordamini prioris sæculi, quoniam ego sum Deus, et non est ultra deus, nec est similis mei.