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Isaiah 41:23

NETBible	Predict how future events will turn out,¹ so we might know you are gods. Yes, do something good or bad, so we might be frightened and in awe.²
NIV © biblegateway Isa 41:23	tell us what the future holds, so that we may know you are gods. Do something, whether good or bad, so that we will be dismayed and filled with fear.
NASB © biblegateway Isa 41:23	Declare the things that are going to come afterward, That we may know that you are gods; Indeed, do good or evil, that we may anxiously look about us and fear together.
NLT © biblegateway Isa 41:23	Yes, that’s it! If you are gods, tell what will occur in the days ahead. Or perform a mighty miracle that will fill us with amazement and fear. Do something, whether good or bad!
MSG © biblegateway Isa 41:23	or, failing that, tell us what will happen in the future. Can't do that? How about doing something--anything! Good or bad--whatever. Can you hurt us or help us? Do we need to be afraid?'
BBE © SABDAweb Isa 41:23	Give us word of what will be after this, so that we may be certain that you are gods: yes, do good or do evil, so that we may all see it and be surprised.
NRSV © bibleoremus Isa 41:23	Tell us what is to come hereafter, that we may know that you are gods; do good, or do harm, that we may be afraid and terrified.
NKJV © biblegateway Isa 41:23	Show the things that are to come hereafter, That we may know that you are gods; Yes, do good or do evil, That we may be dismayed and see it together.
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KJV	Shew <05046> (8685) the things that are to come <0857> (8802) hereafter <0268>_, that we may know <03045> (8799) that ye [are] gods <0430>_: yea, do good <03190> (8686)_, or do evil <07489> (8686)_, that we may be dismayed <08159> (8691)_, and behold <07200> (8799) [it] together <03162>_.
NASB © biblegateway Isa 41:23	Declare <05046> the things <0857> that are going to come <0857> afterward <0268> , That we may know <03045> that you are gods <0430> ; Indeed <0637> , do <03190> good <03190> or evil <07489> , that we may anxiously look <08159> about us and fear <03372> together <03164> .
LXXM	anaggeilate <312> V-AAD-2P hmin <1473> P-DP ta <3588> T-APN epercomena {V-PMPAP} ep <1909> PREP escatou <2078> A-GSM kai <2532> CONJ gnwsomeya <1097> V-FMI-1P oti <3754> CONJ yeoi <2316> N-NPM este <1510> V-PAI-2P eu <2095> ADV poihsate <4160> V-AAD-2P kai <2532> CONJ kakwsate <2559> V-AAD-2P kai <2532> CONJ yaumasomeya <2296> V-FMI-1P kai <2532> CONJ oqomeya <3708> V-FMI-1P ama <260> ADV
NET [draft] ITL	Predict <05046> how future <0268> events will turn out <0857> , so <03588> we might know <03045> you <0859> are gods <0430> . Yes <0637> , do something good <03190> or bad <07489> , so we might be frightened <08159> and in awe <03162> <07200> .
HEBREW	wdxy <03162> *harnw {arnw} <07200> hetsnw <08159> wertw <07489> wbyjyt <03190> Pa <0637> Mta <0859> Myhla <0430> yk <03588> hednw <03045> rwxal <0268> twytah <0857> wdygh (41:23) <05046>

NETBible

Predict how future events will turn out,¹ so we might know you are gods. Yes, do something good or bad, so we might be frightened and in awe.²

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “Declare the coming things, with respect to the end.”

²tc The translation assumes the Qere (וְנִרְאֶה [vÿnir’eh], from יָרֵא [yare’], “be afraid”).

²tn Heb “so we might be frightened and afraid together.” On the meaning of the verb שָׁתָע (shata’), see the note at v. 10.