| NETBible | I announced them to you beforehand; before they happened, I predicted them for you, so you could never say, ‘My image did these things, my idol, my cast image, decreed them.’ |
| NIV © |
Therefore I told you these things long ago; before they happened I announced them to you so that you could not say, ‘My idols did them; my wooden image and metal god ordained them.’ |
| NASB © |
Therefore I declared them to you long ago, Before they took place I proclaimed them to you, So that you would not say, ‘My idol has done them, And my graven image and my molten image have commanded them.’ |
| NLT © |
That is why I told you ahead of time what I was going to do. That way, you could never say, ‘My idols did it. My wooden image and metal god commanded it to happen!’ |
| MSG © |
So I got a running start and began telling you what was going on before it even happened. That is why you can't say, 'My god-idol did this.' 'My favorite god-carving commanded this.' |
| BBE © |
For this reason I made it clear to you in the past, before it came I gave you word of it: for fear that you might say, My god did these things, and my pictured and metal images made them come about. |
| NRSV © |
I declared them to you from long ago, before they came to pass I announced them to you, so that you would not say, "My idol did them, my carved image and my cast image commanded them." |
| NKJV © |
Even from the beginning I have declared it to you; Before it came to pass I proclaimed it to you, Lest you should say, ‘My idol has done them, And my carved image and my molded image Have commanded them.’ |
| KJV | I have even from the beginning <0227> declared <05046> (8686) [it] to thee; before it came to pass <0935> (8799) I shewed <08085> (8689) [it] thee: lest thou shouldest say <0559> (8799)_, Mine idol <06090> hath done <06213> (8804) them, and my graven image <06459>_, and my molten image <05262>_, hath commanded <06680> (8765) them. |
| NASB © |
Therefore I declared <5046> them to you long <3975> ago <3975> , Before <2962> they took <935> place <935> I proclaimed <8085> them to you, So that you would not say <559> , 'My idol <6090> has done <6213> them, And my graven <6459> image <6459> and my molten <5262> image <5262> have commanded them.'<6680> |
| LXXM | kai <2532> CONJ anhggeila <312> V-AAI-1S soi <4771> P-DS palai <3819> ADV prin <4250> ADV elyein <2064> V-AAN epi <1909> PREP se <4771> P-AS akouston {A-ASM} soi <4771> P-DS epoihsa <4160> V-AAI-1S mh <3165> ADV eiphv {V-AAS-2S} oti <3754> CONJ ta <3588> T-NPN eidwla <1497> N-NPN mou <1473> P-GS epoihsan <4160> V-AAI-3P kai <2532> CONJ mh <3165> ADV eiphv {V-AAS-2S} oti <3754> CONJ ta <3588> T-NPN glupta {A-NPN} kai <2532> CONJ ta <3588> T-NPN cwneuta {A-NPN} eneteilato <1781> V-AMI-3S moi <1473> P-DS |
| NET [draft] ITL | I announced <05046> them to you beforehand <0227> ; before <02962> they happened <0935> , I predicted <08085> them for you, so <06435> you could never say <0559> , ‘My image <06091> did <06213> these things, my idol <06459> , my cast image <05262> , decreed them.’<06680> |
| HEBREW | Mwu <06680> ykonw <05262> ylopw <06459> Mve <06213> ybue <06091> rmat <0559> Np <06435> Kytemsh <08085> awbt <0935> Mrjb <02962> zam <0227> Kl <0> dygaw (48:5) <05046> |