Isaiah 49:1

NETBible

Listen to me, you coastlands! 1  Pay attention, you people who live far away! The Lord summoned me from birth; 2  he commissioned me when my mother brought me into the world. 3 

NIV ©

Listen to me, you islands; hear this, you distant nations: Before I was born the LORD called me; from my birth he has made mention of my name.

NASB ©

Listen to Me, O islands, And pay attention, you peoples from afar. The LORD called Me from the womb; From the body of My mother He named Me.

NLT ©

Listen to me, all of you in far–off lands! The LORD called me before my birth; from within the womb he called me by name.

MSG ©

Listen, far-flung islands, pay attention, faraway people: GOD put me to work from the day I was born. The moment I entered the world he named me.

BBE ©

Give ear, O sea-lands, to me; and take note, you peoples from far: I have been marked out by the Lord from the first; when I was still in my mother’s body, he had my name in mind:

NRSV ©

Listen to me, O coastlands, pay attention, you peoples from far away! The LORD called me before I was born, while I was in my mother’s womb he named me.

NKJV ©

"Listen, O coastlands, to Me, And take heed, you peoples from afar! The LORD has called Me from the womb; From the matrix of My mother He has made mention of My name.

KJV
Listen
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O isles
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unto me; and hearken
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ye people
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from far
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The LORD
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hath called
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me from the womb
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from the bowels
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of my mother
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hath he made mention
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of my name
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NASB ©
Listen
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to Me, O islands
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, And pay
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attention
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, you peoples
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from afar
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. The LORD
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called
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Me from the womb
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; From the body
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of My mother
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He named
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<8034> Me.
LXXM
akousate
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V-AAD-2P
mou
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P-GS
nhsoi
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N-NPF
kai
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CONJ
prosecete
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V-PAD-2P
eynh
<1484> 
N-NPN
dia
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PREP
cronou
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N-GSM
pollou
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A-GSM
sthsetai
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V-FMI-3S
legei
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V-PAI-3S
kuriov
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N-NSM
ek
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PREP
koiliav
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N-GSF
mhtrov
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N-GSF
mou
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P-GS
ekalesen
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V-AAI-3S
to
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T-ASN
onoma
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N-ASN
mou
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P-GS
NET [draft] ITL
Listen
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to me, you coastlands
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! Pay attention
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, you people
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who live far away
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! The Lord
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summoned
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me from birth
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; he commissioned me when my mother
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brought
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me into the world.
HEBREW
yms
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rykzh
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yma
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yemm
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ynarq
<07121>
Njbm
<0990>
hwhy
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qwxrm
<07350>
Mymal
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wbysqhw
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yla
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Myya
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wems (49:1)
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NETBible

Listen to me, you coastlands! 1  Pay attention, you people who live far away! The Lord summoned me from birth; 2  he commissioned me when my mother brought me into the world. 3 

NET Notes

1 tn Or “islands” (NASB, NIV); NLT “in far-off lands.”

1 sn The Lord’s special servant, introduced in chap. 42, speaks here of his commission.

2 tn Heb “called me from the womb.”

3 tn Heb “from the inner parts of my mother he mentioned my name.”