Isaiah 65:1

NETBible

“I made myself available to those who did not ask for me; 1  I appeared to those who did not look for me. 2  I said, ‘Here I am! Here I am!’ to a nation that did not invoke 3  my name.

NIV ©

"I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me; I was found by those who did not seek me. To a nation that did not call on my name, I said, ‘Here am I, here am I.’

NASB ©

"I permitted Myself to be sought by those who did not ask for Me; I permitted Myself to be found by those who did not seek Me. I said, ‘Here am I, here am I,’ To a nation which did not call on My name.

NLT ©

The LORD says, "People who never before inquired about me are now asking about me. I am being found by people who were not looking for me. To them I have said, ‘I am here!’

MSG ©

"I've made myself available to those who haven't bothered to ask. I'm here, ready to be found by those who haven't bothered to look. I kept saying 'I'm here, I'm right here' to a nation that ignored me.

BBE ©

I have been ready to give an answer to those who did not make prayer to me; I have been offering myself to those who were not searching for me; I said, Here am I, here am I, to a nation which gave no respect to my name.

NRSV ©

I was ready to be sought out by those who did not ask, to be found by those who did not seek me. I said, "Here I am, here I am," to a nation that did not call on my name.

NKJV ©

"I was sought by those who did not ask for Me ; I was found by those who did not seek Me. I said, ‘Here I am, here I am,’ To a nation that was not called by My name.

KJV
I am sought
<01875> (8738)
of [them that] asked
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not
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[for me]; I am found
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of [them that] sought
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me not
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I said
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Behold me, behold me, unto a nation
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[that] was not called
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by my name
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NASB ©
"I permitted Myself to be sought
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by those who did not ask
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for Me;
I permitted Myself to be found
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by those who did not seek
<1245>
Me. I said
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, 'Here
<2009>
am I, here
<2009>
am I,' To a nation
<1471>
which did not call
<7121>
on My name
<8034>
.
LXXM
emfanhv
<1717> 
A-NSM
egenomhn
<1096> 
V-AMI-1S
toiv
<3588> 
T-DPM
eme
<1473> 
P-AS
mh
<3165> 
ADV
zhtousin
<2212> 
V-PAI-3P
eureyhn
<2147> 
V-API-1S
toiv
<3588> 
T-DPM
eme
<1473> 
P-AS
mh
<3165> 
ADV
eperwtwsin {V-PAI-3P} eipa {V-AAI-1S} idou
<2400> 
INJ
eimi
<1510> 
V-PAI-1S
tw
<3588> 
T-DSN
eynei
<1484> 
N-DSN
oi
<3739> 
R-NPM
ouk
<3364> 
ADV
ekalesan
<2564> 
V-AAI-3P
mou
<1473> 
P-GS
to
<3588> 
T-ASN
onoma
<3686> 
N-ASN
NET [draft] ITL
“I made
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myself available
<01875>
to those who did not
<03808>
ask
<07592>
for me; I appeared
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to those who did not
<03808>
look for
<01245>
me. I said
<0559>
, ‘Here
<02005>
I am! Here
<02005>
I am!’ to
<0413>
a nation
<01471>
that did not
<03808>
invoke
<07121>
my name
<08034>
.
HEBREW
ymsb
<08034>
arq
<07121>
al
<03808>
ywg
<01471>
la
<0413>
ynnh
<02005>
ynnh
<02005>
ytrma
<0559>
ynsqb
<01245>
all
<03808>
ytaumn
<04672>
wlas
<07592>
awll
<03808>
ytsrdn (65:1)
<01875>
NETBible

“I made myself available to those who did not ask for me; 1  I appeared to those who did not look for me. 2  I said, ‘Here I am! Here I am!’ to a nation that did not invoke 3  my name.

NET Notes

1 tn Heb “I allowed myself to be sought by those who did not ask.”

2 tn Heb “I allowed myself to be found by those who did not seek.”

3 tn Heb “call out in”; NASB, NIV, NRSV “call on.”