Parallel Verses
NET Bible
For the sake of my servant Jacob, Israel, my chosen one, I call you by name and give you a title of respect, even though you do not recognize me.
New American Standard Bible
And Israel My chosen one,
I have also
I have given you a title of honor
Though you have
King James Version
For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.
Holman Bible
because of Jacob My servant
and Israel My chosen one.
I give a name to you,
though you do not know Me.
International Standard Version
For the sake of Jacob my servant, Israel my chosen, I've called you, and he has established you with a name, although you have not acknowledged me.
A Conservative Version
For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel my chosen, I have called thee by thy name. I have surnamed thee, though thou have not known me.
American Standard Version
For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel my chosen, I have called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.
Amplified
“For the sake of Jacob My servant,
And of Israel My chosen,
I have also called you by your name;
I have given you an honorable name
Though you have not known Me.
Bible in Basic English
Because of Jacob my servant, and Israel whom I have taken for myself, I have sent for you by name, giving you a name of honour, though you had no knowledge of me.
Darby Translation
For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have called thee by thy name; I surnamed thee, though thou didst not know me;
Julia Smith Translation
For sake of my servant Jacob, and Israel my chosen, and I will call to thee by thy name:.and I will address thee, and thou knewest me not
King James 2000
For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel my elect, I have even called you by your name: I have named you, though you have not known me.
Lexham Expanded Bible
for the sake of my servant Jacob, and Israel my chosen one. And I call you by your name; I give you a name of honor, though you do not know me.
Modern King James verseion
For Jacob My servant's sake, and Israel My elect, I have even entitled you. I have named you, though you have not known me.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
and that for Jacob my servant's sake, and for Israel my chosen. For I called thee by name, and ordained thee before thou knewest me.
New Heart English Bible
For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel my chosen, I have called you by your name. I have surnamed you, though you have not known me.
The Emphasized Bible
For the sake of my servant Jacob, Even Israel my chosen Therefore have I called unto thee by thy name, I give thee a title though thou hast not known me, -
Webster
For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel my elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me:
World English Bible
For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel my chosen, I have called you by your name. I have surnamed you, though you have not known me.
Youngs Literal Translation
For the sake of my servant Jacob, And of Israel My chosen, I call also thee by thy name, I surname thee, And thou hast not known Me.
Themes
Call » To special religious duty » Cyrus
Election » Of grace » Of israel
Israel » Name given to God's chosen people
Medo-persian kingdom » Predictions respecting » Deliverance of the jews
Topics
Interlinear
Qara'
Shem
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 45:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Cyrus, God's Instrument
3 I will give you hidden treasures, riches stashed away in secret places, so you may recognize that I am the Lord, the one who calls you by name, the God of Israel. 4 For the sake of my servant Jacob, Israel, my chosen one, I call you by name and give you a title of respect, even though you do not recognize me. 5 I am the Lord, I have no peer, there is no God but me. I arm you for battle, even though you do not recognize me.
Phrases
Cross References
Isaiah 41:8-9
"You, my servant Israel, Jacob whom I have chosen, offspring of Abraham my friend,
Acts 17:23
For as I went around and observed closely your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: 'To an unknown god.' Therefore what you worship without knowing it, this I proclaim to you.
Isaiah 44:1
"Now, listen, Jacob my servant, Israel whom I have chosen!"
Exodus 19:5-6
And now, if you will diligently listen to me and keep my covenant, then you will be my special possession out of all the nations, for all the earth is mine,
Isaiah 43:3-4
For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your deliverer. I have handed over Egypt as a ransom price, Ethiopia and Seba in place of you.
Isaiah 43:14
This is what the Lord says, your protector, the Holy One of Israel: "For your sake I send to Babylon and make them all fugitives, turning the Babylonians' joyful shouts into mourning songs.
Isaiah 44:28-1
who commissions Cyrus, the one I appointed as shepherd to carry out all my wishes and to decree concerning Jerusalem, 'She will be rebuilt,' and concerning the temple, 'It will be reconstructed.'"
Jeremiah 50:17-20
"The people of Israel are like scattered sheep which lions have chased away. First the king of Assyria devoured them. Now last of all King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon has gnawed their bones.
Matthew 24:22
And if those days had not been cut short, no one would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.
Mark 13:20
And if the Lord had not cut short those days, no one would be saved. But because of the elect, whom he chose, he has cut them short.
Romans 9:6
It is not as though the word of God had failed. For not all those who are descended from Israel are truly Israel,
Romans 11:7
What then? Israel failed to obtain what it was diligently seeking, but the elect obtained it. The rest were hardened,
Galatians 4:8-9
Formerly when you did not know God, you were enslaved to beings that by nature are not gods at all.
Ephesians 2:12
that you were at that time without the Messiah, alienated from the citizenship of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
1 Thessalonians 4:5
not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God.