Isaiah 43:18
What does Isaiah 43:18 mean?
A plain-English look at Isaiah 43:18 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Give no thought to the things which are past; let the early times go out of your minds.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Remember not former things, And ancient things consider not.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Remember not former things, and look not on things of old.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890— Remember not the former things, neither consider the ancient things:
Context
v.17who bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the mighty man (they lie down together, they shall not rise; they are extinct, they are quenched as a wick):
v.18This passage
v.19Behold, I will do a new thing; now shall it spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 7:18
thou shalt not be afraid of them: thou shalt well remember what Jehovah thy God did unto Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt;
- Isaiah 46:9
Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me;
- 2 Corinthians 3:10
For verily that which hath been made glorious hath not been made glorious in this respect, by reason of the glory that surpasseth.
- Isaiah 65:17
For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former things shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.
- Deuteronomy 8:2
And thou shalt remember all the way which Jehovah thy God hath led thee these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble thee, to prove thee, to know what was in thy heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or not.
- Jeremiah 16:14
Therefore, behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that it shall no more be said, As Jehovah liveth, that brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;
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