Isaiah 45:22
What does Isaiah 45:22 mean?
A plain-English look at Isaiah 45:22 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is none else.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is none else.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Let your hearts be turned to me, so that you may have salvation, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is no other.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Turn to Me, and be saved, all ends of the earth, For I <FI>am<Fi> God, and there is none else.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Be converted to me, and you shall be saved, all ye ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is no other.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I [am]God, and there is none else.
Context
v.21Declare ye, and bring it forth; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath showed this from ancient time? who hath declared it of old? have not I, Jehovah? and there is no God else besides me, a just God and a Saviour; there is none besides me.
v.22This passage
v.23By myself have I sworn, the word is gone forth from my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, that unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- John 10:28
and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand.
- Psalms 65:5
By terrible things thou wilt answer us in righteousness, O God of our salvation, Thou that art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, And of them that are afar off upon the sea:
- Isaiah 49:6
yea, he saith, It is too light a thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
- Numbers 21:8
And Jehovah said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a standard: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he seeth it, shall live.
- Isaiah 45:21
Declare ye, and bring it forth; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath showed this from ancient time? who hath declared it of old? have not I, Jehovah? and there is no God else besides me, a just God and a Saviour; there is none besides me.
- Psalms 22:17
I may count all my bones. They look and stare upon me;
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