King James Version
Isaiah 41:4 in the King James Version says “Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am...” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 41 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he.”
Isaiah 41:4 · KJV
Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow. the righteous: Heb. righteousness
He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he had not gone with his feet. safely: Heb. in peace
Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he.
The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came.
They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his brother, Be of good courage. Be: Heb. Be strong
KJV Study — Public Domain
who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
“Who hath wrought”
H6466to do or make (systematically and habitually), especially to practise
“it calling”
H7121to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
“the generations”
H1755properly, a revolution of time, i.e., an age or generation; also a dwelling
“from the beginning”
H7218the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
“I the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“and with the last”
H314hinder; generally, late or last; specifically (as facing the east) western
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
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