King James Version
Isaiah 42:9 in the King James Version says “Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 42 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.”
Isaiah 42:9 · KJV
To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.
Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof. all: Heb. the fulness thereof
Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Behold the former things”
H7223first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)
“do I declare”
H5046properly, to front, i.e., stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to
“before they spring forth”
H6779to sprout (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative)
“I tell”
H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
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