King James Version
Isaiah 45:5 in the King James Version says “I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 45 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:”
Isaiah 45:5 · KJV
And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the LORD, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel.
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.
I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:
That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else.
I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“I am the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
“and there is none else there is no God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“thee though thou hast not known”
H3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
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