Isaiah 49:1
ContextNET © | Listen to me, you coastlands! 1 Pay attention, you people who live far away! The Lord summoned me from birth; 2 he commissioned me when my mother brought me into the world. 3 |
NIV © | Listen to me, you islands; hear this, you distant nations: Before I was born the LORD called me; from my birth he has made mention of my name. |
NASB © | Listen to Me, O islands, And pay attention, you peoples from afar. The LORD called Me from the womb; From the body of My mother He named Me. |
NLT © | Listen to me, all of you in far–off lands! The LORD called me before my birth; from within the womb he called me by name. |
MSG © | Listen, far-flung islands, pay attention, faraway people: GOD put me to work from the day I was born. The moment I entered the world he named me. |
BBE © | Give ear, O sea-lands, to me; and take note, you peoples from far: I have been marked out by the Lord from the first; when I was still in my mother’s body, he had my name in mind: |
NRSV © | Listen to me, O coastlands, pay attention, you peoples from far away! The LORD called me before I was born, while I was in my mother’s womb he named me. |
NKJV © | "Listen, O coastlands, to Me, And take heed, you peoples from afar! The LORD has called Me from the womb; From the matrix of My mother He has made mention of My name. |
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NET © | Listen to me, you coastlands! 1 Pay attention, you people who live far away! The Lord summoned me from birth; 2 he commissioned me when my mother brought me into the world. 3 |
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1 tn Or “islands” (NASB, NIV); NLT “in far-off lands.” sn The Lord’s special servant, introduced in chap. 42, speaks here of his commission. 2 tn Heb “called me from the womb.” 3 tn Heb “from the inner parts of my mother he mentioned my name.” |