Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version But you are our Father, though Abraham does not know us or Israel acknowledge us; you, LORD, are our Father, our Redeemer from of old is your name. New Living Translation Surely you are still our Father! Even if Abraham and Jacob would disown us, LORD, you would still be our Father. You are our Redeemer from ages past. English Standard Version For you are our Father, though Abraham does not know us, and Israel does not acknowledge us; you, O LORD, are our Father, our Redeemer from of old is your name. Berean Standard Bible Yet You are our Father, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not acknowledge us. You, O LORD, are our Father; our Redeemer from Everlasting is Your name. King James Bible Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art our father, our redeemer; thy name is from everlasting. New King James Version Doubtless You are our Father, Though Abraham was ignorant of us, And Israel does not acknowledge us. You, O LORD, are our Father; Our Redeemer from Everlasting is Your name. New American Standard Bible For You are our Father, though Abraham does not know us And Israel does not recognize us. You, LORD, are our Father, Our Redeemer from ancient times is Your name. NASB 1995 For You are our Father, though Abraham does not know us And Israel does not recognize us. You, O LORD, are our Father, Our Redeemer from of old is Your name. NASB 1977 For Thou art our Father, though Abraham does not know us, And Israel does not recognize us. Thou, O LORD, art our Father, Our Redeemer from of old is Thy name. Legacy Standard Bible For You are our Father, though Abraham does not know us And Israel does not recognize us. You, O Yahweh, are our Father, Our Redeemer from everlasting is Your name. Amplified Bible For [most certainly] You are our Father, even though Abraham [our ancestor] does not know us And Israel does not acknowledge us. You, O LORD, are [still] our Father, Our Redeemer from everlasting is Your name. Christian Standard Bible Yet you are our Father, even though Abraham does not know us and Israel doesn’t recognize us. You, LORD, are our Father; your name is Our Redeemer from Ancient Times. Holman Christian Standard Bible Yet You are our Father, even though Abraham does not know us and Israel doesn’t recognize us. You, Yahweh, are our Father; from ancient times, Your name is our Redeemer. American Standard Version For thou art our Father, though Abraham knoweth us not, and Israel doth not acknowledge us: thou, O Jehovah, art our Father; our Redeemer from everlasting is thy name. Contemporary English Version Our ancestors Abraham and Jacob have both rejected us. But you are still our Father; you have been our protector since ancient times. English Revised Version For thou art our father, though Abraham knoweth us not, and Israel doth not acknowledge us: thou, O LORD, art our father; our redeemer from everlasting is thy name. GOD'S WORD® Translation You are our Father. Even though Abraham doesn't know us and Israel doesn't pay attention to us, O LORD, you are our Father. Your name is our Defender From Everlasting. Good News Translation You are our father. Our ancestors Abraham and Jacob do not acknowledge us, but you, LORD, are our father, the one who has always rescued us. International Standard Version But you are our Father, even Abraham does not know us and Israel has not acknowledged us; you are he, O LORD, our Father, from long ago, 'Our Redeemer' is your name. Majority Standard Bible Yet You are our Father, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not acknowledge us. You, O LORD, are our Father; our Redeemer from Everlasting is Your name. NET Bible For you are our father, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not recognize us. You, LORD, are our father; you have been called our protector from ancient times. New Heart English Bible For you are our Father, though Abraham doesn't know us, and Israel does not acknowledge us: you, LORD, are our Father; our Redeemer from everlasting is your name. Webster's Bible Translation Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art our father, our Redeemer; thy name is from everlasting. World English Bible For you are our Father, though Abraham doesn’t know us, and Israel does not acknowledge us. You, Yahweh, are our Father. Our Redeemer from everlasting is your name. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionFor You [are] our Father, "" For Abraham has not known us, "" And Israel does not acknowledge us, "" You, O YHWH, [are] our Father, "" Our Redeemer from the Age, [is] Your Name. Young's Literal Translation For Thou art our Father, For Abraham hath not known us, And Israel doth not acknowledge us, Thou, O Jehovah, art our Father, Our redeemer from the age, is Thy name. Smith's Literal Translation For thou our Father, for Abraham knew us not, and Israel will not recognize us: thou Jehovah our Father redeeming us; thy name from eternity. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleFor thou art our father, and Abraham hath not known us, and Israel hath been ignorant of us: thou, O Lord, art our father, our redeemer, from everlasting is thy name. Catholic Public Domain Version For you are our Father, and Abraham has not known us, and Israel has been ignorant of us. You are our Father, O Lord our Redeemer. Your name is beyond all ages. New American Bible For you are our father. Were Abraham not to know us, nor Israel to acknowledge us, You, LORD, are our father, our redeemer you are named from of old. New Revised Standard Version For you are our father, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not acknowledge us; you, O LORD, are our father; our Redeemer from of old is your name. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleFor thou art our Father, though Abraham knew us not and Israel did not acknowledge us; thou, O LORD, art our Father, and our Saviour; thy name is from everlasting. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Because you are our Father. Abraham did not know us and Israel did not acknowledge us. You are LORD JEHOVAH our Father and our Savior and your name is from eternity OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917For Thou art our Father; For Abraham knoweth us not, And Israel doth not acknowledge us; Thou, O LORD, art our Father, Our Redeemer from everlasting is Thy name. Brenton Septuagint Translation For thou art our Father; for though Abraham knew us not, and Israel did not acknowledge us, yet do thou, O Lord, our Father, deliver us: thy name has been upon us from the beginning. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context A Prayer for Mercy15Look down from heaven and see, from Your holy and glorious habitation. Where are Your zeal and might? Your yearning and compassion for me are restrained. 16Yet You are our Father, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not acknowledge us. You, O LORD, are our Father; our Redeemer from Everlasting is Your name. 17Why, O LORD, do You make us stray from Your ways and harden our hearts from fearing You? Return, for the sake of Your servants, the tribes of Your heritage.… Cross References Romans 8:15-16 For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption to sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” / The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. Galatians 4:6-7 And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!” / So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, you are also an heir through God. John 1:12-13 But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God— / children born not of blood, nor of the desire or will of man, but born of God. 1 John 3:1-2 Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him. / Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is. Hebrews 12:9 Furthermore, we have all had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them. Should we not much more submit to the Father of our spirits and live? Matthew 6:9 So then, this is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name. Ephesians 1:5 He predestined us for adoption as His sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will, 2 Corinthians 6:18 And: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.” Psalm 103:13 As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him. Deuteronomy 32:6 Is this how you repay the LORD, O foolish and senseless people? Is He not your Father and Creator? Has He not made you and established you? Jeremiah 31:9 They will come with weeping, and by their supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk beside streams of waters, on a level path where they will not stumble. For I am Israel’s Father, and Ephraim is My firstborn.” Hosea 11:1 When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called My son. Malachi 1:6 “A son honors his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is your fear of Me?” says the LORD of Hosts to you priests who despise My name. “But you ask, ‘How have we despised Your name?’ Exodus 4:22 Then tell Pharaoh that this is what the LORD says: ‘Israel is My firstborn son, Isaiah 64:8 But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand. Treasury of Scripture Doubtless you are our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: you, O LORD, are our father, our redeemer; your name is from everlasting. thou art Isaiah 64:8 But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand. Exodus 4:22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn: Deuteronomy 32:6 Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee? through Job 14:21 His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them. Ecclesiastes 9:5 For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten. Isaiah 63:12 That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name? Isaiah 41:14 Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. Isaiah 43:14 Thus saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships. Jump to Previous Abraham Acknowledge Cause Doubtless Earliest Everlasting Gives Ignorant Israel Recognize RedeemerJump to Next Abraham Acknowledge Cause Doubtless Earliest Everlasting Gives Ignorant Israel Recognize RedeemerIsaiah 63 1. Christ shows who he is2. What his victory over his enemies 7. And what his mercy toward his church 10. In his just wrath he remembers his free mercy 15. The church, in her prayer 17. And complaint, professes her faith Yet You are our Father This phrase establishes a profound relationship between God and His people, emphasizing intimacy and care. The Hebrew word for "Father" here is "אָב" (av), which denotes not only a biological parent but also a protector and provider. In the ancient Near Eastern context, a father was seen as the head of the family, responsible for the welfare and guidance of his children. This imagery conveys God's role as a loving and guiding presence in the lives of His people, reinforcing the covenant relationship established with Israel. even though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not recognize us You, O LORD, are our Father Our Redeemer from Everlasting is Your name Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Yetכִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction You אַתָּ֣ה (’at·tāh) Pronoun - second person masculine singular Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you are our Father, אָבִ֔ינוּ (’ā·ḇî·nū) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common plural Strong's 1: Father though כִּ֤י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction Abraham אַבְרָהָם֙ (’aḇ·rā·hām) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 85: Abraham -- 'exalted father', the father of the Jewish nation does not לֹ֣א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no know us יְדָעָ֔נוּ (yə·ḏā·‘ā·nū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | first person common plural Strong's 3045: To know and Israel וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (wə·yiś·rā·’êl) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc does not לֹ֣א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no acknowledge us. יַכִּירָ֑נוּ (yak·kî·rā·nū) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common plural Strong's 5234: To regard, recognize You, אַתָּ֤ה (’at·tāh) Pronoun - second person masculine singular Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you O LORD, יְהוָה֙ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel are our Father; אָבִ֔ינוּ (’ā·ḇî·nū) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common plural Strong's 1: Father our Redeemer גֹּאֲלֵ֥נוּ (gō·’ă·lê·nū) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct | first person common plural Strong's 1350: To redeem, act as kinsman from of old מֵֽעוֹלָ֖ם (mê·‘ō·w·lām) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5769: Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always is Your name. שְׁמֶֽךָ׃ (šə·me·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 8034: A name Links Isaiah 63:16 NIVIsaiah 63:16 NLT Isaiah 63:16 ESV Isaiah 63:16 NASB Isaiah 63:16 KJV Isaiah 63:16 BibleApps.com Isaiah 63:16 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 63:16 Chinese Bible Isaiah 63:16 French Bible Isaiah 63:16 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Isaiah 63:16 For you are our Father though Abraham (Isa Isi Is) |