Isaiah 48:7
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"They are createdנִבְרְאוּ֙
(niv·re·'u)
1254a: to shape, createa prim. root
nowעַתָּ֤ה
(at·tah)
6258: nowprobably from anah
and not long ago; 
 
3975b: from that timefrom min and az
And beforeוְלִפְנֵי־
(ve·lif·nei-)
6440: face, facesfrom panah
todayיֹ֖ום
(yo·vm)
3117: daya prim. root
you have not heardשְׁמַעְתָּ֑ם
(she·ma'·tam;)
8085: to heara prim. root
them, So that you will not say,תֹּאמַ֖ר
(to·mar)
559: to utter, saya prim. root
'Behold,הִנֵּ֥ה
(hin·neh)
2009: lo! behold!prol. of hen
I knewיְדַעְתִּֽין׃
(ye·da'·tin.)
3045: to knowa prim. root
them.' 
 
  


















KJV Lexicon
They are created
bara'  (baw-raw')
(absolutely) to create; (qualified) to cut down (a wood), select, feed (as formative processes) -- choose, create (creator), cut down, dispatch, do, make (fat).
now and not from the beginning even before
paniym  (paw-neem')
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
the day
yowm  (yome)
a day (as the warm hours),
when thou heardest
shama`  (shaw-mah')
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
them not lest thou shouldest say
'amar  (aw-mar')
to say (used with great latitude)
Behold I knew
yada`  (yaw-dah')
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially
them
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"They are created now and not long ago; And before today you have not heard them, So that you will not say, 'Behold, I knew them.'

King James Bible
They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the day when thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They have been created now, and not long ago; you have not heard of them before today, so you could not claim, 'I already knew them!'

International Standard Version
They are created now, and not long ago; you didn't hear them before today, so you cannot say, 'Yes, I knew them.'

NET Bible
Now they come into being, not in the past; before today you did not hear about them, so you could not say, 'Yes, I know about them.'

GOD'S WORD® Translation
They are created now, not in the past. You haven't heard about them before today, so you can't say that you already knew about them.

King James 2000 Bible
They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the day when you heard them not; lest you should say, Behold, I knew them.
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