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I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour.
Isaiah 43:11 · King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB I myself am Yahweh; and besides me there is no savior.
  • BSB I, yes I, am the LORD, and there is no Savior but Me.
  • NKJV I, even I, am the Lord, And besides Me there is no savior.
  • NASB “I, only I, am the Lord, And there is no savior besides Me.
  • NLT I, yes I, am the Lord, and there is no other Savior.

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Quick answer

The LORD declares that He alone is God and besides Him there is no savior. It affirms that salvation belongs to God alone.

Overview

God states emphatically that no other being can deliver. Salvation is not shared with idols or nations but is His exclusive work. This truth that there is no savior besides the LORD is gloriously displayed in Jesus, in whom God Himself comes to save.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 22

  • Hos 13:4Yet I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but me: for there is no saviour beside me.
  • Isa 44:6Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
  • Isa 43:3For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.
  • Isa 45:21–22Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.
  • Acts 4:12Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
  • Rev 7:10–12And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
  • Isa 12:2Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
  • Deut 6:4Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:
  • Isa 44:8Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.
  • Jude 1:25To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.
  • Hos 1:7But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.
  • Luke 1:47And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
  • Titus 3:4–6But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,
  • Rev 1:17–18And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:
  • Luke 2:11For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
  • 1 Jn 5:20–21And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
  • 1 Jn 4:14And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
  • Titus 2:10Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.
  • Rev 1:11Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
  • Titus 2:13Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
  • 2 Pet 3:18But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.
  • John 10:28–30And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.

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Christ at the center

Isaiah sees him most clearly: the virgin's son Immanuel, the child on David's throne, the shoot from Jesse, the light to the nations, and above all the Suffering Servant pierced for our transgressions (ch. 53).

How Isaiah 43:11 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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