“Remember the former things long past, For I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is no one like Me,
Parallel translations
- WEB Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is no other. I am God, and there is none like me.
- KJV Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,
- BSB Remember what happened long ago, for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me.
- NKJV Remember the former things of old, For I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me,
- NLT Remember the things I have done in the past. For I alone am God! I am God, and there is none like me.
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Quick answer
Remember God's mighty acts of old, for he alone is God and there is none like him. History testifies to his uniqueness.
Overview
God grounds present trust in past deliverances: recall the former things and you will know there is no other God. Memory of his works fuels faith. This is the same logic by which the church remembers the cross and resurrection as the decisive proof that our God alone saves.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 15
- Isa 45:21–22Declare and present it. Yes, let them take counsel together. Who has shown this from ancient time? Who has declared it of old? Haven’t I, Yahweh? There is no other God besides me, a just God and a Savior; There is no one besides me.
- Isa 42:9Behold, the former things have happened, and I declare new things. I tell you about them before they come up.”
- Ps 111:4He has caused his wonderful works to be remembered. Yahweh is gracious and merciful.
- Isa 46:5“To whom will you liken me, and consider my equal, and compare me, that we may be equal?
- Deut 33:26“There is no one like God, Jeshurun, who rides on the heavens for your help, in his excellency on the skies.
- Deut 32:7Remember the days of old. Consider the years of many generations. Ask your father, and he will show you; your elders, and they will tell you.
- Isa 45:18For Yahweh who created the heavens, the God who formed the earth and made it, who established it and didn’t create it a waste, who formed it to be inhabited says: “I am Yahweh; and there is no other.
- Isa 65:17“For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former things will not be remembered, nor come into mind.
- Isa 45:5–6I am Yahweh, and there is no one else. Besides me, there is no God. I will strengthen you, though you have not known me;
- Neh 9:7–37You are Yahweh, the God who chose Abram, brought him out of Ur of the Chaldees, gave him the name of Abraham,
- Jer 23:7–8“Therefore behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that they shall no more say, ‘As Yahweh lives, who brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;’
- Isa 45:14Yahweh says: “The labor of Egypt, and the merchandise of Ethiopia, and the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over to you, and they shall be yours. They will go after you. They shall come over in chains; and they will bow down to you. They will make supplication to you: ‘Surely God is in you; and there is no one else. There is no other god.
- Dan 9:6–15neither have we listened to your servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.
- Ps 105:1–45Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name! Make his doings known among the peoples.
- Ps 78:1–72A contemplation by Asaph. Hear my teaching, my people. Turn your ears to the words of my mouth.
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