Ésaïe 41:26

Louis Segond

Qui l'a annoncé dès le commencement, pour que nous le sachions, Et longtemps d'avance, pour que nous disions: C'est vrai? Nul ne l'a annoncé, nul ne l'a prédit, Et personne n'a entendu vos paroles.

Parallel Translations

La Bible David Martin (1744)
Qui est celui qui a manifest� ces choses d�s le commencement, afin que nous le connaissions, et avant le temps o� nous sommes, et nous dirons qu'il est juste? mais il n'y a personne qui les annonce, m�me il n'y a personne qui les donne � entendre, m�me il n'y a personne qui entende vos paroles.

La Bible Ostervald (1996)
Qui l'a d�clar� d�s le commencement, pour que nous le sachions? Qui l'a dit � l'avance, que nous disions: Il est juste? Mais personne ne l'a d�clar�, personne ne l'a fait entendre, personne n'a entendu vos paroles.

Darby's French Translation
Qui l'a d�clar� d�s le commencement, afin que nous le sachions, et d'avance, afin que nous disions: C'est juste? Non, il n'y a personne qui le d�clare; non, personne qui le fasse entendre; non, personne qui entende vos paroles.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

declared: Isaiah 41:22, Isaiah 43:9, Isaiah 44:7, Isaiah 45:21, Habakkuk 2:18-20

righteous: Isaiah 41:23

Reciprocal: Isaiah 41:4 - hath Daniel 2:22 - revealeth 2 Peter 1:19 - a more

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know?.... Who of the idols, or of their priests, that have declared things future before they came to pass, or ever predicted such an event as this before mentioned; which, if understood of Cyrus, was an hundred and fifty years before it came to pass; and if of Constantine, near a thousand years:

and before time, that we may say, he is righteous? that is, who hath declared things before the time of the accomplishment of them, and they have come to pass, as they have been declared? by which it may be known that they are gods, or the priests of such that are so, by their having prescience of future events, or the spirit of prophecy; and so it may be said of them, that they are just in their pretensions, and have a rightful claim to deity, or are true prophets; so the Targum,

"that we may say it is true''

yea, there is none that showeth, yea, there is none that declareth; that shows and declares things to come, or such as the true God shows and declares:

yea, there is none that heareth your words; none of your worshippers that ever heard you speak a word, who, when they have prayed to you, could never have an answer; and therefore you have no just claim to deity; or ever heard any of your prophets say such a thing should come to pass, and it did.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Who hath declared from the beginning - The meaning of this passage is, ‘there is no one among the soothsayers, and the worshippers of idols, who has predicted the birth, the character, and the conquests of Cyrus. There is among the pagan no recorded prediction on the subject, as there is among the Jews, that when he shall have come, it may be said that a prediction is accomplished.’

And before-time - Formerly; before the event occurred.

That we may say - That it may be said; that there may be evidence, or reason for the affirmation.

He is righteous - The words ‘he is’ are not in the Hebrew ·The original is simply ‘righteous’ (צדיק tsaddı̂yq), just, that is, it is just, or true; the prediction is fulfilled. It does not refer to the character of God, but to the certainty of the fulfillment of the prediction.

There is none that showeth - There is no one among the worshippers of false gods, the soothsayers and necromancers, that has predicted these events.

None that heareth your words - There is no one that has heard such a prediction among you.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Isaiah 41:26. Your word — אמרתיכם imrntheychem; but, instead of this, one of my most ancient MSS. has דבריכם dibreychem. The meaning is nearly the same: but in this reading this MS. is singular.